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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
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) 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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”.
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.
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.