The Catholic Register

Kenyan priest killed in Cameroon shot by government soldiers, bishop says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 08:58:54 -0500

NAIROBI, Kenya – Although official reports say Mill Hill Father Cosmas Omboto Ondari was caught in the crossfire of government and opposition forces, the local bishop says Father Ondari was killed by government soldiers.

Youth fill Cameroon churches because traditional values passed down 'uncontaminated', bishop says

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 08:55:50 -0400

VATICAN – While European bishops discuss how to bring young people back to the Church at the 2018 Synod of Bishops, one bishop from Cameroon said that he has the opposite problem.

Cameroon bishops take legal action over prelate's suspicious death

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 09:50:00 -0400

YAOUNDE, Cameroon – The bishops' conference of Cameroon launched a private lawsuit over the alleged murder of Bishop Jean-Marie Benoit Bala of Bafia, whose body was found floating in a river in June.

Church officials say Cameroonian bishop death was murder, not suicide

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 14:10:00 -0400

YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Catholic bishops in Cameroon said a bishop whose body was pulled from a river in early June did not commit suicide, but was murdered.

Questions surround Cameroonian bishop's reported suicide

Wed, 07 Jun 2017 08:10:00 -0400

OXFORD, England – Catholic leaders in Cameroon have urged prayers for one of the African country's bishops, whose remains were pulled from a river June 2, three days after his apparent suicide.

Canadian nun tells of spiritual experience while captive in Cameroon

Tue, 02 Feb 2016 11:23:31 -0500

MONTREAL - Notre Dame Sister Gilberte Bussiere, 76, was kidnapped in the middle of the night in April 2014, in Tchere, a small hamlet in northern Cameroon.

Nigerian bishops visit refugees in Cameroon who fled Boko Haram

Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:00:00 -0400

LAGOS, Nigeria - A delegation representing Catholic organizations in Nigeria offered words of comfort and pledged help for Nigerian refugees who fled to neighbouring Cameroon because of a violent insurgency.

Catholic family loses deporation battle

Sat, 18 Oct 2014 07:59:59 -0400

MONTREAL - A Catholic family from Cameroon has been deported after losing an emotional appeal to remain in Canada where two of their children were born. They were put on a plane Oct. 11 to Yaounde, the capital of the West African nation.

Montreal Catholic family fights deportation to Cameroon

Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:00:00 -0400

MONTREAL - A Montreal parish is rallying behind a Catholic family that is battling deportation to Cameroon where it faces an uncertain and perhaps even dangerous future.