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Ann Kioko, Campaigns Director for CitizenGo in Africa. Credit: Ann Kioko

“Ill-advised”: Catholic Activist on Proposed Ban of Teenage Mothers from Kenyan Schools

Jan 16, 2024

The Campaigns Director for CitizenGo in Africa has faulted a Governor's proposal to ban pregnant teens in Kenya from continuing their studies. 

Archbishop Claudio Dalla Zuanna with the new Parish Priest of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Nhamatand Parish of Mozambique’s Beira Archdiocese, Fr. António Ticaqui Augusto. Credit: Beira Archdiocese

Foster Communion with Faithful: Archbishop to Newly Installed Parish Priest in Mozambique

Jan 16, 2024

The new Parish Priest of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Nhamatand Parish of Mozambique’s Beira Archdiocese has been encouraged to foster communion with the people of God under his pastoral care.

Members of the Central African Episcopal Conference (CECA). Credit: LANOCA

Catholic Bishops in CAR Denounce “sterile rivalry between Clerics and Laity”

Jan 16, 2024

Catholic Bishops in the Central African Republic (CAR) have denounced the differences and competition between members of the Clergy and the Laity in the country and are calling for “co-responsibility” in the mission of the Church.

Pope Francis at his general audience on May 17, 2023 (left) and Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo, President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conference of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (right). Credit: Daniel Ibanez/SECAM

“Culture does not accept it”: Pope Francis on Africa’s Opposition to Fiducia Supplicans

Jan 15, 2024

Fiducia Supplicans (FS), the December 18 Vatican Declaration permitting members of the Clergy to bless “same-sex couples” and couples in other “irregular situations” will not be implemented in Africa “because the culture does not accept it,” Pope Francis has been quoted as saying.

Bishop Michael Miabesue Bibi (left) and Bishop Emmanuel B. Bushu (right). Credit: Buea Diocese

Catholic Bishop in Cameroon Lifts Ban on Predecessor from Celebrating Holy Mass in Public

Jan 15, 2024

Bishop Michael Miabesue Bibi of Cameroon’s Buea Diocese has lifted the prohibition on his predecessor, Bishop Emmanuel B. Bushu, from concelebrating with him and celebration Holy Mass in public in the Cameroonian Episcopal See without his “explicit permission”.

Michael Cardinal Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (DPIHD). Credit: Caritas Africa

Vatican Cardinal to Visit Catholic Hospital, Meet Bishops in 4-day Pastoral Trip to Benin

Jan 15, 2024

The Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (DPIHD) is scheduled to be in the West African nation of Benin for a four-day visit that is to start on Wednesday, January 17.

Bishop Estêvão Binga, Auxiliary Bishop of Angola’s Benguela Diocese. Credit: Benguela Diocese

Catholic Bishop in Angola Cautions Parents against Child Labor, Advocates for Virtues

Jan 15, 2024

The Auxiliary Bishop of Angola’s Benguela Diocese has cautioned parents against child labor in the Southern African nation.

Members of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) during the closing Mass of their 47th Annual Seminar in the Diocese of Maroua-Mokolo. Credit: NECC

Bishops in Cameroon Express “compassion” for Victims of “atrocities” in Country’s Regions

Jan 14, 2024

Catholic Bishops in Cameroon have expressed their “compassion” for victims of violence in the Far North region as well as the Northwest and the Southwest regions of the Central African nation.

Bishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto of Caxito Diocese in Angola. Credit: Radio Ecclesia

Let’s “do something”: Catholic Bishop on Supporting Flood Victims in Angolan Province

Jan 14, 2024

Bishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto of Caxito Diocese in Angola has appealed for support for victims of floods in the country’s Bengo Province.

A bishop's pectoral cross. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope Francis Accepts Retirement of Djibouti’s Catholic Bishop, Appoints Successor

Jan 14, 2024

Pope Francis has accepted the retirement of Bishop Giorgio Bertin from the pastoral care of the lone Catholic Diocese in Djibouti and has appointed Bishop Jamal Boulos Sleiman Daibes as his successor.

