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Sr. Jecinter Okoth, FSSA

Sr. Jecinter Okoth, FSSA

A Poster of the New Pastoral Plan for the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC). / SACBC FaceBook page

Church in Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland Set to Unveil a New Pastoral Plan

The Church in Southern Africa is set to launch a new pastoral plan that will replace the one that has...

A poster of the St. Ignatius scholarship for Women to Study Theology

Jesuits' Hekima College Announces Scholarship for African Women to Study Theology

Members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) are seeking to empower women in Africa to be able to engage credibly...

Some Members of FSSA during the official opening of Our Lady Queen of Peace Community Dodoma, Tanzania, Wednesday, January 8. / Franciscan Sisters of St. Anna (FSSA)

Kenya-based Franciscan Order of Nuns Extends Apostolate to Tanzania

A congregation of women religious of the order of St. Francis headquartered in Kenya’s Kisumu Archdiocese has extended its apostolate...

Some participants during Church Management Workshop for Clergy, religiious and laity at Tangaza University College (TUC), Thursday January 9. / Fr. Kevin Ochong Owino, Kisumu Archdiocese

Beneficiaries of Church Management Training in Kenya Ready to Roll Out Programs Locally

A section of clergy, religious men and women, and the laity who have been taking part in the just concluded...

Fransciscan Brother Peter Tabichi meeting Pope Francis at Santa Marta in Rome on January 8, 2020

Kenyan Religious Brother, World’s Best Teacher Meets Pope Francis, Share Prayer Intentions

Kenyan-born Franciscan Friar who was voted world’s best teacher in March 2019 had the opportunity to meet Pope Francis at...

New Vice Chancellor Designate taking office at Kenya-based Tangaza University College (TUC): Left: Br. Tom Kearney, former Principal interim TUC handing over the Mace to Prof. David Wango'mbe on January 8, 2020 / Tangaza University College

First-ever Lay VC at Kenya-based Catholic Institution of Higher Learning Takes Office

A Kenyan-born Professor of Accounting who was appointed last month to head Tangaza University College (TUC), the Nairobi-based Catholic Institution...

Participants in the nine-day forum of "Together for a New Africa" training that concluded Sunday, January 5, 2020. / Together for a New Africa

Participants in “Together for a New Africa” Forum Share Impact of Training

The nine-day training that brought together 100 participants from seven African countries under the theme “African Identity and Leadership for Unity,” which...

Poster of the Workshop on Pastoral Leadership and Pastoral Management underway at Kenya-based Tangaza University College (TUC) / Tangaza University College (TUC)

Clergy, Religious, Laity to Be Trained in Parish Management at A Nairobi Workshop

A workshop seeking to create awareness among clergy, religious, and laity ministering in parishes about “professional and systematic” ways of...

Young people during adoration at a youth camp meeting Sioma town, Livingstone diocese, Zambia / Fr. Bruno Hamukali
Youth Chaplain Livingstone diocese

Young People in Zambia’s Livingstone Diocese Encouraged to be Hopeful and Alive

At a pre-Christmas youth camp in Zambia’s Livingstone diocese where young people from various parishes converged for a weeklong meeting...

Caption: Fr. Samuel Agwameseh, released after spending 3 days in captivity. / Fr. Charles Uganwa

Catholic Priest of Nigeria’s Issele-Uku Diocese, Freed by Abductors

A week after two Nigerian Catholic priests from Awka Diocese were released unharmed by abductors, another priest from Nigeria’s Issele-Uku Diocese in...

Bishop Placide Lubamba Ndjibu of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Kasongo Diocese. / CENCO

May “Christmas 2019 bring long-awaited grace of effective peace,” DR Congo Bishop Prays

As Christians prepare for the yearly celebration of Christ’s nativity, Bishop Placide Lubamba Ndjibu of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC)...

Catholic teachers of Mongu Diocese in Zambia / Rev. Dr. Wilfred Hodari-Mongu diocesan education secretary

Catholic Teachers in Zambia to Enhance Sharing of Catholic Faith in Institutions

At a recent two-day meeting attended by over 100 Catholic teachers in Zambia’s Diocese of Mongu, an alliance of Catholic...

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge Winner World Sport Star of the Year 2019

Marathoner Eliud Kipchoge Wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2019

Kenyan-born Catholic-raised Eliud Kipchoge who became the first ever world marathoner to run the 42-km race in less than two...

Br. Peter Mokaya Tabichi, World’s Best Teacher receiving the Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear at Kenya's State House from President Uhuru Kenyatta on Jamhuri Day, December 12, 2019 / Presidential Press

Kenyan Franciscan Friar, World’s Best Teacher, Receives Presidential Award

The Kenyan Franciscan Friar who, in March won the US$1 million Global Teacher Prize for 2019, Br. Peter Mokaya Tabichi...

Sr. Catherine Mutindi Kivutui, member of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd together with some of the the vulnerable children under her program at Bon Pasteur Kolwezi in DR Congo / Sr. Catherine Mutindi

US$1 Million Award to “improve lives, renew hope of most vulnerable” in DR Congo: Nun

The winner of this year’s Opus Prize worth US$1 million, Sr. Catherine Mutindi Kivutui, has returned to her ministry in...

Professor David Wang’ombe, the newly appointed Vice Chancellor designate of Tangaza University College, Kenya-based Catholic institution jointly owned by 22 religious congregations / ACI Africa

Newly Appointed Head of Kenya-based Catholic Institution, First-ever Lay, “delighted”

The 33-year-old Kenya-based Catholic institution of higher learning jointly owned by various religious orders, Tangaza University College (TUC), is set...

Bishop Joseph Mbatia (on mic) of Nyahururu Diocese reads the communique of the agroecology conference 2019. He is flanked by, from left Margaret Mwaniki (Caritas Africa), Stellamaris Muelar (Fastenopfer), Dennis Kioko (Trocaire) and Hellen Owiti (Trocaire) / CISA

Kenya’s Multi-Agency Conference on Agroecology Commits to Catholic Identity, Involve Youth

The four-day multi-agency conference on agroecology concluded Thursday, November 28, in Kenya’s Nyahururu town with participants resolving to draw inspiration...

Ms. Dominique Yon with Pope Francis / Dominique Yon

South African Appointed to New Vatican-based Youth Advisory Body “surprised, honored”

A year after the Synod of Bishops' special assembly on Young People, Faith and Vocational Discernment proposed the creation of...

Bishop Markos Ghebremedhin, Vicar Apostolic of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia

Church in Ethiopia Has Fulfilled Pope’s Request, Prayed for Persecuted Orthodox Christians

Weeks after Pope Francis requested prayers for persecuted Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia who were targeted in ethnic clashes in the...

Radio Maria Nairobi / ACI Africa

World Family of Radio Maria Launches Station in Kenya’s Capital, Targets Live Events

The World Family of Radio Maria with presence in 80 countries, 23 of them  in Africa, launched an additional station...