Advertisement

ACI Africa

Pope Francis celebrates his birthday on Dec. 17, 2023, with children and families who are assisted by the Vatican’s Santa Marta Pediatric Dispensary. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Celebrates 87th Birthday with Children Who Receive Aid from Vatican Clinic

Dec 17, 2023

Pope Francis celebrated his 87th birthday on Sunday morning ahead of his weekly Angelus by meeting with children and families who are assisted by the Vatican’s Santa Marta Pediatric Dispensary.

A member of the crowd in St. Peter's Square holds up a baby Jesus figure for a blessing by Pope Francis at his Sunday Angelus Dec. 17, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

"Only in God do we find the light of life": Pope Francis at Sunday Angelus

Dec 17, 2023

Pope Francis reflected on St. John the Baptist as a luminous figure who testifies to the light and teaches us that “only in God do we find the light of life” during his Angelus address Dec. 17 on the third Sunday of Advent, or Gaudete Sunday.

Credit: Radio Icengelo

Mine Tragedy in Zambia: Catholic Bishops Pray “for God’s consolation and strength”

Dec 16, 2023

Members of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) have expressed their spiritual solidarity with victims of the tragedy at Senseli Open Pit Mine in Chingola District in the Catholic Diocese of Ndola.

Mons. Teshome Fikre Woldetensae, appointed Coadjutor Bishop for the Eparchy of Emdeber inEthiopia on 16 December 2023. Credit: CBCE

Secretary General of Ethiopia Conference of Catholic Bishops Appointed Coadjutor Bishop

Dec 16, 2023

The Secretary General of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia (CBCE) has been appointed Coadjutor Bishop for the Eparchy of Emdeber in the Horn of Africa nation.

Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga blessing an elderly man. Credit: ACN

Cardinal Touring War-Torn Communities in CAR to Instil Hope among “abandoned” Villagers

Dec 15, 2023

The Cardinal in the Central African Republic (CAR) has been going around the country, engaging with members of communities, who have been abandoned, assuring them of his closeness.

A poster announcing 125 years of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood (CPS) in Eastern Africa. Credit: CPS Facebook page.

Emulate Pioneer Members’ “virtuous examples”: Kenyan Archbishop to Precious Blood Sisters

Dec 15, 2023

Members of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood (CPS) of the Eastern Africa Province have been called upon to look to their members, who pioneered their service in the African region for inspiration. 

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese addressing members of the Catholic Laity Council of Nigeria (CLCN). Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

Nigeria’s Catholic Laity Council at 50: Archbishop Urges Formation, Lists What to Own

Dec 15, 2023

The Catholic Church needs to prioritize the formation of the Laity to facilitate their growth in faith principles, Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese has said.

Bishop David Kamau Ng'a'ng'a, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Nairobi commissions youths at St. Austin's Parish Msongari ahead of their Pokot Peace Caravan. Credit: ACI Africa

Youths at Kenyan Parish Embark on Peace Caravan to “adopted” Marginalized Community

Dec 15, 2023

Young people from St. Austin's Msongari Parish of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi are set to spend five days ahead of this year’s Christmas festivities with their peers at the perched Chemolingot village, a marginalized Kenyan community in the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru that they have “adopted”.

A poster announcing Ivrea Sisters' Golden Jubilee. Credit: Ivrea Sisters

Catholic Sisters Congregation Lauded for Uniqueness in Ministering to the Sick in Kenya

Dec 14, 2023

Members of the Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception of Ivrea (SCIC/Ivrea Sisters) have been lauded for the “ministry to the sick” during their 50 years of service in the East African nation.

Credit: SACBC

Bishops in Southern Africa Unveil Voter Education Manual Ahead of 2024 Polls

Dec 14, 2023

The Justice and Peace Commission (JP) of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has published a Voter Education Manual ahead of the general elections scheduled to take place in South Africa next year.

Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku of the Catholic Diocese of Butembo-Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Credit: Radio Moto

Catholic Bishop in DR Congo Faults Legislators Demanding Increased Pay over Teachers

Dec 14, 2023

Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku of the Catholic Diocese of Butembo-Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has faulted legislators in the country who are demanding an increase in their allowances and salaries instead of pleading for a better pay for teachers who he says are underpaid.

