By Diego López Marina ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 24, 2025 / 17:41 pm The Catholic Church is facing a new wave of violence in Africa: In Nigeria, 265 students from a Catholic school remain captive after being kidnapped last week while an archbishop in Cameroon is threatening to close parishes if …

After Mass on the Solemnity of Christ the King in St Peter’s Square, Pope Leo makes a heartfelt appeal for the release of students and priests kidnapped in recent days in Nigeria and Cameroon. By Vatican News Pope Leo has expressed his “immense sadness” over the recent kidnappings of priests, …