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President Paul Kagame and Cardinal Antoine Kambanda during the Thanksgiving Mass celebrated in Kigali on Sunday, December 6.

Rwanda’s President Rallies Citizens to Support Ministry of Country's First Cardinal

The President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame has rallied Rwandans to support the ministry of the country’s first Cardinal, Antoinne Kambanda,...

Zimbabwe, S.Sudan, Somalia among Nations facing “Christmas of hunger”: Catholic Aid Agency

Zimbabwe, South Sudan, and Somalia are among the four nations staring at a hunger pandemic starting this Christmas due to...

Interrupted Assistance Posing Multiple Threats to Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia: Cleric

The “sudden interruption” of assistance to Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia amid the ongoing violent conflict in Tigray region is posing...

Bishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa of Diocese of Pemba, in Cabo Delgado in the north of Mozambique. / Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International.

“Church has lent its voice to be voice of the poor”: Bishop in Mozambique amid Attacks

A Bishop in Mozambique says the Catholic Church in the Southern African nation has become the voice of the country’s...

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On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Salesians Highlight Programs in Africa

On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) marked Thursday, December 3, officials of Salesian Missions, which is the U.S. development...

Presidential Debate in Uganda under Auspices of Religious Leaders Postponed Indefinitely

The presidential debate in Uganda organized under the auspices of religious leaders that had been scheduled to take place early December ahead...

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Technology, Resilience Keep Africa’s Catholic Sisters Initiative Afloat amid COVID-19

The leadership of the initiative that facilitates education for women Religious in Africa has, in a reflection, revealed how technology...

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Caritas Africa Urges Member Organizations to Integrate “voluntary service” in Operations

On the occasion of the International Volunteer Day (IVD) marked Saturday, December 5, the leadership of Caritas Africa is urging those at...

Ahead of General Elections in Ghana, Bishops Appeal for Peace in Advent Message

Ahead of Ghana’s general elections scheduled for December 7, Catholic Bishops in the West African nation have, in their Advent...

Global Catholic Peace Movement Alarmed by Violence in Ethiopia, Calls for Peace

The leadership of Pax Christi International, a global Catholic peace movement, has expressed “great” concerns about the ongoing violent conflict in...

Catholic Sisters’ Initiative in Africa Soliciting Laptops to Foster “online” Apostolate

The leadership of the initiative that facilitates education for women Religious in Africa is appealing to people of good will and...

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Ireland-based Catholic Charity Highlights Plight of Sexual Violence Victims in DR Congo

Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to be marked Wednesday, November 25, the leadership of Trocaire, the...

Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of Uganda's Kampala Archdiocese.

Archbishop in Uganda Decries Political Unrest, Calls for Restraint, Peace

The Archbishop of Uganda’s Kampala Archdiocese has decried the political unrest in the East African nation, calling for restraint and...

Demonstrators protesting against police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria.

Talk to Protesters “as a father, as a shepherd”: Bishop to Nigeria’s Government Leaders

A Bishop in Nigeria has expressed his reservations about the way the country’s leadership treated those who part in the...

Poster of the new Masters of Arts (MA) in Ethics and Organizational Leadership program to be offered the Kenya-based Tangaza University College (TUC). / Tangaza University College (TUC)

Ethics Postgraduate Program at Catholic Institute in Kenya to Nurture Leaders of Integrity

A new Masters of Arts (MA) in Ethics and Organizational Leadership program to be offered at a Kenya-based Catholic institution...

Health workers attend to COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit of an isolation and treatment center for those with COVID-19 in Machakos, South of the capital Nairobi, in Kenya. / AP

Bishops in Kenya Fault Government for “leaving health-care workers exposed, vulnerable”

The failure by Kenya’s government to “consistently” support the healthcare system despite availability of funds is a concern for Catholic...

St. Theresa’s Cathedral of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Nsukka. / Courtesy

Completion of Nigerian Cathedral “not one person’s achievement”: Bishop at Dedication

The construction of St. Theresa’s Cathedral of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Nsukka is a fruit of collective efforts and contributions from various...

Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)

Jesuits’ Scholarship to Enable Vulnerable Refugees in Kenya Access University Education

A scholarship opportunity by the international refugee entity of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), aims at providing...

St. Theresa Cathedral Nsukka slated for dedication on November 19 after 29 years under construction.

Plans Underway for Dedication of Nigerian Cathedral after 29 Years of Construction

After close to three decades of construction, plans are underway for the dedication of St. Theresa Cathedral of Nigeria’s Nsukka Diocese.

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On World Toilet Day, Salesians Review Sanitation Projects in Africa

On the occasion of the World Toilet Day to be marked Thursday, November 19, the leadership of Salesian Missions, the U.S. development...