Pious Society of the Daughters of St. Paul (FSP/Pauline Sisters) in Angola

“Extremely fruitful”: Pauline Sister on Society’s 25-Year-Old Mission in Angola

Jan 14, 2024

The service of the members of the Pious Society of the Daughters of St. Paul (FSP/Pauline Sisters) in Angola for the last 25 years has been “extremely fruitful”, a member of the Society has said.

Credit: Yola Diocese

Catholic Entity in Nigerian Diocese Donates to Survivors of Christmas Weekend Attacks

Jan 13, 2024

The Justice Development and peace Commission (JDPC) of Nigeria's Yola Diocese has reached out to hundreds of survivors of the 23-26 December 2023 attacks that left nearly 200 Christians dead in Plateau State.

Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingi of Angola’s Lubango Archdiocese. Credit: Radio Ecclesia Angola

Episcopal Anniversary: Archbishop in Angola Urges Faithful to be “visible signs of unity"

Jan 13, 2024

At the Eucharistic celebration to mark 24 years since he was Ordained Bishop, the Local Ordinary of Angola’s Lubango Archdiocese has urged the people of God to be “visible signs of unity” in the Church.

Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea, President of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) during the 9 January 2024 opeining ceremony of the 47th Annual Seminar of NECC. Credit: NECC

Bishops’ Conference President Urges Cameroonians to Ensure 2024 is “a year of real peace”

Jan 13, 2024

The President of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) has urged citizens of the Central Africa nation to work towards ensuring that “real peace” is realized throughout the country in 2024.

Members of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM). Credit: ECM

Catholic Bishops’ Key Lessons on Emergency Response from Previous Disasters in Malawi

Jan 13, 2024

Cyclones and other previous disasters in Malawi have left Catholic Bishops in the Southeastern Africa nation with four key lessons in handling emergency response: timeliness, community empowerment, and focus on both material and psychological support to victims.

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa blesses the people with the water he previously collected from the River Jordan. The cardinal presided over the Mass of the Feast of Baptism, on Friday, January 12, near the Jordan River. | Credit: Marinella Bandini

Thousands Gather at Jordan River with Patriarch to Mark Baptism of Jesus

Jan 13, 2024

For 2,000 years, since Jesus descended into the waters of the Jordan River to be baptized by John the Baptist, the river has been a pilgrimage site for Christians from around the world. And on the banks of that river, for the past 24 years, on the second Friday of January, the Catholic community in the region has undertaken a pilgrimage, gathering around its patriarch, to celebrate the baptism of Jesus.

Credit: Nakuru Diocese

Proclamation of the Word of God Theme for Kenyan Diocese’s Pastoral Year 2024

Jan 12, 2024

Kenya’s Nakuru Diocese will be marking the 2024 Pastoral Year under the theme, “Proclamation of the Word of God"

Youths from South Sudan's Catholic Diocese of Rumbek on their peace pilgrimage to Tonj. Credit: Good News Radio/Rumbek Diocese

Pilgrimages in South Sudan Providing Fertile Ground for Growth of Religious Vocations

Jan 12, 2024

Nine young men discerning to become Priests of South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Rumbek are part of the 125-kilometer weeklong pilgrimage that the Diocese organized to sensitize local community members in the East-Central African country on the need for peace.

Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea of Bamenda Archdiocese in Cameroon. Credit: Vatican Media

Catholic Archdiocese in Cameroon Praying for End of Insecurity in “year of Holy Spirit"

Jan 12, 2024

In the recently launched year of the Holy Spirit in Cameroon’s Bamenda Archdiocese, the people of God in the country are praying for an end of insecurity in the country's English speaking North West and South West regions.

Logo of CitizenGo. Credit: CitizenGo

Catholic Activists in Africa Criticize UNESCO’s Guidelines on Digital Platforms

Jan 12, 2024

Catholic activists under their umbrella organization, CitizenGO Africa, have criticized the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) new Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms saying they are a “sneaky way” of censoring what can be talked about.