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Catholic Bishops in procession during the olden Jubilee of St. Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary Bambui (STAMS) on 1 Dcember 2023. Credit: Bamenda Archdiocese

Model Ministry Upon Jesus’ Humility, Catholic Archbishop in Cameroon to Clergy

Dec 9, 2023

Members of the Clergy are to model their ministry upon the humility of Jesus Christ, the Archbishop of Cameroon’s Bamenda Archdiocese has said, and cautioned against “clericalism”.

Credit: Archdiocese of Accra

New Pastoral Year in Ghana’s Accra Archdiocese to Focus on Children Apostolate

Dec 9, 2023

The new Pastoral Year in the Catholic Archdiocese of Accra is to focus on children Apostolate, the Local Ordinary has directed.

Archbishop José de Queirós Alves. Credit: Radio Ecclesia

At Sisters’ Jubilee in Angola, Archbishop Urges Renewal of Covenant with the Risen Lord

Dec 9, 2023

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the presence in Angola of the Sisters of the Society of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus (STJ), also called Teresian Sisters, a Catholic Archbishop in the Southern African nation is inviting the Sisters to renew their covenant with the Risen Lord.

John Cardinal Onaiyekan and other members of NIREC during the Fourth Quarter Meeting of the Interreligious Council in Abuja Nigeria. Credit: ACI Africa

Christian Leaders in Nigeria Appeal for Good Governance to Restore Hope in the Country

Dec 9, 2023

Good governance is crucial in restoring hope in Nigeria, members of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have said.

Members of Sisters of Mary of Kakamega (SMK) taking their vows on Friday, 8 December 2023. Credit: Sr. Irene Muhanga

Be Nuns “modeled after the heart of Christ”: Kenyan Bishop at Profession

Dec 8, 2023

The Catholic Bishop of Kakamega Diocese in Kenya has urged the newly professed members of Sisters of Mary of Kakamega (SMK) to live their vocation as people modeled after Christ’s heart.

Bishop Stephen Mamza of Yola Diocese in Nigeria laying the foundation for a Chapel for Prison Inmates at the Yolde Pate Correctional Center. Credit: Yola Diocese

Catholic Diocese in Nigeria Constructing Chapel in Prison to Provide “solace” to Inmates

Dec 8, 2023

The Catholic Diocese of Yola in Nigeria is constructing a Chapel at the Yolde Pate Correctional Center to provide a place of worship and solace to inmates.

Fr. George Crocenzi (1923-2000), U.S.-born Spiritan who ministered in Africa for 38 years. Credit: Holy Ghost Fathers/Fr. Paul Hoang, CSSp.

East Africa Spiritans Name House after American Who Lived “radical gospel of self-giving”

Dec 8, 2023

Fr. George Crocenzi, a native of the U.S., who ministered in East Africa for close to four decades has been recognized by his confreres; they have named a house in Nairobi after him.

Archbishop Alfred Xuereb (right), appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco and Mons. Anselm Pendo Lawani (left), appointed Bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Ilorin in Nigeria. Credit: Catholic Broadcast Nigeria/Vatican Media

Pope Francis Appoints Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco, Bishop for Nigeria’s Ilorin Diocese

Dec 8, 2023

Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Alfred Xuereb as Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco and Mons. Anselm Pendo Lawani as Bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Ilorin in Nigeria. 

Fr. Claude Mbokani. Credit; Radio Moto

Political Campaigns “not a time to enrich the population”: Catholic Priest in DR Congo

Dec 8, 2023

A Catholic Priest ministering in the Catholic Diocese of Butembo-Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has cautioned the electorate against seeking to enrich themselves by accepting gifts from politicians during the electioneering period.

Pope Francis receiving the delegation of the African Educational Pact at the Vatican on 1 June 2023. Credit: Vatican Media

First African Congress of Catholic Education: Pope Francis for “whole person” Formation

Dec 7, 2023

Pope Francis has faulted the culture of “selective and elitist” training that focuses on the intellect. 

