Eritrean authorities are continuing to detain Catholic Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim of Segheneity, who was arrested at the Asmara International Airport Oct. 15. After the Catholic Church queried ...

Catholic bishops in Eritrea have expressed anger at the forced takeover of church-run institutions as the government moved to confiscate or close more schools. The latest seizure targeted early ...

Eritrean authorities are continuing to detain Catholic Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim of Segheneity, who was arrested at the Asmara International Airport Oct. 15. After the Catholic Church queried ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis appointed an apostolic visitor on Wednesday for Eritrean Catholics in the United States and Canada. The Pope named Father Tesfaldet Tekie Tsada, chaplain of the Eritrean ...

Eritrean authorities have freed Catholic Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim after 75 days in prison. Bishop Tsalim, the 52-year-old bishop of Segheneity, an eparchy in the southern part of Eritrea, had ...

As the Eritrean government continues to seize and close Catholic healthcare sites throughout the country, the Church has denounced the intimidation used during the nationalization. The government's ...

When my dad immigrated to Seattle from Eritrea, the Eritrean Catholic church became his new community. He goes to mass every Sunday. There, he sings in Tigrinya, his native tongue, and prays to God.

A Russian newspaper critical of President Vladimir Putin is among the nominations for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Edward Snowden, Pope Francis and a Catholic priest helping African migrants ...

Passengers are processed at the immigration section after arriving at Asmara International Airport in Asmara, Eritrea, July 18, 2018. Eritrean authorities are continuing to detain Catholic Bishop ...

Pope Francis appointed an apostolic visitor on Wednesday for Eritrean Catholics in the United States and Canada. The pope named Father Tesfaldet Tekie Tsada, chaplain of the Eritrean community of Los ...

Eritreans fleeing their homes are pictured carrying their belongings at the Ethiopian border town of Zalambesa in 1998, the beginning of a two-year border war. (Credit: CNS photo/Reuters.) Listen ...