Mexico priest killed, archbishop attacked with knife

A parish priest was shot dead as he drove on a rural Mexican highway on May 22, marking yet another attack in what has become the most murderous country for Catholic clergy. Augustinian Father Javier García Villafaña was killed at around 7 p.m. (local time) in the...

900 civilians died in Nigeria’s IMO state, most of them Christians

A leading Nigerian human rights organization has published a report with sobering statistics on summary executions, maiming, forced disappearances and illegal detentions in Imo state of southeast Nigeria. Presenting the report during a press conference May 21, Emeka...

Pope’s synod reforms ‘irreversible’, says theologian

A leading Asian theologian says Pope Francis’ decision to include non-ordained women and men as voting members of October’s synod assembly is a “giant step” that will irreversibly change the Church’s decision-making processes. Last month, the synod secretariat...

Myanmar court rejects appeal by Baptist pastor

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has dismissed an appeal by a prominent ethnic Christian leader four weeks after he was imprisoned and a day before thousands of political prisoners were freed. Myitkyina Prison Court in Kachin state rejected an appeal from Dr. Hkalam...