According to the information provided by the Diocese of Kafanchan, Okechukwu was kidnapped from his residence at about 9:15 p ...

Father Richard Gonzales of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church is urging the community to unite in prayer for Pope Francis ...

A Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Kafanchan, Reverend Father Sylvester Okechukwu, has been killed by suspected bandits ...

O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear my humble prayers on behalf of your priests. Give them a deep faith, a bright and firm hope and a burning love which will ever increase in the course of their ...

ROME (AP) — A weak and breathless Pope Francis thanked people for their prayers for his recovery in a remarkable audio ...

On the day Father Okechukwu was kidnapped, the Diocese of Auchi in Nigeria also sent out a prayer appeal for the release of a priest and a seminarian who had been abducted from a parish rectory ...

Curfew for the Alaafin of Oyo-designate, Akeem Owoade, to perform the statutory traditional rites leading up to his April 5 ...

Spanish missionary Fr. Bernardo Blanco, who escaped abduction in Basilan in 1993, died Monday in Quezon City. In a social ...

The diocese called for prayers for the repose of his soul and urged parishioners and the Takad community to remain calm.

Editor's Note: University of Mary president Monsignor James Shea addressed the 20th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast ...