Religion

All cultures and religions have their creation stories. One creation story is of the Kaluli people who believe everything in the world was created to solve the problems of cold and hunger. The Kaluli are a clan of indigenous people...

The Catholic Bishop Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has offered all its 425 health facilities across the country as isolation centres for COVID-19. Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), revealed this at the presidential task force briefing...

As the cases of coronavirus continue to rise in Nigeria, the Ondo state government has decla­red a three-day period of fasting and prayers commencing from Th­ursday, 2nd to Satur­day, 4th April for Ondo State and the country to seek...

Ugandan authorities have charged a controversial pastor who is accused of telling his congregation that there is no coronavirus in Africa. Prosecutors accuse Augustine Yiga of making the comments to the Revival Christian Church congregation on Friday, in comments carried...

A religious Stone has been imported from Jerusalem to lay a foundation for the construction of the Ghana National Cathedral. The stone believed to be religious was imported by the government from Israel to help sanctify the yet-to-be constructed National...

An 18th Century ceremonial crown that resurfaced in the Netherlands after being taken from a church more than 20 years ago has returned to the church it came from. Debre Medhanit Slase Cheleqo is the church in northern Ethiopia that...

There are already more Christians in Africa than any other continent in the world and that’s not going to change soon. By 2060 six of the countries with the top ten largest Christian populations will be in Africa, up from...

A Kenyan pastor has stabbed his wife several times before turning the knife on himself inside a church they founded together in Mombasa. Pastor Elisha Nadoya Mizigo of Goods for God’s Gospel Ministries left several notes accusing his wife of...

The U.S. government has added Nigeria to a “Special Watch List (SWL)” of countries that have engaged in or tolerated “severe violations of religious freedom.” Other countries added to the list besides Nigeria are Cuba, Nicaragua and Sudan. The US secretary...

Pope Francis has returned to the Vatican after completing a three-nation tour of southern Africa, and some of his most compelling insights may have been on the plane ride home from Antananarivo. The pope held a press conference with journalists...