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Father Stephen Gutgsell.

Iowa man receives life in prison for 2023 stabbing of Nebraska priest

Nov 14, 2025

By Daniel Payne

Kierre Williams last month pleaded guilty to the assault that claimed the life of Father Stephen Gutgsell. Read more

Father Matthew Eya, a parish priest in the Diocese of Nsukka in Nigeria, was shot and killed on the evening of Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, while returning to his parish after a pastoral assignment.

Catholic priest killed in ‘senseless act of violence’ in Nigeria

Sep 23, 2025

By Jude Atemanke

Father Matthew Eya was shot on Sept. 19 while returning to his parish after a pastoral assignment, according to Diocese... Read more

Father Augustine Amadu of Sierra Leone’s Catholic Diocese of Kenema was murdered on Aug. 30 while he was preparing to take on a new mission in the diocese.

Priest in Sierra Leone murdered while preparing for new mission

Sep 2, 2025

By Agnes Aineah

A Catholic priest in Sierra Leone’s Diocese of Kenema was murdered Aug. 30 as he was preparing to take on... Read more