OUAGADOUGOU: In the strife-torn northern region of Burkina Faso, a village witnessed a horrifying assault during a Sunday mass, resulting in the tragic deaths of at least 15 Catholic worshippers ...

four people died when a Catholic church was attacked in a nearby village, the bishop of Dori in northern Burkina Faso told Vatican news agency Fides. Schools and teachers have also been targeted ...

Simultaneously, on the same day as the mosque attack, at least 15 civilians were killed and two others wounded during an assault on a Catholic church in northern Burkina Faso while worshippers ...

A Catholic charity has made it possible for a diocese in Burkina Faso to provide six months' basic food supply ... expressed his gratitude for the assistance received from Aid to the Church in Need ...

Burkina Faso is leaving the West African regional bloc ECOWAS to join counterterrorism forces with Niger and Mali. The junta ...

Natiaboani, where those attacks happened, is in Burkina Faso’s troubled eastern region where multiple armed groups operate. That same day, at least 15 worshippers were killed in an attack on a ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nouna, Burkina Faso, presented by Bishop Joseph Sama. The Holy Father has appointed ...

Vaticano City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, presented by Archbishop Paul ...

Vocations at one of Burkina Faso's main seminaries increased by more ... according to Father Sanon. He told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN): "The conditions are far from ideal for ...

NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — Marianite Sister Suellen Tennyson, who was kidnapped from the convent of her educational and medical mission in Yalgo, Burkina ... know about the Catholic Church, especially ...