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Dr. Norah Nonterah, a Synod on Synodality delegate from Ghana during the Wednesday, October 25 press briefing by Synod delegates. Cerdit: Vatican Media

“I felt listened to”, African Lay Woman Shares Experience at Synod on Synodality in Rome

Oct 26, 2023

Dr. Norah Nonterah, a Synod on Synodality delegate from Ghana, is representing several of what she describes as “existential peripheries” at the ongoing meeting of Bishops in Rome.

Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga during the Wednesday, October 25 press briefing by Synod delegates. Credit: Vatican Media

Women at Core of Church Governance in CAR: Cardinal

Oct 26, 2023

Though not officially constituted in the ranks of the Catholic Church, women in the Central African Republic (CAR) play a significant role in the affairs of the Church in the country, Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga, the Archbishop of Bangui has said.

Staff of Paulines Publications Africa at the October Book Fair in Frankfurt Germany. Credit: Daughters of St. Paul

“Ancient styles”: Paulines Publications Official on Why Africa Lags Behind in Publishing

Oct 26, 2023

Publishing is evolving, and African authors and publishers must embrace global trends to hack it on the international market, the Directress of Paulines Publications Africa (PPA), Sr. Praxides Nafula, who participated in the October 18-22 Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, has said.

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Religious in Ghana Express Solidarity with Victims of Flooding from Dam Spillage

Oct 26, 2023

The Conference of Major Superiors of Religious - Ghana (CMSR-Gh) has expressed "solidarity and proximity" with victims of the Akosombo Dam Spillage flood. 

Pope Francis leads the Synod on Synodality delegates in prayer on Oct. 25, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Speaks at Synod on Synodality: "Clericalism" Defiles the Church

Oct 26, 2023

Pope Francis denounced clericalism and called it a “scandal” to see young priests buying lace vestments at tailor shops in a strongly-worded speech.

Coal Miners, South Africa. Credit: SACBC Commission for Justice and Peace

Bishops in Southern Africa File Lawsuit against International Mining Company

Oct 26, 2023

Members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) have, through their Justice and Peace Commission (JPC), launched a class action lawsuit against the Anglo American Group, seeking recourse for sick miners and families of workers who died after contracting pneumoconiosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has served as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops since April 12, 2023. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

"Clericalizing women" Will Not Solve Problems: Cardinal at Synod on Synodality

Oct 26, 2023

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost noted that the Catholic Church is not a mirror image of society and “needs to be different.”

Catherine Clifford, a professor at St. Paul University in Ottawa, and Archbishop Stanisław Gadecki of Poland at the Synod on Synodality's Oct. 26, 2023, press briefing. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Practice Can Vary But Doctrine Has to Be "same for everyone": Synod Delegate

Oct 26, 2023

Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki said Thursday one difficulty of synodality lies in distinguishing pastoral practice — which can be adapted — from Church doctrine.

Photos of martyred Christians at a public event in Bhubaneswar in 2010. | Credit: Anto Akkara

Vatican Puts 35 Catholic "martyrs of Kandhamal" in India on Road to Sainthood

Oct 26, 2023

The Christians were killed in the 2008 Christian persecution that took place in the remote jungle district of the eastern Odisha state.

Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa

Mexican Cardinal Comments on Treatment of Controversial Issues at Synod on Synodality

Oct 26, 2023

Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, the primatial archbishop of Mexico, downplayed the issues that have generated some controversy during the Synod on Synodality.

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Oct. 18, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Seven Ways to Participate in Day of Prayer and Fasting Called for by Pope Francis

Oct 26, 2023

Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Holy Land, Pope Francis has called for a day of prayer and fasting on Oct. 27. Here’s how to participate.

Archbishop Dabula Anthony Mpako of Pretoria Archdiocese. Credit: SACBC

“We differ but still embrace each other”: South African Synod on Synodality Delegate

Oct 25, 2023

The ongoing Synod on Synodality conversations in Rome are not free of disagreements, the Archbishop of South Africa’s Pretoria Archdiocese, who is participating in October 4-29 meeting in Rome has said.

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

Ongoing Synod on Synodality Call to “renewed zeal” to Christ’s Mission: Kenyan Delegate

Oct 25, 2023

The ongoing 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops Synod is a call to “a renewed zeal” to participate in the mission that Jesus Christ entrusted to his disciples, a Kenyan delegate participating in the October 4-29 conversations in Rome has said.

Bishop Julius Yakubu Kundi of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan. Credit: ACI Africa

Catholic Parishes of Nigerian Diocese “under attack” amid Rise in Vocations to Priesthood

Oct 25, 2023

The Bishop of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan has decried the persistent security challenges in his Episcopal See, which he says have continued for over 20 years, with many parishes subjected to attacks and being “under siege”. 

Delegates to the Synod on Synodality meet in the final days of the synod, Oct. 25, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Synod on Synodality Addresses the Church in Letter to the People of God

Oct 25, 2023

“This is not about ideology but about an experience rooted in the apostolic tradition,” says the letter inviting the faithful to play a larger role in“the discernment and decision-making” of the Church.

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims in St. Peter's Square during his Angelus address on Oct. 15, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis on Women Deacons: "Holy orders is reserved for men"

Oct 25, 2023

Pope Francis reaffirmed the impossibility of women becoming priests, or even modern Church deacons, in an interview for a book released Tuesday in Italy.

Pope Francis at the general audience at St. Peter's Square on Oct. 25, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: To Evangelize, "faith must be inculturated"

Oct 25, 2023

At his weekly general audience, Pope Francis recounted the story of Sts. Cyril and Methodius as one of encounter with the Slavic people. 

Late Sr. Veronica Rackova. Credit: CRN

Court in South Sudan Adjourns Judgement on Case of Missionary Nun Murdered in 2016

Oct 25, 2023

A High Court in South Sudan’s capital city, Juba, has adjourned to November 14 the final verdict on the murder of Sr. Veronika Rackova that had previously been scheduled for October 24.

Fr. Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator, the Dean of the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University. Credit: Jesuits Global

Synod Occasion to Prayerfully Practice “graces of listening, dialogue”: African Delegate

Oct 24, 2023

The ongoing Synod on Synodality conversations in Rome are an opportunity to practice multiple graces, including those of prayerfully “listening, dialogue, and discernment”, an African delegate participating in the October 4-29 meeting has said. 

Late Br. Godwin Eze. Credit: Benedictine Monastery, Eruku

Monk Killed after Kidnapping at Nigerian Monastery Eulogized as Prayerful, Easygoing

Oct 24, 2023

Tributes are pouring in for Br. Godwin Eze, a Nigerian monk who was kidnapped by Fulani bandits and brutally killed, with those who knew the monk describing him as “very prayerful” and “very easygoing young man”.