Fairbanks Bishop Steven Maekawa said in a statement this week that Father Alphonsus Afina was captured by Boko Haram in the ...

The Rev. Alphonsus Afina, a Nigerian priest who served in Fairbanks and villages across the Seward Peninsula, was abducted by ...

The Diocese of Fairbanks says that they were contacted by a Nigerian Diocese informing them that a terrorist group in Africa ...

The Diocese of Fairbanks, however ... described by one observer as “The Catholic Church’s biggest crisis since the Reformation,” has shaken the church hierarchy around the world and prompted ...

FAIRBANKS — Mary, the mother of Jesus, and pioneering Catholic women are honored in two, newly installed stained glass windows in the foyer of Immaculate Conception Church. Fittingly ...

Maekawa, 55, in his current role has created an outreach program to serve the isolated Catholic Yupik ... our Lord Jesus and the church than here in the Diocese of Fairbanks, and in this great ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A judge has approved the final details of a bankruptcy plan revision for the Fairbanks Catholic Diocese ... brothers and church volunteers, both living and dead.

The Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks said it was aware of the allegations ... when Hauwert was serving as a priest at Our Lady of Peace church in Santa Clara, Calif., and began counseling with ...

Zielinski of Fairbanks, Alaska, to head the Diocese of ... Aware of the great need for Catholic military chaplains, Cooney released him to serve in the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services.

Jim LaBelle, a 77-year-old Iñupiaq from Fairbanks, Alaska ... LaBelle said he wants to see the Catholic Church and its entities share more of their detailed records on the schools, the names ...

"Even though we are in a period of mourning, also look forward to what’s next for the next chapter of the Catholic Church,” said Fairbanks.