Home visit by GKB Nutritionist to Bizimana Jean de Dieu’s family located in Nyrataba village, Taba cell, Tumba sector in Rulindo district, May 2023. Credit: Caritas Rwanda

Caritas Rwanda Partners with Government to Support GBV Victims

Dec 14, 2023

Over 100 pregnant and teen mothers in Rwanda are beneficiaries of Caritas Rwanda’s Gender Based Violence (GBV) clinic that the Catholic entity organized in partnership with the country’s Ministry of Gender among other partners.

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto Diocese in Nigeria. Credit: Veritas University Nigeria

Bring Back “your wealth of experience”: Catholic Bishop to Youth Planning to Leave Nigeria

Dec 14, 2023

The Catholic Bishop of Nigeria’s Sokoto Diocese has challenged youthful Nigerians planning to leave the country to consider bringing back to the West African nation what they gain from their host countries.

Fr. Amos Kimutai, the parish priest of St. Kizito Catholic Church in the Diocese of Eldoret at a pastoral visit. Credit: Fr. Amos Kimutai

Catholic Priest in Kenya Assaulted by Mob for Attempting to Rescue Girls from FGM

Dec 13, 2023

The Parish Priest of St. Kizito Catholic Church of Kenya’s Diocese of Eldoret was left with serious injuries after he was attacked for trying to rescue young girls from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) outside the Parish premises.

The Secretary General of Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC), Fr. Charles Kitima. Credit: TEC

In Solidarity “until the last Maasai leaves”: Catholic Bishops in Tanzania on Evictions

Dec 13, 2023

Catholic Bishops in Tanzania have vowed to support members of the Maasai community amid controversies around their eviction from what Tanzanian community considers its ancestral land, but which is in Wildlife Conservancy Areas in the Northern part of the country.

The ten Priests ordained on 9 December 2023 in the Archdiocese of Luanda. Credit: Archdiocese of Luanda

Newly Ordained Catholic Priests in Angola Urged to Foster Ministry of “healing the wounds”

Dec 13, 2023

The 10 newly ordained Priests in Angola’s Luanda Archdiocese have been urged to foster the healing ministry, bringing hope after the example of Jesus Christ to the people of God under their pastoral care.

One of the seven blocks that were stripped of by the storm. Credit: Catholic Church News Zimbabwe

Catholic Parish in Zimbabwe Appeals for Support to Restore Structures Destroyed by Storm

Dec 13, 2023

The leadership of the St. Francis Xavier Dete Parish of Zimbabwe’s Chinhoyi Diocese is seeking partners to facilitate the restoration of structures of schools and a Sisters’ Convent that a recent storm damaged.

Logo of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Credit: CAN

Don’t Use Airstrike at Muslim Event “for personal gain”: Nigeria’s Christian Leaders

Dec 13, 2023

Officials of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have cautioned the people of God in the country against using the reportedly accidental airstrike involving a military drone that killed dozens in Nigeria’s Kaduna State “for personal gain”.

Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo during the 10 December 2023 Eucharistic celebration at the Holy Family Riviera 2 Parish of Abidjan Archdiocese. Credit: Holy Family Riviera 2 Parish

First Catholic Education Congress in Africa Ends with Call to “invest more in education”

Dec 12, 2023

The first African Congress of Catholic Education that kicked off on December 7 in the economic capital city of Ivory Coast, Abidjan, has ended with calls on African nations to increase their respective education budgets.

Bishop David Kamau Ng'ang'a, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese with Fr. George Omondi, the Priest in charge of St. Austin's Catholic Parish Msongari at the launch of the 125-Jubilee-year celebration of the parish. Credit: ACI Africa

Let’s “take care” of Faith Kenya’s Pioneer Missionaries Shared: Bishop at Jubilee Launch

Dec 12, 2023

St. Austin’s Msongari Catholic Parish of Kenya’s Archdiocese of Nairobi has launched its 125-year anniversary celebrations with a Kenyan Catholic Bishop challenging parishioners to “take care” of the faith that pioneer missionaries helped initiate.