As the fighting intensifies, it requires acts of courage for religious leaders, particularly Catholic clergy, to continue to do their jobs for the flocks they serve. Because they refuse to be drawn into the partisan fight, both sides now see Catholic clerics as their opponents. Reverend Father Herman Lawong is the new pastor of Ndzevru…
The Blessed Sacrament was stolen from the Perpetual Adoration Chapel of Njinikom Parish and the tabernacle “completely dug off the Church wall and taken away” from Christ the King Parish Fuli Kom on May 14 and July 8 respectively. In a Wednesday, July 14 statement, the Chancellor of Bamenda Archdiocese, Fr. Derek Che Choli calls…
Most of our people have lost trust in us, the elites. But I tell you, what I have come to realize is that the Church and most especially the Catholic Church and the priests are the only people those people back home trust. Let me give you an example. We created a sanctuary in my…
Ruud Verhoeven writes admiringly of his brother, Nol (Arnold) Verhoeven MHM, onhis Facebook page: Anyone who has ever followed my stories knows that Nol (Arnold) , the last brother left to me, felled a few years ago by a brain disorder, was forced from Cameroon to end up in a rest home for retired missionaries…
I know there have been frequent attacks on both sides. There have been attempts by the military to reach “the boys” [separatist fighters are called “Amba-boys”] and there have been attempts by “the boys” to reach the military. I know that these confrontations cannot solve the problem. The people who are at war know what…
Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) – “The great crisis in which Cameroon is currently involved, relating to the tensions in the English-speaking regions of the country, generates heavy effects in various sectors from school to the health sector. Neither the danger of the coronavirus nor the opening of negotiations has stopped the civil conflict: the clashes between…
“The Vatican should act like the body of Christ, supporting the oppressed,” says a representative of an Anglophone Cameroon group, interviewed by Independent Catholic News. Barrister John Fru Nsoh of the so-called Interim Government of the Anglophone Restorationists justified the abduction of some priests as a protest against “the Church’s attitude of siding with the…
On Friday 11 th of June 2021, on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, was another happy occasion for the Mill Hill family in Cameroon, when Malvin Ngi MHM was ordained a priest by Bishop Agapitus Nfon of Kumba Diocese of the Southwest Region. The Ordination took place at Fiango Sacred heart Cathedral parish, an old…
“I think there are people in the international community who can call all those involved in this matter to sit down and address the issues and come out with a solution. Everybody should be involved,” he added. The bishop also pointed to Blinken’s call for a dialogue without preconditions as inadequate. “What moves are we…
“I really felt bad that within a period like this when most people, most governments are trying to look for ways and means of combating COVID 19 disease – a virus that is killing and taking away the lives of many people – that people will still have the audacity to embezzle funds of this…
On the feast of St Bede, 25th May 2021, two Mill Hill Missionaries, Peter Ntein Yong and Leonard Chia Mufua, were ordained priests in a beautiful and solemn celebration by the Archbishop of Bamenda, Msgr. Andrew Nkea. The celebration took place at Christ the King parish, Fuli Kom, the home parish of the newly ordained…
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