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January 16, 2023

Priest killed and another wounded in planned attack in Nigeria

January 16, 2023

A priest was burned to death and another was shot and wounded in an attack on a presbytery in Nigeria. Fr Isaac Achi of Ss Peter and Paul Church in Kafin Koro, in Niger State, was murdered by assailants who set fire to his house in the early hours of Sunday morning. Fr Collins Omeh,

The coronation will be an opportunity for Britain to revive its Christian identity

January 16, 2023

What are you doing for the Coronation? I mean you. Of course we know we all get a public holiday and there will be commemorative mugs and other china and (if there is still some sort of postal service running) stamps. But… parishes, schools, youth groups, various organisations…what will be happening? At the last Coronation, there was

Priest describes ‘pandemonium’ after six people shot following funeral Mass at London Catholic church

January 16, 2023

A parish priest of a Catholic church in London where six people —including two children — were injured in a drive-by shooting Saturday described the panic that ensued after the attack. Father Jeremy Trood said he heard the gunshot Saturday shortly after mourners left a St. Aloysius Church in Euston, North London, to release doves