In what is big news coming out of Nicaragua in the New Year, an outspoken bishop who spent over a year behind bars for criticizing the government and whose case has received broad international attention was released Saturday along with 18 others.
The northern parts of Cameroon have been a flash point of Boko Haram attacks since 2014, when the terrorists, whose origins are in Nigeria, began expanding their murderous campaign to Nigeria’s neighbors of Cameroon, Chad, and Niger.
The Vatican Press Office said the pontiff had accepted the resignation of 58-year-old Kannikadass Antony William, who has faced multiple accusations of wrongdoing including sexual misconduct, corruption, kidnapping and even collusion in murder.