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ACI Africa Staff

ACI Africa Staff

ACI Africa was founded in 2019. We provide free, up-to-the-minute news affecting the Catholic Church in Africa, giving particular emphasis to the words of the Holy Father and happenings of the Holy See, to any person with access to the internet. ACI Africa is proud to offer free access to its news items to Catholic dioceses, parishes, and websites, in order to increase awareness of the activities of the universal Church and to foster a sense of Catholic thought and culture in the life of every Catholic.

May Christmas 2024 Help Realize “hope that is active, transformative”: Catholic Bishops in Cameroon’s Troubled Region

Two Catholic Bishops ministering in the midst of the protracted Anglophone crisis in the Central African nation of Cameroon are...

Members of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (CEM)

Catholic Bishops in Mozambique Appeal for Peace, Justice ahead of Christmas, Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year Celebrations

Mozambique’s Catholic Bishops are appealing for peace, justice, and reconciliation ahead of Christmas festivities that are to begin with the...

Fr. Alain Mayama, Superior General of the Spiritans

Superior of 321-year-old Order with Dominant African Membership Cautions against “impoverished” Spirituality

There is a growing “spiritual crisis” among some members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans/Holy Ghost Fathers/CSSp.), the Superior General...

Be “living witness of God’s love”: Catholic Bishop in Ivory Coast to Woman Religious at Final Vows, Emphasizes Fidelity

Bishop Honoré Beugré Dakpa of the Catholic Diocese of Katiola in Ivory Coast has called upon Sr. Rosalie Kpanda Tuo to live a life...

“A devastating blow”: Catholic Archbishop in Nigeria on Deadly Stampede at Food Distribution Initiative

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1133413305024367&set=a.230903561942017&type=3&ref=embed_post&_rdc=1&_rdrThe stampede that claimed the lives of ten people and left many injured during a food distribution event at Holy...

A burned-out home in Munga Dosso, Taraba State, is among the many that were damaged in clashes between members of the United Methodist and Global Methodist churches. Two children, ages 4 and 2, were killed in the December attacks. Credit: Bishop John Schol.

Deadly Violence among Section of The United Methodist Church of Nigeria “very” Disappointing: Catholic Bishop

The deadly violent conflict pitting a section of The United Methodist Church of Nigeria (UMCN) and the country’s conservative breakaway Global Methodist (GM)...

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja in Nigeria. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

“Joy is not the absence of suffering”: Catholic Archbishop Encourages Nigerians to Stay Positive amid Hardships

It is possible for the people of God in Nigeria to rejoice even as they grapple with corruption, poverty, and...

Credit: CSW

Christian Human Rights Foundation Condemns Attack on Sudanese Mosque that Killed Seven

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a UK-based human rights foundation, has condemned continued targeting of places of worship as war rages on...

Bishop Bruno Essoh Yedoh. Credit: CECCI

Health, Access to Clean Water among Challenges Caritas Ivory Coast Wants Addressed ahead of National Caritas Day

Support for people with health conditions and access to clean water are among the challenges Caritas Ivory Coast wants addressed as the...

“Vibrant spiritual home”: Catholic Bishops, Clergy, Laity Laud Kenyan 125-year-old Parish for Fostering Faith Practice

125-year-old St. Austin’s Msongari Parish has facilitated the practice of Christian faith as a “spiritual home” characterized with vibrancy, this is how...

Bishop John Mbinda of the Catholic Diocese of Lodwar in Kenya. Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN)

Keep “fire of faith burning”: Spiritan Bishop to Parishioners of Kenya’s Oldest Inland Parish at Anniversary Conclusion

Parishioners of St. Austin’s Msongari Parish, Kenya’s oldest Inland Catholic Parish, have been challenged to continue making manifest their Christian faith...

Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala (right) and Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku. Credit: CRN/CDTY

Physical Assault of Catholic Bishop in Sudan “not healthy”, South Sudanese Bishop Urges Respect for Faith Leaders

The Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) physical assault and injury of Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali of Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of El-Obeid Diocese was a step in the...

Bishop Justin Kientega of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso. Credit: ACN

Catholic Charity Announces Christmas Campaign to Support Persecuted Christians in Burkina Faso

Catholic Pontifical Foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International is dedicating its Christmas campaign this year to persecuted Christians in...

Credit: Misereor/Kenya

“So many people ... full of hope”: Director of German Catholic Bishops’ Development Entity on First-ever Visit to Africa

One word that captures the experience of the Director General of Misereor during his recently concluded first-ever visit to Africa is “hope”.

Why Nigerian Muslim Donated Modern 400-seater Assembly Hall to Nigeria’s Oyo Catholic Diocese

The Catholic Church’s centuries of humble service to humanity and her development record to society are among the reasons Alhaji...

Participants during the Teen STAR Congress in Nairobi.

First-ever Teen STAR Congress in Nairobi Seeking to “modify” Curriculum to Give “it an African identity”: Facilitator

Animators of the Teen STAR curriculum across Africa have been given the go-ahead and modify the Catholic formation program in ways that...

In Inaugural “encounter” with Sudan/South Sudan’s Catholic Bishops, Apostolic Nuncio Explains His “principal function”

The Apostolic Nuncio in South Sudan has used the occasion of his first official meeting with members of the Sudan and...

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) partnership with Standard Chartered Bank Kenya to support flood victims in Nairobi. Credit: ACI Africa.

CRS Realizes Partnership with Kenya-based Bank for Nairobi Flood Victims as “commitment” to Fostering Human Dignity

The reaching out to flood victims in the Kenya’s Nairobi communities of Mathare slum and Embakasi by the Catholic Relief Services (CRS)...

Bishop Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe of Tanzania’s Catholic Diocese of Morogoro, Blessed Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan (Blessed Francis Jordan)

Strive for “true” Heroism, “denounce all things unorthodox”: Catholic Bishop in Tanzania to Confirmation Candidates

Bishop Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe of Tanzania’s Catholic Diocese of Morogoro has challenged candidates for the Sacrament of Confirmation to strive for what he termed...

Catholic Bishop of Alindao Diocese, CAR, Lauds Predecessor as “good Pastor who impressed us with his simple way of life”

Late Bishop Peter Marzinkowski, the pioneer Local Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of Alindao in the Central African Republic (CAR), who was laid...