Fr. Don Bosco Onyalla

Fr. Don Bosco Onyalla is ACI Africa’s founding Editor-in-Chief. He was formed in the Congregation of the Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans), and later incardinated in Rumbek Diocese, South Sudan. He has a PhD in Media Studies from Daystar University in Kenya, and a Master’s degree in Organizational Communication from Marist College, New York, USA.

Newly named President and Chief Operating Officer of EWTN News, Inc., Montserrat (Montse) Alvarado. Credit: Courtesy EWTN News

Catholic Leader, Religious Liberty Advocate Named EWTN News President, C.O. Officer

A Catholic leader, a religious liberty advocate, and a news show anchor has been named President and Chief Operating Officer...

Fr. Isaac Achi, a Nigerian Catholic priest, was murdered in Niger State on 15 January 2023. | Diocese of Minna

Nigerian Catholic Parish Attacked, Parish Priest Killed, Assistant “in critical condition”

The Parish Priest of Sts. Peter and Paul Kaffin Koro Parish of the Catholic Diocese of Minna in Nigeria was...

The Papal “long-awaited” Ecumenical Visit among Ongoing Reflections of Bishops in Sudan

The postponed ecumenical trip to South Sudan that is to be undertaken by Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the...

Pope Francis meets participants in the general chapter of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, 13 June 2022. | Vatican Media. / Vatican Media

Pope Francis to Celebrate Holy Mass with Congolese in Rome after Postponing Trip to Africa

Pope Francis has planned to celebrate Holy Mass with Congolese in Rome on the day he was previously scheduled to...

Official logos for Pope Francis’ Apostolic visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Ecumenical Peace Pilgrimage to South Sudan. Credit: Vatican Media / Vatican Media

Pope Francis Prays to Reschedule Trip to DR Congo, South Sudan “as soon as possible”

Pope Francis has said he is praying to reschedule the Apostolic trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and...

Pope Francis is pictured in St. Peter’s Basilica on Pentecost Sunday, 5 June 2022. | Vatican Media. / Vatican Media

Pope Francis Postpones Pastoral Trip to DR Congo and South Sudan for Health Reasons

The Apostolic trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the ecumenical visit to South Sudan that Pope Francis...

Newly named Cardinal from Nigeria, Bishop Peter Okpaleke of Nigeria’s Ekwulobia Diocese. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Nigerian Bishop Who “resigned” amid Sustained Opposition among 21 Newly Named Cardinals

Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke who resigned in 2018 following sustained opposition to his Episcopal appointment for Nigeria’s Ahiara Diocese is among the...

Bishop Carlassare at St. Josephine Bakhita Mapuordit Parish of Rumbek Diocese on 3 April 2022. Credit: Fr. Luka Dor, Rumbek Diocese.

New Bishop in South Sudan “missionary with sincere earnestness, love for humans”: Confrere

A confrere of the newly ordained Bishop in South Sudan has described him as a person who takes his missionary...

EWTN Launches News Agency for Middle East and North Africa in Arabic Language

EWTN Global Catholic Network has launched a news agency that is to publish news content sourced from the Middle East and...

Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Nigeria's Archdiocese of Abuja. Credit: Archdiocese of Abuja

Nigerian Prelate Cautions against Religious “superiority complex, universalistic claims”

A Catholic Archbishop in Nigeria has called for the recognition of the “plurality of religions” in the West African nation,...

Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama (left) and Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo (right)
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Catholic Leaders Fault U.S. State Department for Removing Nigeria from Watch List

The exclusion of Nigeria from the list of countries with severe religious freedom violations by the U.S. State Department has...

A Catholic Nun getting a COVID-19 inoculation at a medical center in Zimbabwe. Credit: Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)

Catholic Charity Facilitates PPE Supplies in Zimbabwe amid Coronavirus Challenges

Catholic charity organization, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), has facilitated the provision of personal protective equipment (PPEs) to...

Bishop James Maria Wainaina of Kenya’s Murang’a Diocese. / Mr Kenya TV

Why a Kenyan Bishop is Concerned about Trials of COVID-19 Vaccine on Kenyans

Reports that potential COVID-19 drugs and vaccine could be tried on Kenyans have attracted criticism from citizens of the East...

Some of the members of the Instituted of the Apostles of Jesus who are ministering in the U.S. The Kenya-based Institute is undergoing internal reforms and a re-organization of the life of its members following a Vatican Decree that established a Pontifical Commissariat in June 2018. / Apostles of Jesus/U.S. Region/Province

Vatican Decree to Apostles of Jesus Order Wasn’t “to close, suspend,” Officials Clarify

The 2018 Vatican Decree issued through the department for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (CICLSAL) to...

Fr. Richard Oduor who has been freed on cash bail by the magistrate at Kenya’s Milimani Law Court. He is accused of “negligently” spreading COVID-19. He has denied the charges

Kenyan Court Frees Cleric Accused of Spreading COVID-19 on US$1,500 Cash Bail

The magistrate at Kenya’s Milimani Law Court, Martha Nanzushi has freed Fr. Richard Oduor, accused of “negligently” spreading COVID-19, on...

Fr. Richard Oduor, Kenyan-born priest incardinated in South Sudan's Torit diocese who was arrested April 9, 2020 after he was discharged from hospital where he was being treated for COVID-19 / Fr. Richard Oduor

Prosecutor Asks More Time “to complete investigations” in Kenyan Cleric Case over COVID-19

The government of Kenya through the Director of Public Prosecutions is seeking more time “to complete investigations” in the case...

An African Bishop reaching out to needy people affected by COVID-19 restrictions. / ACN

Catholic Aid Agency Commits Over US$5 million to Priests, Nuns in COVID-19 Prone Missions

Priests and nuns ministering among those considered vulnerable to COVID-19 in various parts of the world including Africa stand to...

Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese with the Secretary to the Federal Government (SGF), Boss Gidahyelda Mustapha during the Wednesday, April 8 audience in Abuja, Nigeria. / CBCN

Church in Nigeria Grants Government “full access to” All Catholic Health Facilities

In a move to boost Nigeria government’s efforts to contain COVID-19 in the country, Catholic Bishops in Africa’s most populous...

Fr. Richard Oduor, Kenyan-born priest incardinated in South Sudan's Torit diocese who tested positive for COVID-19 days after arriving in Kenya from Rome. He says he has no symptoms of the virus / Fr. Richard Oduor

“It's my 14th day in Kenya, I’ve no COVID-19 symptoms,” Priest Says, Faults Media Reports

The Kenyan priest, Fr. Richard Oduor who, according to government authorities in Kenya, tested positive for COVID-19 and got hospitalized...

Kenya's two leading newspapers, The Standard and Daily Nation, which framed the Church negatively in their respective headlines of March 23, 2020 edition.

Kenyan Media Framing of Church “as weak link, agent of death, unethical,” Catholics Decry

The recent negative media framing of the Church in Kenya as “a weak link” and “an agent of death” has...