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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.

Fr. Stanslaus Muyebe. Credit: www.polity.org.za

Church Official in South Africa Faults Government for Protracted Human Rights Violations

Continued human rights violations in South Africa are as a result of a government that does not care and that...

Bishop Christian Carlassare, MCCJ of South Sudan's Rumbek Diocese. Credit: Fondazione CESAR

Catholic Diocese in South Sudan Organizing 400-km Walk to Participate in Ecumenical Visit

The Catholic Diocese of Rumbek in South Sudan is organizing a 400-km walk involving young people to participate in the...

Newly named Cardinals from Africa: Bishop Peter Okpaleke of Nigeria’s Ekwulobia Diocese (left) and Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr of Wa Diocese in Ghana (right). Credit: Courtesy Photo

Pope Francis Names 21 New Cardinals, Including Two from Africa

Pope Francis has said that he will create 21 new Cardinals, including two Bishops from Africa, one from Nigeria and...

Relics of Sr. Mary Daniel Abut and Sr. Regina Roba Luate were solemnly introduced in the altar of the new African martyrs in the Basilica of St. Bartholomew on 23 May 2022. Credit: sanbartolomeo.org

Relics of Two South Sudanese Nuns Introduced in Altar of New African Martyrs in Rome

The relics of two South Sudanese Catholic Sisters who were among five people killed following a road ambush in August 2021 have...

A Combonian missionary nun living in Wau, South Sudan, believes the upcoming visit by Pope Francis to the youngest country in the world, scheduled for 5-7 July, could have an historic effect on the peace process. Credit: ACN

Pope’s Envisioned Visit to South Sudan Heightens Expectations for Swift Peace Process

Pope Francis is scheduled to be in South Sudan in July, an Ecumenical visit that has raised expectations for a swifter peace...

Credit: Prince Henderson

Catholic Nuns in Africa Urged to Strive for Transparency to Sustain Project Partnerships

Catholic Nuns in sub-Saharan African countries who are struggling to sustain their respective Religious Congregations financially have been urged to...

Representatives of Christian leaders in Eswatini under the auspices of the Council of Swaziland Churches (CSC). Credit: Council of Swaziland Churches (CSC)

Church Leaders in Eswatini Lament “culture of mistrust, intolerance” amid Challenges

Representatives of Christian leaders in Eswatini under the auspices of the Council of Swaziland Churches (CSC) are concerned about “a new culture...

Photo of the Six Accused suspect and their defense lawyers during the court hearing Wednesday, 9 February 2022. Credit: Catholic Radio Network (CRN)

Three Suspects in South Sudan Bishop-elect’s Shooting Close to Detained Priest: Witness

Three suspects in the shooting of the Bishop-elect for the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek in South Sudan closely related with...

Bishop-elect for South Sudan's Rumbek Diocese, Mons. Christian Carlassare. Credit: CESAR

One Suspect Confesses to Crime of Shooting Bishop-elect for Rumbek Diocese in South Sudan

One of the six suspects in the case of the shooting of the Bishop-elect for the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek...

Sr. Caitriona Kelly, IBVM, Irish-born Loreto Sisters who has served in Kenya since November 1964. Credit: Sr. Santrina Tumusiime, IBVM

Loreto Sister in Kenya Shares “biggest, absolute joy” Ahead of Institute’s Centennial Fete

Members of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (I.B.V.M), commonly known as the Loreto Sisters, are “celebrating 100 years...

The President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), Phillip Cardinal Ouédraogo. Credit: Courtesy / Courtesy

“May the light of Christ dispel the darkness of our doubts”: SECAM in New Year Message

The leadership of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) is seeking divine intervention in approaching the...

Poster following the murder of Fr. Luke Mewhenu Adeleke of the Catholic Diocese of Abeokuta on the eve of Christmas 2021. Credit: Courtesy / Courtesy

Catholic Priest Murdered on Christmas Eve in Nigeria to Be Laid to Rest on New Year Eve

The Catholic Priest who was murdered on the eve of Christmas Day in the Diocese of Abeokuta in Nigeria is...

Members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia (CBCE). Credit: Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat/Facebook

Ethiopia’s Situation of War Main Focus of Catholic Bishops’ Recent Plenary Assembly

The latest Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops in Ethiopia focused on the situation of war in the Horn of...

Vatican Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher alongside his Holy See delegation and that of Lambeth Palace in Juba. Credit: Courtesy Photo

The Desire by Pope Francis to Visit South Sudan Has “great support”: Vatican Official

The Vatican Secretary for Relations with States has said that the wish by Pope Francis to visit South Sudan possibly...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 2011. wesselspj via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Pope, Catholic Bishops in Southern Africa Send Condolences for Death of Desmond Tutu

Pope Francis and members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) on Sunday, December 26, sent their condolences for...

Bishop Emmanuel Badejo of Nigeria's Oyo Diocese. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Focus on Jesus, Positive Action, Reconciliation: Nigerian Bishop in Christmas Message

A Catholic Bishop in Nigeria has highlighted the essential aspects of Christmas, underscoring the need for Christians to focus on...

Fr. Joseph Ajayi, a Priest of the Catholic Diocese of Ondo in Nigeria who was freed after he had been kidnapped along the Akure-Ikere highway on 6 December 2021. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Courtesy Photo

Catholic Priest of Nigeria’s Ondo Diocese Freed from Captivity

Fr. Joseph Ajayi, a member of the Clergy of Ondo Diocese in Nigeria who had been abducted on December 6...

Pope Francis Accepts Retirement of Congo’s Ouesso Bishop, Appoints Successor

Pope Francis has accepted the retirement of Bishop Yves-Marie Monot of the Catholic Diocese of Ouesso in the Republic of Congo (Congo...

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Kenyan Catholic Diocese Facilitating Counselling Services to Bereaved after Bus Tragedy

Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Kitui is facilitating counselling services at one of its Parishes following the Saturday, December 4 bus tragedy that...

Kenyan Catholic Parish in Mourning after Wedding-bound Seminary Bus Plunges into River

Good Shepherd Mwingi Parish of Kenya’s Kitui Diocese is mourning after a bus in which choir members and others were...