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February 8 is the Feast Day of St. Josephine Bakhita, a former slave of Sudanese descent and Patron Saint of victims of human trafficking.
Many South Sudanese, who have been displaced by decades of violence are vulnerable to human trafficking, an official in South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY) has said, lauding the campaign to end the smuggling business that the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network (PACTPAN) has organized.
Bishop Donatus Aihmiosion Ogun of the Catholic Diocese of Uromi in Nigeria has called on government authorities to implement sustainable measures to alleviate the high rate of poverty in the country rather than constantly giving people handouts.
Pope Francis has appointed Mons. David Koudougou who has been serving as the Diocesan Administrator of the Tenkodogo Catholic Diocese in Burkina Faso as the new Bishop of the Diocese.
The pope’s words were conveyed in a written speech handed out during an audience with an association of midwives and OB-GYNs on Feb. 6.
The representative of the Holy Father in Angola has emphasized the importance of hope and the need for Consecrated Persons to promote vocations.
Archbishop Zacarias Kamwenho has faulted Angola’s current constitution, describing it as party-based and modeled after Marxist-Leninist constitutions, which, according to him, does not reflect the identity of all Angolans.
The Catholic Institute of Education (CIE) has reflected on its milestones since its establishment in 1985, emphasizing its enduring support for schools, teachers, and learners across the Southern African region.
Bishop Firmino David of the Catholic Diocese of Sumbe in Angola has urged Sr. Suisacla Armando Pedro, who made her Perpetual Profession on February 1 to embrace her religious vocation within the community, noting that Consecrated Life is not meant to be lived in isolation.
The leadership of the Catholic youths in Malawi has condemned abuse of religious attire by a section of students at Mzuzu University at a past social event, stating that such conduct was disrespectful and misrepresented Catholic religious beliefs and practices.
Pope Francis has chosen “Blessed Are Those Who Have Not Lost Hope” as the theme for the fifth World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly on July 27.
The representative of the Holy Father in Ivory Coast has called on a Deacon he ordained a Priest and three Seminaries he ordained Deacons to be instruments of peace and reconciliation in the Church.
“I urge all of you, children, young people, adults, and the elderly, to participate actively in the common evangelizing mission of the Church,” the pope shared in his message.
“The proclamation of the common faith requires, first of all, that we love one another,” the Holy Father said in a Feb. 6 audience with Oriental Orthodox priests and monks.
Members of the Assumption Sisters of Eldoret (ASE) working with homeless children in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, have described the joy of getting the children, especially the girls, completely off the streets.
On Feb. 6, the Catholic Church honors the 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki, a group of native Japanese Catholics and foreign missionaries who suffered death for their faith in the year 1597.
Fr. Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula, a members of the Society of Jesus (SJ/Jesuits) and scholar, has called for non-violent resistance to the invasion of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by neighboring countries, evoking memories of Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, who was murdered for making a similar call while he served as Archbishop of DRC’s Catholic Archdiocese of Bukavu.
Catholic youths have the possibility of constructively engaging social media and counter the growing trend of paganism, including the appetite for “quick money” that has reportedly lured a section of young people in Nigeria into “fetish practices”, a Catholic Priest in the West African nation has said.
Students, the administrative and teaching staff at St. Mary School, Msongari, have been cautioned against undermining the “reality” and prevalence of evil.
Archbishop Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso has called for unity among the people of God in his new Metropolitan See.