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Maasai “one of the endangered tribes in Africa”: Religious Missionaries in Africa, Europe

Feb 19, 2023

Religious Missionaries with presence in Africa and Europe have said the forceful eviction of the Maasai community from their ancestral land in Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Loliondo in Northern Tanzania has made the pastoralist tribe one of the most endangered in Africa. 

Pope Francis greets the crowd at his Angelus address on Feb. 19, 2023. | Vatican Media

Pope Francis: God Asks us to Love Beyond "the logic of self-interest"

Feb 19, 2023

Instead of acting out of self-interest or convenience, the Lord challenges us to love others in excess “without calculation,” Pope Francis said on Sunday.

Flood victims in Silvertown, Komani (Queenstown), Eastern Cape. Credit: Southern Cross

“We prefer cash donations”: Caritas South Africa Coordinator on Helping Flood Victims

Feb 18, 2023

Caritas South Africa is appealing for “cash donations” to reach out to thousands of people affected by floods in Komani, Eastern Cape, in the Catholic Diocese of Queenstown.

Pope Francis during the virtual dialogue with African Catholic students on Tuesday, November 1. Credit: PACTPAN

University Students in Kenya Share Progress Three Months after Dialogue with Pope Francis

Feb 18, 2023

A section of young people from Catholic Universities in Kenya who participated in the virtual dialogue with Pope Francis last November have shared about the progress realized from the responses of the Holy Father concerning various issues including politics in the country.

Pope Francis spoke to participants in a Feb. 16-18, 2023, conference on how pastors and laypeople can work together better | Vatican Media

Pope Francis: Laypeople are not Guests in the Church

Feb 18, 2023

The Church is a home that priests and laypeople need to care for together, Pope Francis said on Saturday.

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Vatican Wants Laity “to speak their minds” in Ongoing Synod on Synodality: Nuncio in Kenya

Feb 17, 2023

For the ongoing preparations for the Synod on Synodality to bear fruits for the Church in Africa and the whole world, the Vatican would like that the Laity “speak their minds” without feeling “intimidated”, the Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya has said.

Pope Francis met 2,500 internally displaced persons during his visit to Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 4, 2023. Elias Turk/CNA

“Courage to hope for peace”: IDPs in South Sudan Recalling Encounter with Pope Francis

Feb 17, 2023

Days after interacting with Pope Francis, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in South Sudan have said the encounter gave them “courage to hope for peace” in their country.

The Executive Director of Caritas Freetown in Sierra Leone,  Fr. Peter Konteh. Credit: Freetown Daily/Facebook

Religious Leaders in Sierra Leone Urged to Step up Efforts to Ensure Peaceful Elections

Feb 17, 2023

The Executive Director of Caritas Freetown in Sierra Leone has called on religious leaders in the West African nation to intensify their efforts to ensure that the country holds free, fair, and peaceful elections that are scheduled for June 24.

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How Christians are Fostering Fraternity, Living Gospel in Niger’s Muslim-dominated Society

Feb 17, 2023

Fr. Rafael Casamayor, a Catholic Missionary Priest ministering in Niger’s Niamey Archdiocese has explained how Christians in the predominantly Muslim West African nation are using Basic Christian Communities (BCCs) to foster fraternity among themselves and to live the Gospel. 

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SECAM Hopes Nigeria’s General Elections Will Produce Leaders “with justice, integrity”

Feb 16, 2023

Members of the Symposium of Episcopal Conference of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) are praying and hoping that the general elections in Nigeria give the West African nation political leaders “with justice and integrity”.

Participants during the two-day conference of Spiritans in Kenya on “Safeguarding and Care of Self” held at St. Austin’s Msongari Parish of Nairobi Archdiocese 14-15 February 2023. Credit: ACI Africa

“Grateful to organizers”: Spiritan Priests in Kenya on Gains of Safeguarding Conference

Feb 16, 2023

Members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) who participated in a two-day safeguarding conference in Nairobi, Kenya, have lauded the program, noting that it is eye-opening for them in how they interact with minors and vulnerable groups.

Clement Usoo. Credit: ACN

Little Left for Nigerian Man who Watched Militants Kill Three Family Members

Feb 16, 2023

Clement Usoo admits that he has lost all hope in life, and is only waiting for his death after watching armed Fulani herdsmen brutally murder his mother, brother, and son, and losing seven other family members to the militants.

Bishop Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo of South Sudan's Yei Diocese. Credit: Courtesy Photo

“It’s really shameful”: Catholic Bishop in South Sudan on Killings in His Diocese

Feb 16, 2023

The Catholic Bishop of South Sudan's Yei Diocese has condemned “the killing of innocent people” in his Episcopal See earlier this month, and described the loss of lives as “shameful for us”.

Pope Francis meets with Jesuits in South Sudan on 4 February 2023. Credit: Vatican Media

World Immersed in Pagan Culture with “own idols, gods”: Pope Francis to Jesuits in S.Sudan

Feb 16, 2023

During the fraternal conversation that Pope Francis had with members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in Juba, South Sudan, the Holy Father cautioned against “pagan culture”, which he said “has its own idols and gods” and that it has pervaded the world, the Jesuit-run journal, La Civiltà Cattolica reported Thursday, February 16.

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Let’s Work to Foster Vocations to Priestly, Religious Life: Catholic Nun in South Sudan

Feb 16, 2023

The people of God in South Sudan need to work towards the fostering of vocations to Priestly and Religious Life, a Catholic Nun in the country has said. 

Participants and facilitators in the two-day conference of Spiritans in Kenya on “Safeguarding and Care of Self” held at St. Austin’s Msongari Parish of Nairobi Archdiocese 14-15 February 2023. Credit: ACI Africa

Conference Equips Spiritans in Kenya with Safeguarding Skills in Priestly Ministry

Feb 15, 2023

Members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) have been equipped with safeguarding skills to deal with abuses of minors and vulnerable adults in their Priestly ministry, including “fear about false allegations”.

Fr. Norberto Pozzi. Credit: ACN

Catholic Missionary Priest Injured in CAR Mine Explosion Undergoes Surgeries, Amputated

Feb 15, 2023

An Italian-born Catholic Priest has undergone numerous grueling surgeries, eventually losing his leg after he sustained injuries in a mine explosion in the Central African Republic (CAR).

Mons. Cleophas Oseso Tuka, appointed Bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru in Kenya. Credit: Nakuru Diocese

In Kenya, Catholic Bishop for Nakuru Appointed, Isiolo Vicariate Elevated to Diocese

Feb 15, 2023

Pope Francis has appointed Mons. Cleophas Oseso Tuka as the Bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru in Kenya and elevated the Apostolic Vicariate of Isiolo in the East African nation to a Diocese “with the same denomination and territorial configuration”.

Members of the  Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN). Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

Ongoing Catholic Bishops’ Plenary in Nigeria Urged to be Articulate on Country’s Woes

Feb 15, 2023

The ongoing meeting of the members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) is happening at a critical moment when the West African nation is preparing for national elections, an African theologian has said, and urged the Church leaders in the country to come up with a strong statement on the woes facing Nigeria.  

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Resource Administrators in Nigeria Make “more difficult” Church Ministry: Archbishop

Feb 14, 2023

Persons at the helm of national resources in Nigeria are not helping the ministry of the Catholic Church among the people of God in the West African nation, the Archbishop of the country’s Abuja Archdiocese has said.