A recent report from Fides Agency, the information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies, found that since 2015, 145 ...

The Fairbanks Diocese last month urged the faithful to “pray for [Afina’s] freedom from captivity and for his physical and ...

The Rev. Alphonsus Afina has been released by the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram after being imprisoned for a month and a ...

The Rev. Alphonsus Afina and others had been traveling via car in northern Nigeria when they were ambushed and abducted.

Security forces have rescued Reverend Father Alphonsus Afina and 32 other kidnap victims in separate operations in Borno and ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Army have reportedly rescued Reverend Father Alphonsus Afina, who was ...

A Nigerian priest who previously served in Alaska has been released unharmed several weeks after being captured by Boko Haram in early June, the Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks and Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa ...

Father Alphonsus Afina, a Nigerian priest who served in the Diocese of Fairbanks Alaska (2017-2024), was abducted June 1, 2025, by Islamist militants in his home country. Aid to the Church in Need ...

A Catholic Reverend Father in Borno State, Alphonsus Adina, who was kidnapped on June 1st by Boko Haram insurgents, has ...

The Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska, has received confirmation that Father Alphonsus Afina, a Nigerian priest abducted by ...

Catholic Bishop of Maiduguri Diocese, John Bakeni, has lauded the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Army for successfully rescuing Reverend Father Alphonsus Afina, who was kidnapped ...

According to the Bishop, the Catholic community worldwide was excited at the news that Father Afina was rescued after nearly ...