Ngala Killian Chimtom

Cameroon, Yaoundé

Freelance Africa Correspondent at CRTV

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Freelance journalist based in Yaounde Enjoys breaking the news, but also going beyond the headlines

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Pope Leo extends olive branch to Jews, sends subtle message on Gaza

4 days ago | cruxnow.com | Elise Ann Allen |John Allen Jr |Eduardo Lima |Ngala Killian Chimtom

ROME – As with any new papacy, there is a risk in these early days of over-interpreting every word or action from Leo XIV, and while that is real, when it comes to current Vatican-Jewish relations, there isn’t much that he can say or do on the issue right now that does not carry at least some subtext.
950 locations in Nigeria’s South East now occupied by Jihadist Fulani herdsmen

4 days ago | cruxnow.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom |John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Eduardo Lima

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Although the uprooting of Christians from their lands has historically been an issue for Nigeria’s northern states, a fresh report by the Catholic –inspired NGO – the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, Intersociety – has revealed Jihadist Fulani herdsmen are now overrunning Christian communities in the country’s South East.
Latin American bishops say the region’s Church must be synodal

4 days ago | cruxnow.com | Eduardo Lima |John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Ngala Killian Chimtom

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – One word – synodality – dominated the general assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Latin America (CELAM), which gathered in Rio de Janeiro the presidents and secretary-generals of all bishops’ conferences in Latin America and the Caribbean between May 26-30.
Vocal prayer is fragile; meditative prayer is at the center

6 days ago | cruxnow.com | John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Ngala Killian Chimtom

The life of prayer is a process that has great advances and setbacks. There is no monotony when it comes to spending time with God. For those who commit themselves to pray, there is a daily adventure waiting for them. We oftentimes think of the human soul as the microcosm and the universe as the macrocosm, but these thoughts are inversed and misplaced. It is the human soul searching for God that is the true macrocosm.
Bishop says murder of Kenyan priest will be “a seed for new life”

6 days ago | catholicworldreport.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom |Catherine Harmon

Fr. Alois Cheruiyot Bett was murdered in Kenya on May 22nd by bandits. (Image: Screenshot / KTN Kenya News, YouTube)The brutal killing of Kenyan priest Fr. Alois Cheruiyot Bett, pastor at the newly established St. Matthias Mulumba Tot parish in the Diocese of Eldoret, has sent shock waves in a region plagued by poverty and banditry. The priest was killed in an ambush on May 22nd, shortly after celebrating Mass in Kakbiken, a village in the Western Highlands of Kenya.
Franciscans honor Bartholomew I, Leonardo Boff, and other for their care of our Common Home

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Eduardo Lima |Ngala Killian Chimtom

The Order of Franciscan Friars Minor (OFM) in collaboration with the Pontifical Antonianum University held the presentation of the Laudato Si’ Awards on May 30, coinciding with the centenary of the Canticle of the Creatures by Saint Francis of Assisi and 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’.
Catholic nun in Africa urges Church to address sexual abuse of women religious

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – In the face of histories of abuse and cover-up by the Church, a Catholic nun in Zambia has challenged Church leaders to stem the tide of abuse against women religious wherever and whenever it happens. Sister Linah Siabana was speaking during the Symposium and 6th Annual General Meeting of the Conference of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar (COMSAM) in South Africa that ended May 30.
Ghana bishops raise the alarm over illegal mining

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Catholic bishops in Ghana have again raised alarm over the scale of illegal mining in the country, saying that what should have been a national blessing has turned out to be a curse of national proportions. Ghana leads gold production in Africa, yielding roughly 130 tons every year. Gold comprised over 93 percent of its 2019 mineral revenue, with other minerals contributing less.
Murders in central Nigeria highlights ongoing attacks on Christians

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A leading Nigerian priest has warned that if the military fails to stem the continued killing of Christians, an armed response might become imperative. At least 50 people were murdered in Aondona, a village in central Nigeria, on Sunday. “These are not only Christians but from the village of Bishop Wilfred Anagbe of Makurdi Diocese,” said Father Moses Aondover Iorapuu. Iorapuu is the Vicar General Pastoral and Director of Communications of the diocese.
‘We will never abandon our faith’: Nigerian archbishop on terrorists targeting faith groups

1 week ago | thecatholicherald.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom

A leading Nigerian prelate says faith-based organisations in the Sahel region have become soft targets for extremists. Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of the Abuja Archdiocese was speaking in an exclusive interview following a regional meeting of West African bishops that took place in Dakar in Senegal designed to tackle extremism. “The number of churches, mosques, Christians, Muslims, priests, pastors, and imams being kidnapped and maimed by these radical extremists is alarming,” Kaigama said.