Last week, gunmen shot at a car carrying Roman Catholic Cardinal John Onaiyekan in the country’s southern Edo state.

"We urge all Iraqi politicians to adopt wisdom and quietness.”

"It's on us to take care of creation, not to see it as merely nature and ecology, but stewardship of creation."

"Regrettably, things have not improved, and in some places, things have gotten worse."

"A voice of protest is needed," especially when the lives of children were at stake.

The missing students' case has caused consternation in Mexico and attracted enormous international attention.