A tragic, quiet event is taking place in the Tigray area of northern Ethiopia, threatening the Irob Catholic minority’s cultural and religious identity. With a long and storied past, the Irob people — ...

In a statement shared on July 13 following its 58th plenary assembly, members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia (CBCE) said the current situation in Ethiopia calls “more than ever” for a ...

Fears of renewed violence are linked to the split in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) — the party that fought against Ethiopia’s federal army during the two-year war and runs Tigray’s ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Still reeling from the aftermath of a brutal war, the northern Ethiopian town of Tigray, according to Catholic aid officials, is also facing an unfolding humanitarian crisis, ...

Pilgrims were visiting the Menjar Shenkora Arerti Mariam Church to mark the annual Virgin Mary festival. Worshippers stand inside the Menjar Shenkora Arerti Mariam Church under construction that ...

Eyewitness Gebreweld Tesfaye told the BBC that a sizeable number of the worshippers decided to climb onto the makeshift ...

“It’s critical that the continued arbitrary detention of Dr. Daniel is understood in the context of rapidly growing patterns of authoritarian practices in Ethiopia,” Haimanot Ashenafi, Horn of Africa ...

Church forests, patches of forested land surrounding churches as protected areas, started out as a tradition in the early days of Christianity in Ethiopia and still endure today. Many of these forests ...