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How Catholic Priests are Confronting Religious Intolerance in West Africa
Catholic priests are at the forefront of the fight against ethnic and religious-based intolerance in West Africa. This, they do...
Catholic Priests in West Africa Urged to Find Solutions to Region’s Tribal, Religious Conflicts
Catholic priests in West Africa who are meeting in Guinea-Bissau for their general assembly have been urged to propose ways...
Catholic Priest Who Fled War in Sudan Recalls Locals Parting Shot
When fighting in Sudan’s capital Khartoum intensified, with missiles endlessly hitting St. Joseph Vocational Training Centre of the Salesians of Don...
Endless Bombing of Sudanese Catholic Community Draws Trapped Residents Closer to God
Peace reigns inside Dar Mariam, the residence of the Salesian Sisters in Sudan that is surrounded by heavy gunfire and...
“It’s not always easy for some”: Communicators in Kenyan Dioceses Challenged to Cover for Bishops Missing Online
Communicators in Kenyan Catholic Dioceses have been challenged to keep their Local Ordinaries visible on social media platforms as they...
He “embodied the grace of God”: Tributes Pour in for Sierra Leonean Priest Who Overcame Stroke to Emerge Prolific Writer
The Catholic Church in Sierra Leone is mourning the passing on of Fr. Gabriel Luseni, who influenced the West African...
Emotions in Journalism? Kenyan Catholic Archbishop’s Tips on How Journalists Can Spur Spiritual Conversion
Emotions are not entirely a bad thing in journalism especially if they lead to deep spiritual reflection and conversion, Catholic...
Kenya’s Catholic Journalists Urged to Communicate “beauty, aesthetics of nature” in Fight for Environmental Conservation
For environmental reporting to be impactful, communicators must rediscover the beauty of nature and bring it out in their work,...
Church “must do more”: Priest Researcher Calls for Full Returnees’ Integration as Illegal Migration Surges in The Gambia
In Africa’s tiniest nation of The Gambia, many illegal migrants deported from European countries hang around the country’s cities and...
Catholic Priest Fears for the Future of The Gambia’s Christian Population amid “subtle” Persecution
Christians in The Gambia who represent a tiny percentage of the country’s population are experiencing “subtle” persecution, a Catholic Priest...
Stories of Rwandan Women “scarred by genocide” Must Be Told: Jesuit Priest on 30th Anniversary of Mass Killing
Women who were sexually assaulted, infected with diseases, and forced into exile, among other brutalities during the 1994 genocide against...
Yearlong Sudan Civil War “evokes terrible memories” for Comboni Missionary Sister Receiving Returnees in South Sudan
The sight of the South Sudanese returnees fleeing war in Sudan who arrive worn out and scared evokes painful memories...
Catholic Widow in Lesotho Leading Campaign to Address Youth Addiction to Drugs
Pontsho Florina Tumisi watched helplessly as the school performance of her daughter who had always been an A-student plunged. She...
Catholic Sisters in Kenya Move to Address Caregiving Gaps among Elderly Women Religious
Not long ago, the Centre for Research in Religious Life and Apostolate (CERRA-Africa) carried out an investigation into the situation of Catholic...
Africa’s population “targeted for decimation”: Catholic Pro-lifers on WHO Birth Control Strategies
Human Life International (HLI) Directors in Africa have criticized the World Health Organization (WHO) for promoting strategies that the pro-lifers say seek to...
Catholic Priest Treks for Miles to Distribute Food to DR Congo’s Needy Families
Elderly women in impoverished communities served by St. Francis of Paola Parish of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic...
“Profound opportunity”: Catholic Archbishop in Nigeria Calls for Interfaith Dialogue as Easter Coincides with Ramadan
Christians celebrating Easter and Muslims living the Holy Month of Ramadan in Nigeria have been urged to embrace the season as a...
Apprehending Mastermind in Killing of Nigerian Seminarian “a welcome development”, Activist Calls for More Arrests
International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), a Catholic-inspired human rights foundation in Nigeria is calling for more...
“Emulate Simon of Cyrene, your fellow African”: Catholic Bishop in South Sudan to Youths in Holy Week Message
Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussala of South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambia (CDTY) has challenged African young people to emulate the determination of Simon of Cyrene,...
Catholic Archbishop in Sierra Leone Puzzled by Low Turnout for Holy Week Activities “in the last twenty or so years”
Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone has decried the low turnout for Holy Week activities in the...