Ten Priests, 200 Protesters Arrested in DRC for Peaceful Protest

January 25, 2018 — ICC Note Ten Catholic Priests and over 200 protesters have been arrested in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC). They were carrying out a peaceful march through the capitol city against...

Priest, Who Calls for Peace, Stabbed in Central African Republic

January 18, 2018 — ICC Note Catholic leadership in the Central African Republic have been decrying the upsurge in violence between warring factions in the country. One such priest, Father Alain Blaise Bissialo of...

Chinese priest in Zhejiang province goes missing after Christmas

January 11, 2018 — ICC Note: Chinese priest Lu Danhua of Lishui Diocese in Zhejiang was taken away by local authorities after Christmas from his dormitory, claiming that he was going for a brief...

Catholics in Northern Vietnam Protest Officials’ Interference in their parish

January 5, 2018 — ICC Note: Catholic leaders in Vietnam’s north-central province are protesting authorities’ interference in their parish, accusing local officials of wanting to remove their priest due to land ownership dispute at...

Murderers of Father Fausto Tentorio identified in the Philippines

December 30, 2017 — ICC Note: Six years ago, Father Fausto Tentorio from Italy, a missionary from the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) was killed on the island of Mindanao. Father Tentorio served...

Police prevent Catholics in Vietnam from attending Special Mass

December 13, 2017 — ICC Note: On Dec 10, Vietnamese police officers stopped a group of priests and laypeople from attending a special Mass served by Father Joseph Nguyen Duy Tan, an outspoken critic...

A thousand mourners bid farewell to slain Filipino priest

December 12, 2017 — ICC Note: Filipino priest Marcelito Paez was murdered by unidentified men on December 4 in Luzon. This happened hours after he facilitated the release of a political prisoner. President Duterte...

Vietnam bans another priest from leaving country

December 7, 2017 — ICC Note: A Vietnamese priest, Father John Luu Ngoc Quynh was prevented from traveling to France on Dec 5 to attend vow-taking ceremony of a Vietnamese Cistercian. He is the...

Philippines: Captured Marawi priest returns to Mindanao

November 30, 2017 — ICC Note: Father Teresito Soganub appeared to be in high spirits as he arrived to Mindanao for his first visit since he was freed from captivity last September. Father Teresito...

Doubts surface as Chinese underground bishop installed in state-controlled church

November 23, 2017 — ICC Note: Lanzhou Bishop Joseph Han Zhihai was publicly installed on Nov 10, 2017 in a ceremony where many of his fellow priests and parishioners were absent due to skepticism...

The story of an underground Catholic priest in China

November 18, 2017 — ICC Note: Father Joseph, a Chinese priest from underground church, explains what it was like to grow up as a faithful Catholic in China. When he was only 15 years...

Kenyan Priest Beaten and Robbed… Dies at hospital.

October 25, 2017 — ICC Note A Priest, Father Evans Juma Oduor, was beaten and robbed in Western Kenya two nights ago. Some police found him lying next to a sugarcane plantation, disoriented and...

Italian Priest Released by Kidnappers in Southern Nigeria

October 18, 2017 — ICC Note The Italian Priest who had been kidnapped in Southern Nigeria last Thursday has been rescued. He was taken by a local criminal gang who had no affiliation with...

Italian Priest and 4 Others Kidnapped in Southern Nigeria on Oct 12

October 16, 2017 — ICC Note An Italian Priest and 4 others were kidnapped last Thursday, Oct 12, 2017, at gunpoint. Maurizio Pallu, who has been working in Nigeria for the past three years,...

Fourth Nigerian Priest Kidnapped This Year, Released When No Ransom Given

October 5, 2017 — ICC Note A priest in Nigeria was abducted last week on 27 September, and subsequently released two days later. The kidnappers released him when they were told by the Catholic...

Catholic priest rescued from Marawi holds first Mass a week after freedom

September 25, 2017 — ICC Note: Four months in captivity and a bandage on his left eye did not prevent Father Soganub from doing what he was determined to do after his rescue –...