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Catholic News in Africa

Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo during Confirmation Mass at St Ignatius of Loyola Kenya Prisons Chaplaincy of the Archdiocese of Nairobi on 7 October 2022. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Kenyan Archbishop Urges Environmental Conservation, Says “bad” Nature Breeds Human Evils

Oct 8, 2022

There is an urgent need to conserve the environment by undertaking deliberate initiatives to “take care of nature”, the Archbishop of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi has said.

Map showing the Sahel region. Credit: Public Domain

Missionaries Losing Touch with Catholic Communities as Insecurity Rises in Niger

Oct 8, 2022

For over a decade, missionaries in Niger have been unable to reach various members of Catholic communities in the West African country owing to insecurity.

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

Those Behind Nigeria’s Mismanaged Economy Now Using “hunger as weapon”: Christian Leaders

Oct 8, 2022

Persons behind the “mismanaged” economy of Nigeria are now “using hunger as a weapon” ahead of the the country’s general elections scheduled for February 2023,” Christian leaders in over a dozen States of the West African country have said.

Ebola epicentre with workers in Africa. Credit: EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations CC BY NC ND 2.0.

Catholic Priest in South Sudan Urges Citizens to Take “preventive measures against Ebola”

Oct 8, 2022

A member of the Clergy of South Sudan’s Yei Diocese, a territory that borders Uganda where dozens of cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have been confirmed, has urged the people of God in the East-Central African country to take preventive measures against the virus that is known to cause severe bleeding, and organ failure that can eventually result in death.

Fr. Andrew Kaufa (right) and Sr. Adelaide Felicitas Ndilu (left). Credit: Courtesy Photo

Newly Appointed African Consulters to Vatican Dicastery Highlight Gaps in Church Media Use

Oct 7, 2022

The newly appointed Consulters of the Vatican Dicastery for communication from Africa have highlighted limitations in efforts to engage digital media in the evangelization process on the continent.

Archbishop Peter Bryan Wells, Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Nuncio Urges Faith Communities in Southern Africa to Take Lead in Tackling Gender Violence

Oct 7, 2022

The representative of the Holy Father in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa has urged faith communities in the Southern African region to be on “the forefront of tackling gender violence”.

Archbishop Philip Naameh of Ghana's Tamale Archdiocese. Credit Courtesy Photo

Catholic Bishops in Ghana Urge Nations in Africa to “address poverty, rising inequalities”

Oct 7, 2022

Members of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) have urged to African governments to address the rising poverty levels and discrimination in the distribution of state resources to avoid insurgency. 

JCTR members at a press conference in Lusaka, Zambia. Credit: JCTR

Zambia’s Proposed Budget “excellent opportunity for growth, development”: Jesuit Scholars

Oct 7, 2022

Zambia’s proposed 2023 national budget is an “excellent opportunity” for the development and growth of the Southern African nation, officials of the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) have said.

Fr. Camillus Ejike Mbaka. Credit: Courtesy Photo

I’m Going to the Monastery “under priestly obedience”: Controversial Nigerian Priest

Oct 7, 2022

The controversial Nigerian Priest who has been asked to go on a month-long spiritual retreat in Nigeria’s Enugu Diocese has said he is undertaking the journey in line with his vow of obedience as a Catholic Priest, to his Local Ordinary, Bishop Callistus Onaga, and to the Catholic Church.

Archbishop Peter Bryan Wells, Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Credit: SACBC

Catholic Church Leaders Also Called “to be a brother, a son”, Nuncio in Southern Africa

Oct 6, 2022

The Apostolic Nuncio in South Africa, Archbishop Peter Brian Wells, has called on Catholic Church leaders to not only lead the people of God under their pastoral care, but to also be a “brother” to their respective congregations.

Fr. Boniface Kariuki, Spiritual Director Legion of Mary Nairobi Archdiocese. Credit: Archdiocese of Nairobi

Legion of Mary Can Be “breeding ground” for Consecrated Life: Catholic Priest in Kenya

Oct 6, 2022

Making known the Legion of Mary across Kenya and having the people of God in the East African nation embrace the lay Catholic movement can foster vocations to Consecrated Life, the Spiritual Director of Marian movement has said. 

A section of participants at the ongoing training of tutors of 'Together for a New Africa' initiative of African youth. Credit: ACI Africa

Unemployment Pushing Angolans to Desperate Measures: “Together for a New Africa” Trainee

Oct 6, 2022

Faced with the challenge of unemployment amid worrying poverty levels in Angola, young people in the Southern African country are resorting to desperate measures to cope, including drug abuse, a trainee at  Together for a New Africa (T4NA) has said.

Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga during Holy Mass organized to officially launch the new pastoral year of Bangui Archdiocese on October 2. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Walking Together “an emergency, an imperative necessity for the world”: Cardinal in CAR

Oct 6, 2022

Walking together is an “emergency and an imperative necessity” for the people of God in the world as they participate in the ongoing preparations for the Synod on Synodality, the Cardinal in the Central African Republic (CAR) has said.

Official logo of the Synod on Synodality. Credit: Vatican Media

Synod on Synodality to Help South Sudanese “dialogue with each other”: Catholic Priest

Oct 6, 2022

The ongoing preparations for the Synod on Synodality has the potentiality of helping South Sudanese, including members of communities at loggerheads, embrace dialogue as the way for resolving their conflicts, a Catholic Priest has said.

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Catholic Activists in Africa Decry Netflix “LGBT indoctrination” in New Children’s Film

Oct 5, 2022

The African branch of the International Catholic activist organization, CitizenGo,  has launched a boycott campaign against Netflix in a bid to force the company’s CEO “to back down on LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) indoctrination” following the release of a children’s film that shows two girls kissing.

Teachers in Maputo, Mozambique, attended technical training as part of collaborative effort. Credit: Salesian Missions

On World Teachers’ Day, Salesians Review Initiatives in Support for Teachers in Africa

Oct 5, 2022

On the annual occasion of the World Teachers’ Day (WTD) marked October 5, the leadership of the U.S—based development arm of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), Salesian Missions, has reviewed their initiatives in support for teachers across the globe, including Africa.

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Let’s Work Towards Changing the “bad name” of Politics in Nigeria: Cardinal

Oct 5, 2022

There is need to work towards changing the negative perception around politics in Nigeria as “a game for rogues, thieves and liars” to being perceived as “a noble task”, John Cardinal Onaiyekan has said.

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

Church Committed to Fostering “peace, stability” in South Sudan’s Equatoria State: Bishop

Oct 5, 2022

The Catholic Church is committed to fostering “peace and stability” in South Sudan’s Equatoria State, Bishop Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo of the country’s Catholic Diocese of Yei has said.

Bishop Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Invest in “primary production sector” to Address Angola’s Unemployment: Bishop to State

Oct 5, 2022

The Liaison Bishop of the Episcopal Commission for Youth, University, Scouting and Vocations Ministry of the Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (CEAST) has called on the Angolan government to invest in the “primary production sector” to provide opportunities for unemployed youth.

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso's new military leader. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Normalcy “gradually returning to Burkina Faso” Following Second Coup: Catholic Priest

Oct 4, 2022

Normalcy is gradually returning to Burkina Faso days after the country’s military leader, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, was ousted in a military coup, a Catholic Priest in the West African nation has told ACI Africa.