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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.

Logo Kenya Christian Professionals Forum (KCPF). Credit: KCPF

Kenya’s Supreme Court Pro-Homosexual Rights Ruling Disturbing: Christian Professionals

Christian Professionals in Kenya are “deeply” disturbed by the country’s Supreme Court ruling allowing the registration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,...

Ongoing Diocesan Assembly in South Sudanese Diocese Keen on “strategic plans for future”

The ongoing Diocesan Pastoral Assembly of the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek has participants keen on discussions that will result  in...

Isabel Vaughan-Spruce (center-left) and Father Sean Gough (center-right) celebrate their legal win outside the Birmingham Magistrates Court in Birmingham, England, on Feb. 16, 2023. | Credit: March for Life UK

“I was very much surprised”: UK Catholic Priest on Being Questioned by Police, Charged

Fr. Sean Gough, a member of the Clergy of the Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham in the UK, and Isabel Vaughan-Spruce...

Participants during the two-day conference of Spiritans in Kenya on “Safeguarding and Care of Self” held at St. Austin’s Msongari Parish of Nairobi Archdiocese 14-15 February 2023. Credit: ACI Africa

“Grateful to organizers”: Spiritan Priests in Kenya on Gains of Safeguarding Conference

Members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) who participated in a two-day safeguarding conference in Nairobi, Kenya, have lauded the program,...

Pope Francis meets with Jesuits in South Sudan on 4 February 2023. Credit: Vatican Media

World Immersed in Pagan Culture with “own idols, gods”: Pope Francis to Jesuits in S.Sudan

During the fraternal conversation that Pope Francis had with members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in Juba, South Sudan, the Holy Father cautioned...

Participants and facilitators in the two-day conference of Spiritans in Kenya on “Safeguarding and Care of Self” held at St. Austin’s Msongari Parish of Nairobi Archdiocese 14-15 February 2023. Credit: ACI Africa

Conference Equips Spiritans in Kenya with Safeguarding Skills in Priestly Ministry

Members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) have been equipped with safeguarding skills to deal with abuses of minors and...

ZCCB National Education Secretary, Fr. Leonard Namuvumba. Credit: ZCCB

Zambia’s Bishops Condemn Inclusion of “families of same-sex marriage” in School Curriculum

Members of the Zambia Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCCB) are pushing the government to revise the school curriculum that seeks to introduce same-sex...

Fr. Charles Taban (left), Sr. Mary Moraa (center), and  Sr. Cecilia Nya (right). Credit: ACI Africa

Let’s “work together for peace”, Nuns, Clergy Appeal after South Sudan Peace Pilgrimage

The ecumenical visit to South Sudan undertaken by Pope Francis, the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Moderator of...

Section of Jesuits who had private meeting with Pope Francis at the Apostolic Nunciature in Juba, South Sudan

“Amazing”: Jesuit Provincial on Their Private Encounter with Pope Francis in South Sudan

The private meeting between Pope Francis and members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) during his visit in South Sudan was “amazing”,...

Section of Catholic Priests in South Sudan at the Papal Mass in Juba. Credit: ACI Africa

Clergy, Religious in South Sudan Pledge to Espouse Pope Francis’ Pilgrimage Exhortations

Exhortations that Pope Francis made in his encounters with the people of God in South Sudan during his three-day Pilgrimage...

Section of Catholic Priests from DR Congo at the Papal Mass in Juba. Credit: ACI Africa

Pope’s Messages “will change something in the politics of South Sudan”: DR Congo Pilgrim

The encounters Pope Francis had with the people of God in South Sudan and his messages during the three-day ecumenical...

Sr. Agnes Leila Andrewous. Credit: ACI Africa

Catholic Sister in South Sudan Shares Joy of Serving Two Visiting Popes

A Catholic Nun who actively participated in the celebration of the visit of Pope John Paul II to Sudan in...

Fr. Matthew Pagan (left), Sr. Lily Grace (center) and Sr. Agnes Leila Andrewous (right). Credit: ACI Africa

“Special call”: Liturgical Coordinators on Preparing for Papal Mass in South Sudan

The opportunity to serve Pope Francis during the February 5 Holy Mass in South Sudan was a fulfilling experience, those who were...

Sr. Orla Treacy, a member of the Loreto Sisters who coordinated the nine-day “walking for peace” pilgrimage organized by the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek to meet Pope Francis. Credit: ACI Africa

Pope Francis’ “pure presence” in South Sudan is Beautiful: Catholic Missionary Nun

A Catholic missionary Nun working in South Sudan has expressed elation at meeting Pope Francis who is in the East-Central...

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United for Peace in South Sudan in the Nine-day “walking for peace”: Bishop, Pilgrims

Pilgrims in the nine-day “walking for peace” pilgrimage organized by the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek who arrived in Juba on Thursday, February...

Hon. Susan Thomas Perembata, MP for Ezo County in South Sudan's Western Equatoria State. Credit: ACI Africa

Latest Papal Trip Answers, “Can something good happen in South Sudan?": Legislator

A Member of Parliament (MP) in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria State has said the second leg of Pope Francis' two...

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Africa Well-represented in Catholic Non-Violence Initiative on “just peace” in Rome

Africa was well-represented at a recent Rome conference that explored the concept of the gospel of nonviolence and “just peace”,...

Late Richard Cardinal Baawobr of Wa Diocese in Ghana). Credit: SECAM

Recently Elevated African Cardinal Dies Days after Leaving Hospital in Rome

Richard Kuuia Cardinal Baawobr, one of the Catholic Church leaders elevated to Cardinal during the August 27 Consistory, has died.

Bishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Maputo in Mozambique on 15 November 2022. Credit: Archdiocese of Maputo

“It was a surprise”, Mozambican Coadjutor Archbishop-elect Says, Asks for Prayer

The newly appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Mozambique’s Archdiocese of Maputo, Bishop João Carlos Hatoa Nunes,  has described his appointment as a...

Janada Marcus. Credit: ACN

“I pray for their redemption”, Catholic Girl Tortured by Boko Haram in Nigeria Says

A Nigerian Catholic girl who was forced to watch as his father was beheaded, after which she was captured and...