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A poster announcing the March 31 webinar which the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) organized. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Africa’s Participation in Synodal Process “very promising”: Vatican Cardinal

Mar 31, 2022

The contribution of the people of God in Africa in the ongoing preparations for the Synod on Synodality is “very promising,” a Vatican Cardinal has told participants at a virtual event.

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Catholic Activists Demand Immediate Investigation into Mysterious Killings in Kenya

Mar 31, 2022

Catholic activists that are part of an international organization have launched an online campaign to pressure the Kenyan government to investigate and provide answers to the mysterious killings in what they call “Yala Murders”. 

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Nigeria's Sokoto Diocese/ Credit: Sokoto Diocese/Facebook

Be There for Your children, Don’t Leave Them to “cultists”: Catholic Bishop in Nigeria

Mar 31, 2022

A Catholic Bishop in Nigeria has urged parents in the West African country to be always available for their children to protect them from cultists and other social vices that might destroy their future.

Dominique Yon, Youth Coordinator for South Africa’s Cape Town Archdiocese addressing participants during the March 30 webinar. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Synod on Synodality “an opportunity for voices to be heard”: Youth Leader in South Africa

Mar 31, 2022

A Catholic youth leader in South Africa has said the ongoing preparations for the Synod on Synodality offers an opportunity for many voices to be heard including those of young people in Africa.

Participants listen during the Spiritus hub in the Diocese of Iringa, Tanzania, March 10, 2022. East African church leaders are welcoming Australian Catholic University’s international faith formation program. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Ongoing Formation Program Seeks to Help Christians "go deeper in faith”: Priest in Uganda

Mar 30, 2022

A Catholic Priest heading a department of the Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC) has lauded the ongoing Spiritus Faith Formation program that has involved religious leaders and Laity in East Africa saying the initiative is expected to “help Christians go deeper in their faith”. 

Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin of South Sudan's Juba Archdiocese. Credit: Radio Bakhita/Facebook

Catholic Archbishop Decries Violence in South Sudanese State, Says “work of the devil”

Mar 30, 2022

The Catholic Archbishop of Juba in South Sudan has decried the reported violent clashes in the country’s Eastern Equatoria State, and said the violence being witnessed is “work of the devil”.

Sr. Monique Lorrain. Credit: La Xavière Institute

Catholic Sister in Ivory Coast Working to Lift Spirit of Prisoners in Harsh Conditions

Mar 30, 2022

For 12 years, Sr. Monique Lorrain has been visiting Korhogo prison in the North of Ivory Coast twice a week, giving hope to inmates who she says are living in harsh conditions.

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Christian leaders in Kaduna, Nigeria, Implore “God’s comfort” for Victims of Train Attack

Mar 30, 2022

Christian leaders in Nigeria’s Kaduna State under the auspices of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have offered their prayers for the victims of the Monday, March 28 train attack.

Official logo and motto of Pope Francis’ Apostolic visit to the South Sudan in July 2022. Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis’ Planned South Sudan Trip Shines Hope for Refugees: Catholic Priest in Uganda

Mar 29, 2022

The number of refugees arriving in Uganda from neighboring South Sudan has risen in the past weeks, a Catholic Priest ministering in Uganda’s Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu has said, and exuded confidence that the planned Papal visit to the East-Central African country will ignite hope in the displaced people.

Mons. Aloysius Fondong Abangalo, to be ordained Bishop of Cameroon's Mamfe Diocese 5 May 2022. Credit: Diocese of Mamfe

Bishop-elect for Catholic Diocese of Mamfe in Cameroon to Be Ordained in May

Mar 29, 2022

The Episcopal Ordination of the Bishop-elect for Cameroon’s Mamfe Diocese has been scheduled to take place on the first Thursday in May.

