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A Nigerian priest who previously served in Alaska remains missing after being captured by Boko Haram operatives in his homeland, OSV News has learned.

Amid concern over immigration enforcement raids in the area, the Bishop of San Bernardino, California, on July 8 issued a dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass for the faithful if they fear for their well-being.

French Archbishop Guy de Kerimel of Toulouse defended his appointment of a priest convicted of sexually abusing a minor as diocesan chancellor, saying that he had "chosen the path of mercy."

For almost three weeks, Colombian authorities have been searching for Fr. Carlos Jaimes Guerrero, a 30-year-old Augustinian friar who went missing on June 17, and they still have not identified potential reasons for his disappearance.

The horrific attack on a Syrian church that claimed the lives of more than 25 and injured more than 60 others should raise a red flag on the internal situation in Syria, say activists close to victims of the tragedy.

A Mexican priest remains in serious condition after being shot four times while traveling to minister to a sick person—an attack reinforcing Mexico's reputation as one of the world's most dangerous for clergy, despite its large Catholic population.

While the NATO summit in the Netherlands focused on military preparedness, Christian voices in the country are advocating for peace and justice in a biblical sense, calling on people to pray for peace and aid for victims in the days surrounding the summit.

More than 500 Christians in Nigeria have been murdered by Fulani militants since the start of April, according to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) UK’s Head of Press and Public Affairs John Pontifex.

The first funeral services for the victims of a jihadi suicide bombing inside a Damascus church were held as Syrian Christians have been left deeply traumatized by the horrific massacre during Sunday's Divine Liturgy on June 22.

A ceasefire between Israel and Iran is bringing a measure of relief to the Holy Land, but Catholic humanitarians there told OSV News that real and lasting peace must ultimately be achieved.