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 ...

The bishop of Ethiopia’s Catholic Eparchy of Adigrat, which covers the Tigray region, said he has witnessed firsthand the “unspeakable suffering” and death of the people of God in the embattled region ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scaffolding collapsed at Ethiopia’s Arerti Mariam church during a St. Mary celebration, killing 36 and injuring 200+. Worshippers fell from heights amid chaos.

At least 30 people have died and more than 200 others been injured after scaffolding collapsed at a church in Ethiopia. Thousands of worshippers were gathered at the Arerti Mariam church early in the ...

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

Violent conflict in the Tigray region started in November 2020 when TPLF allegedly launched an attack on Ethiopia’s Federal Government Army base in the region. Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin of the ...