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The leadership of the Pontifical Missionary Children (PMC) of Kenya’s Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) has initiated a new PMC group dubbed “role models” in a bid to address the challenge of status brought about by the country’s Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
Over the weekend the Vatican said the Holy Father had suffered a respiratory crisis and required a blood transfusion.
Pope Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis, the Vatican said. After a full week in medical care, the Vatican announced Feb. 22 the Holy Father had suffered a respiratory crisis and required a blood transfusion.
Thomas was born to a noble family in 1831 in Pagani, Italy. He was the seventh of eight children.
The pontiff's condition “remains critical,” the Holy See Press Office says in a statement issued Sunday evening.
The statement also said the Holy Father is still receiving oxygen therapy “at high flows” through his nose.
Prayers are being sought for the “safe return” of Fr. Matthew David Dutsemi and Fr. Abraham Saummam, reportedly abducted on February 22 from the Catholic Diocese of Yola in Nigeria.
Members of the Religious Institute of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (MCCJ) have elected Fr. Luigi Fernando Codianni, a native of Italy, as their new Superior General, succeeding Bishop Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, who was Consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of Ethiopia’s Catholic Archdiocese of Addis Ababa on February 2.
The 25th anniversary of the Catholic University of Angola (UCAN) sets “a new stage” for “great dreams”, the Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education has said.
The message, centered on selfless service and forgiveness, emphasized three fundamental aspects of diaconal ministry: “forgiveness, selfless service, and communion.”
The ministry of Diaconate is not a promotion but God’s call to service with humility and dedication, Bishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto of Angola’s Catholic Diocese of Caxito has told the five Seminarians he ordained Deacons on February 22.
On Feb. 23, the Catholic Church remembers the life and martyrdom of St. Polycarp, a disciple of the apostle and evangelist St. John. Polycarp is celebrated on the same date by Eastern Orthodox Christians, who also honor him as a Saint.
The Holy See Press Office released a new medical bulletin on Saturday evening stating that Pope Francis had experienced “an asthma-like respiratory crisis of prolonged intensity” that required high-flow oxygen therapy.
Locals at a village in the embattled North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are appealing for prayers after tens of bodies were found inside a church building in the village.
The discourse around the vice of corruption in Kenya needs to change, Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba of the country’s Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu has said.
Members of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) are decrying an “upsurge in social vices” and the reluctance or failure of some of the country’s government officials to honour the Church-State partnership.
Pope Francis has appointed Bishop André Gueye, the Local Ordinary of Senegal’s Thiès Diocese, as Archbishop of the country’s Catholic Archdiocese of Dakar, and Mons. Ignatius Anipu, as the Local Ordinary of Maradi Diocese in Niger.
Every year on Feb. 22, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Chair of St. Peter, a tradition that dates back more than 1,600 years.
The Feast of the Chair of St. Peter celebrates the papacy and St. Peter as the first bishop of Rome. St. Peter's original name was Simon. He was married with children and was living and working in Capernaum as a fisherman when Jesus called him to be one of the Twelve Apostles.
The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe (CCJPZ), an entity of the country’s Catholic Bishops that handles socio-political issues, has lauded Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, for signing into law a bill that abolishes capital punishment in the Southern African nation.