A poster of the meeting of representatives of Catholics from different ethnic communities in Taraba State, Jalingo Diocese. Credit: Archdiocese of Abuja

Avoid Turning “into ethnic champions”: Catholic Archbishop in Nigeria to Religious Leaders

Mar 29, 2022

The Archbishop of Abuja Archdiocese in Nigeria has told Catholic Priests and other religious leaders to keep off prejudices and narratives that may cause divisions among the people of God in what would turn them “into ethnic champions.” 

Archbishop Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda of Namibia’s Windhoek Archdiocese. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Peace with Nature Emanates from “respect for the Creator”: Catholic Archbishop in Namibia

Mar 29, 2022

A Catholic Archbishop in Namibia has said that the first step in establishing peace with nature including taking good care of land and equitable distribution of resources entails establishing respect with God.

A poster announcing the March 26 webinar. Credit: Courtesy Photo

African Catholic Journalists Urged to First “deal with Synodality personally” Then Report

Mar 29, 2022

Catholic journalists in Africa need to “personally” engage in the ongoing preparations for the Synod on Synodality in their respective Christian communities before taking up the task of reporting about the process as media “professionals”, a Synod official has said.

Fr. Leo Raphael Ozigi, kidnapped in NIgeria's Minna Diocese on 27 March 2022. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Catholic Priest among 45 People Kidnapped from Parish of Minna Diocese, Nigeria

Mar 28, 2022

A Catholic Priest serving in Nigeria’s Minna Diocese is among 45 people who were reportedly abducted Sunday, March 27 evening, Nigeria Catholic Network (NCN) has reported.

Members of SECAM Standing Committee in Accra, Ghana, in October 2019. Credit: SECAM

Catholic Bishops in Africa to Focus on “ownership of SECAM” at Planned Plenary Assembly

Mar 28, 2022

Catholic Bishops in Africa are expected to deliberate on the ownership of their continental forum, the Symposium of Episcopal Conference of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), during their Plenary Assembly scheduled to begin in July in Ghana’s capital, Accra.

Br. Andrea Sifuna poses with Ichange Nations officials on February 26 after being awarded for empowering marginalized youth through his Coaching programme. Credi: Br. Andrea Sifuna.

Kenyan Religious Brother Honored in International Award Urges Value-based Education

Mar 28, 2022

A Religious Brother in Kenya who was awarded last month for empowering marginalized youth in the field of education has said that what young people in the East African country need is value-based education that imparts them with life skills.

Pope Francis and President, Évariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi during a  meeting at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City on 27 March 2022. Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis and President of Burundi Engage on Country’s Contribution to Church Growth

Mar 28, 2022

Pope Francis on Saturday, March 26 welcomed Burundi’s President, Évariste Ndayishimiye, at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City to a meeting during which the two leaders discussed the contribution of the Church to the growth of the East African country.

Bishop Robert Muhiirwa of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Portal addresses members of the Press ahead of the Martyrs' Day celebration in the Archdiocese of Kampala. Credit: Ugandan Catholics Online

Millions Expected at Uganda’s Catholic Pilgrimage as Country Relaxes COVID-19 Rules

Mar 27, 2022

With Uganda having relaxed COVID-19 restrictions, including the widely publicized reopening of schools, millions of pilgrims from all over the world are expected to throng the country’s Namugongo Shrine for the annual Martyr’s Day celebrations on June 3.

Catholic Bishops follow a presentation during the IMBISA Standing Committee meeting. Credit: IMBISA

Catholic Bishop in Namibia Says Church “looking forward” to Hosting Regional Plenary

Mar 27, 2022

The people of God in Namibia are “looking forward” to hosting the Plenary Assembly of the Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) later this year, a Catholic Bishop in the Southern African country has told ACI Africa in an interview.

Mass burial for victims of violence in DR Congo's Ituri Province. Credit: Radio Okapi/Facebook

Clergy, Laity in Kisangani, DR Congo, Plan March in Solidarity with Victims of Violence

Mar 27, 2022

The people of God in the Archdiocese of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have planned to hold “a peaceful march” to show their solidarity with victims of violence in the country’s Ituri Province.