Ngala Killian Chimtom/Crux, Author at Catholic Herald

Ngala Killian Chimtom/Crux

Congolese Catholics rally round as Cardinal Ambongo accused of ‘sedition’ in DRC

May 04, 2024

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – After a prosecutor in the Democratic Republic of Congo announced an investigation of Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo of Kinshasa on charges of sedition, both clergy and laity in the country’s capital have rallied to his defence, calling the probe “shameful” and pledging their loyalty. “We openly reaffirm, in the clearest possible terms, our

Sudan faces famine after a year of war

April 21, 2024

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – As Sudan marked a grim one-year anniversary of bitter armed conflict last week, which came on top of what was already the world’s largest refugee and displaced persons crisis, the Catholic Church’s major international charitable organization is now warning of massive new challenges on virtually every imaginable humanitarian front. “After having already

Shooting at Sunday Mass in Burkina Faso leaves 15 Catholics dead

February 27, 2024

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – At least 15 Catholics have been killed in a jihadist attack in Burkina Faso after insurgents opened fire inside a church during Sunday Mass. The attack took place in Essakane village in the Dori Diocese of the country’s northeastern region on 25 February. According to a statement signed by the Vicar General

Violence against Christians in Mozambique risks being ignored due to Ukraine and Gaza

February 26, 2024

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A jihadist campaign mostly targeting Christians in northern Mozambique is being overlooked amid the global focus on the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza. “The biggest risk is that [the victims] will be forgotten due to other wars in the world,” said Bishop António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo of Pemba in the northern Cabo

Following the kidnapping of two priests another Nigerian prelate says country is at ‘breaking point’

February 08, 2024

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Following the kidnapping of two Catholic priests in Nigeria at the start of February, another leading prelate has said the increasingly dangerous climate, especially for Christians, in Africa’s most populous nation, is putting the country’s security apparatus “to shame”. “Increased insecurity continues to haunt our nation,” said Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja,

Nigerian bishop warns country risks turning into a sprawling charnel house

February 06, 2024

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – A leading African prelate has stated that the lack of political will to end rising insecurity in Nigeria “is turning our country into one wide funeral home”. The Bishop of Sokoto, Mathew Hassan Kukah, in northern Nigeria, issued a sweeping critique of President Bola Tinubu’s handling of the country’s multiple woes during

Catholic expert highlights cholera surge in Southern Africa after Covid ‘diverted’ resources

February 05, 2024

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – UN estimates about a severe cholera outbreak across the Southern Africa region may be wide of the mark, according to a Catholic expert who says the reality may be even worse. The UN has estimated that there have been more than 3,000 deaths in the past year and almost 200,000 people affected.

African cardinal says Fiducia Supplicans has ‘damaged’ synodal process

January 30, 2024

ROME – An Africa cardinal who recently led the continent’s bishops in rejecting blessings for same-sex couples has now taken to task the timing of the Vatican document that opened the door to such a move, calling it “damaging” to the synodal process convened by Pope Francis. Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa in the

Africans praise peer for demanding end to Nigeria’s Christian ‘genocide’

January 19, 2024

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon — A leading Catholic research entity in Africa has welcomed the call by a British Catholic politician for urgent action to resist the persecution of Christians in Nigeria. Johan Viljoen, director of the Denis Hurley Peace Institute, an entity of the Southern Catholic Bishops’ Conference, called the recent push by crossbench peer Lord

Cameroon bishops denounce Boko Haram atrocities as terrorist group wages war to create African ‘Islamic caliphate’

January 15, 2024

YAOUNDÈ – Catholic bishops in the west African nation of Cameroon, which has been gripped by civil conflict for the past seven years, have denounced rising poverty in the country as well as violence associated not only with a separatist movement in English-speaking regions but also atrocities committed by Boko Haram insurgents. In a release

US criticised for not addressing mounting ‘genocide’ against Christians during bloody ‘Islamisation’ of Nigeria

January 11, 2024

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – With Nigerians sounding alarms over what some describe as a mounting “genocide” against Christians in Africa’s most populous nation, observers are also expressing disappointment that the U.S. State Department has failed to designate Nigeria a country of special concern for religious freedom violations. Over the Christmas holidays, reports from Nigeria suggest that

African bishops rebuke political leaders for ‘multiple failures’ across continent

January 03, 2024

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – In offering hopes and prayers for a better 2024, the Catholic bishops of Africa delivered a largely searing judgment about the continent’s political leadership during 2023, condemning failures on multiple issues including insecurity, poverty, corruption and economic stagnation. In Nigeria, Archbishop Adewale-Martins of Lagos said he was saddened by the economic hardship

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