Fr. Fredrick Elima Wafula salvaging what he can after flood waters filled the Spiritan Residence at St. John Wenje Catholic Parish of Garissa Diocese in Kenya. Credit: Holy Ghost Fathers/Kenya/Fr. Fredrick Elima Wafula

Massive El-Nino Flooding Leaves Kenyan Catholic Mission Counting Losses

Dec 7, 2023

Staff at St. John the Baptist Wenje Catholic Mission of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Garissa have been left to do massive repairs, face waterborne diseases, and dodge displaced crocodiles in the wake of El-Nino rains, which have caused huge damage in a number of countries in Eastern Africa.

Map showing the Sahel region. Credit: Public Domain

Border Town Where Christians Displaced from Three West African Countries Seek Refuge

Dec 7, 2023

At Diffa, a town located in the extreme southeast region of Niger, Christians who have been internally displaced in the West African country meet their counterparts equally fleeing religious persecution from neighbouring Nigeria and Chad.

A cross section of the former St. Augustine’s Seminary being turned into a private Catholic school. Credit: Catholic Church News Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Bishops’ Decision to Turn Seminary into Secondary School Implemented

Dec 7, 2023

The decision that members of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference (ZCBC) made to turn St. Augustine’s Seminary into a mixed Secondary School has been implemented, and first enrolment to the Catholic institution of learning is ongoing.

Fr. Charles Chilufya S.J, Director of the Jesuits Justice and Ecology Network Africa opens the session on the need for an ethically-informed approach to achieving justice in mining and facilitating a just transition at COP 28 Faith Pavilion. Credit: JENA/PACJA

COP28: Faith, Civil Actors Call for “ethical practice” in Accessing Africa’s Resources

Dec 6, 2023

Faith and civil actors in Africa are calling for “ethical practice” in accessing Africa’s natural resources.

Credit: IMBISA

IMBISA Tasks Theologians to “shed light” on Traditional Initiation, Polygamy in Africa

Dec 6, 2023

Members of the Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA), who include Catholic Bishops in nine countries of Southern Africa have tasked theologians in the region to “shed light” on the practices of traditional initiation and polygamy.

Margaret and Dominic Attah with Archbishop John Wilson of Southwark and UK National Director Caroline Hull outside St George’s Cathedral, London. Credit: ACN

Survivors of Nigeria’s 2022 Pentecost Bombing Feted in Inaugural Award

Dec 6, 2023

Survivors of the 2022 Pentecost Sunday attack on St Francis Xavier’s Church in Nigeria’s Ondo Diocese that left 41 Christians dead, and more than 80 injured are the recipients of the first ever “Courage to be a Christian” award.

Archbishop Luzizila Kiala (right), Bishop Vicente Carlos Kiaziku (left), and Bishop Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti (center). Credit: Radio Ecclesia

Advent Sunday I: Catholic Bishops in Angola Call for Vigilance, Peace in Families

Dec 6, 2023

On the First Sunday of Advent marked on December 3, Catholic Bishops in Angola have called for vigilance, and called on the people of God in the Southern African nation to pray for and foster peace in their respective families.

Robert Cardinal Sarah during the opening Mass of the pioneer international Congress of African Liturgists that opened in Senegal’s capital city, Dakar, on Monday, 4 December 2023. Credit: Radio Misericordia

First African Congress on Liturgy: Cardinal Cautions against “distorting Paschal mystery”

Dec 5, 2023

The emphasis of cultural elements over Christian ones during liturgical celebrations is a distortion of the Paschal mystery that defines the liturgy, Robert Cardinal Sarah has said. 

Delegates at the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Pan-African Episcopal Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS). Credit: CEPACS

What Bishops, Communicators Resolved to Revamp Africa Bishops’ Communication Committee

Dec 5, 2023

Creating more “awareness and visibility” of the Pan-African Episcopal Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS), and the development of a long-term strategic plan are among the envisaged plans to revamp the entity of the Symposium of Episcopal Conference of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM).

Bishop Dionísio Hisiilenapo of Namibe Diocese in Angola. Credit: Radio Ecclesia

Africa Needs to “take action from within” in Fighting Climate Change: Bishop in Angola

Dec 5, 2023

Countries in Africa need to take the lead in fighting climate change and not wait for solutions from outside the continent, the Catholic Bishop of Namibe Diocese in Angola has said.