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President Salva Kiir of South Sudan. Credit: Office of the Presidency of South Sudan

South Sudan’s Presidency “reaches consensus” on Two-year Transitional Government Extension, Adjourn Polls to 2026

Sep 16, 2024

The Presidency of South Sudan has agreed to extend the mandate of the country’s transitional government of national unity by two more years, and to adjourn the general elections that had been slated for this December to 2026. 

Daniel Danjuma Egbunu. Credit: ACI Africa

Nigerian Catholic on How Devotion to Eucharist, Our Lady of Perpetual Have Helped Him Cope with Near-death Experiences

Sep 16, 2024

Daniel Danjuma Egbunu looks back at the seven decades of his life as nothing short of a miracle, replete with multiple near-death experiences that he has sought to understand from the perspective of his Catholic faith practice. 

Organizers discuss the upcoming second session of the Synod on Synodality at a press conference at the Holy See Press Office on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Here’s What Will Be New at the October 2024 Synod on Synodality Session

Sep 16, 2024

The 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops will begin Oct. 2–27 in Rome, the second part of the Synod on Synodality.

Bishop  Estêvão Binga. Credit: Catholic Diocese of Benguela

Extend Christian Faith Education to “everyday life and every space”: Catholic Bishop in Angola to Catechists

Sep 16, 2024

Christian religious education has to go beyond the formal setting it takes place to influence daily living, the Local Ordinary of the recently erected Angola’s Catholic Diocese of Ganda has told Catechists. 

A view of the Opera House in the port zone of Sydney. / Credit: Benh LIEU SONG vía Flickr (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Next International Eucharistic Congress to be Held in Sydney in 2028

Sep 16, 2024

The 53rd International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador, wrapped up with the announcement that Sydney will host the next congress in 2028.

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions. / Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/EWTN News

Vatican Announces Press Conference on "spiritual experience" of Medjugorje

Sep 16, 2024

Cardinal Víctor Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, will lead a press conference on the “spiritual experience” of Medjugorje.

Expansion of Kenya-based Catholic Psycho-Spiritual Institute to Nigeria in “final stage”: Founder

Sep 15, 2024

Plans to extend the services of the Kenya-based Psycho-Spiritual Institute (PSI) to the West African nation of Nigeria are in the “final stage”, the founder of the Catholic institution of learning that specializes in psycho-trauma healing has said.

After his Angelus on Sept. 15, 2024, Pope Francis appealed for the release of the remaining Hamas hostages and said he is praying for the victims and their families. / Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Francis Urges Release of Hamas Hostages, End of Conflict in Israel and Palestine

Sep 15, 2024

Pope Francis on Sunday urged the release of the remaining Hamas hostages as he remembered 23-year-old American Hersh Goldberg-Polin and five others.

Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi of Tanzania’s Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam. Credit: Radio Maria Tanzania

Tanzania’s Fifth Eucharistic Congress Opens with Call to Witness to Christ “with help, power of the Holy Spirit”

Sep 14, 2024

The National Eucharistic Congress in Tanzania, the fifth in the East African nation, has started off with a call on participants to realize their call to be witnesses of the person of Jesus Christ, relying on the grace of God through the Holy Spirit.

Bishop Dionísio Hisilenapo of the Catholic Diocese of Namibe in Angola. Credit: Radio Ecclesia

Catholic Bishop in Angola Cautions against “calculated charity”, Calls for True Charity, “genuine compassion”

Sep 14, 2024

Bishop Dionísio Hisilenapo of the Catholic Diocese of Namibe in Angola has called upon followers of Jesus Christ to be charitable in their interpersonal relationships and to foster “genuine compassion”. 

Let’s “reflect upon his most cherished teachings”: Catholic Bishop in South Sudan on Death Anniversary of Predecessor

Sep 14, 2024

Reflecting on the “most cherished teachings” of Bishop Joseph Abangite Gasi, who passed on a decade ago is the best way to commemorate him, his successor, Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussala of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY), has said. 

Pope Francis speaks to journalists aboard the papal plane during an in-flight press conference on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, on his return from his nearly two-week tour of Southeast Asia. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

U.S. Presidential Election a Choice Between "the lesser evil": Pope Francis

Sep 14, 2024

Speaking aboard the papal plane, Pope Francis encouraged U.S. Catholics to vote with their conscience in the upcoming Nov. 5 election.

Digital Faith Influencers Graduate in Catholic Formation Program, Eager to Transform Communities

Sep 13, 2024

Each of the 56 young Digital Faith Influencers, who graduated on Thursday, September 12 after participating in an intensive eight-month certificate training program has a well-defined vision for how to make a meaningful impact on their respective communities.

Abraham Abu, confesses to stealing the Monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament from Archangels Police Chaplaincy in Nyanya of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja on August 20. Credit: ACI Africa

“I did a very bad thing”: Nigerian Man Confesses to Stealing Monstrance from Catholic Parish, Implores God for Mercy

Sep 13, 2024

A man has confessed to stealing the Monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament from Archangels Police Chaplaincy in Nyanya of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja on August 20. 

Archbishop Zeferino Zeca Martins of Angola’s Huambo Archdiocese. Credit: Radio Ecclesia

“Participate fully in this exercise”: Archbishop to Catholics in Angola on Planned Population Census

Sep 13, 2024

Archbishop Zeferino Zeca Martins of the Catholic Archdiocese of Huambo in Angola is calling upon Catholics in the Southern African nation to participate in the planned Population and Housing Census scheduled to kick off on September 19.

Congolese Catholic Bishop Challenges Religious Leaders to Embrace Role in Reducing Fossil Fuels

Sep 13, 2024

The Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has underscored the pivotal role that religious leaders in Africa must play in advocating for a global shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

Pope Francis addresses elderly and sick people on his final day in Singapore on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, marking the conclusion of his 12-day, four-country apostolic journey to Asia and Oceania — the longest trip of his pontificate to date. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Concludes Apostolic Journey with Elderly and Youth of Singapore

Sep 13, 2024

The interreligious meeting concluded his 12-day, four-country apostolic journey to Southeast Asia and Oceania.   

Members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger (CEBN)

Catholic Bishops Declare Triduum Prayer for Peace in Burkina Faso, Niger amid Surge in Insecurity

Sep 12, 2024

Catholic Bishops in Burkina Faso and Niger have called for a triduum of prayer for peace in their respective nations amid a surge in cases of insecurity.

Bishop Peter Kihara Kariuki of the Catholic Diocese of Marsabit in Kenya. Credit: Burudika kikatoliki

Catholic Bishop Serving Kenya’s Marginalized Communities Urges Development Agencies to Serve without Discrimination

Sep 12, 2024

The Local Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of Marsabit in Kenya has called upon the faithful and those tasked with the implementation of development projects in support of the needy to reach out to all compassionately without discrimination.

Fr. Vitalis Anaehobi

Catholic Priest in Nigeria Urges the Church to Address Needs of Youths “going back to paganism”

Sep 12, 2024

While the rest of the Catholic Church is Nigeria is concerned that the influence of Pentecostalism may cause division in the Church, Catholics in the Southeastern parts of the country where Fr. Vitalis Anaehobi serves are worried about something else.