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General Councilor for Missions meets with Sudanese refugees. Credit: Salesian Missions

Cairo Oratory Salesians Reaching Out to Sudanese Refugees with Education, Social Services

Oct 31, 2022

Members of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) are reaching out to Sudanese refugees at Don Bosco Zeitoun Oratory in Cairo, Egypt, with education and social services. 

Bishop Emeritus Philip Sulumeti of Kenya's Kakamega Diocese. Credit: ACI Africa

Pope Francis Lauds Kenyan Bishop Marking Episcopal Golden Jubilee as Diligent Servant

Oct 30, 2022

Pope Francis has acknowledged with appreciation the five-decade Episcopal Ministry of a Kenyan Catholic Bishop, lauding him as a diligent and zealous servant who preached “the gospel truth to the people.”

Bishop Jude Ayodeji Arogundade of Nigeria’s Ondo Diocese. Credit: ACN

Nigerian Catholic Bishop Backs Petition Demanding Justice for Persecuted Christians

Oct 30, 2022

A Nigerian Catholic Bishop has, in an interview with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International, expressed his backing for a petition requesting that the United Kingdom (UK) government "call on their Nigerian counterparts to bring to justice those responsible for genocidal attacks” in the West African nation.

Fr. Michael Seheri . Credit: Fr. Michael Seheri

South African Society Recognition of Catholic Biblical Scholars “very significant”: Priest

Oct 30, 2022

South Africa’s Bible Society recognition of Catholic Biblical Scholars for the translations of the Bible from ancient Biblical languages to African languages is “very significant” to the Catholic Church, a member of the Bible Society Sesotho Review Committee has said.

Graduands at the 41st graduation ceremony of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). Credit: CUEA

Graduands from Kenya-based Catholic University Urged to Champion the Care of Environment

Oct 30, 2022

A Catholic Bishop in Kenya has called upon graduands from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) to use their academic knowledge to champion the conservation of the environment.

Pope Francis speaks to the crowd on 12 June 2022 gathered in St. Peter's Square in Rome for the recitation of the Angelus on Trinity Sunday. | Vatican Media

Pope Francis Prays for Victims of Deadly Islamic Terrorist Attack in Somalia

Oct 30, 2022

Pope Francis prayed on Sunday that God may “convert the hearts of the violent” after an al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist attack in Somalia.

Catholic elementary school in Gbeji, Benue State, Central Nigeria. | Courtesy of Kyarto Tyoumbur

Dozens of Catholic Villagers Reportedly Killed in Central Nigeria Raid

Oct 30, 2022

Details are still emerging after a violent raid by Fulani herdsmen Oct. 19 in Benue State, Central Nigeria, reportedly left dozens of Catholic villagers killed.

Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Education, Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki. Credit: CUEA

Kenya-based Regional Catholic University Hailed for “tremendous contribution to education”

Oct 29, 2022

An official of the Kenyan government has, during the 41st graduation ceremony of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), hailed the regional institution of higher learning for contributing to “education growth and social welfare” in the East African country.

Bishop Montfort Stima of Malawi's Catholic Diocese of Mangochi. Credit: ECM

“Rich overnight”, Bishop in Malawi Decries Wide Gap between Country’s Poor and Wealthy

Oct 29, 2022

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Mangochi in Malawi has found it baffling that a few individuals in the country are getting richer and richer while a majority of the population continue to wallow in deep poverty.

Credit: Solidarity with South Sudan (SSS)

Catholic Entity in South Sudan Seeking Partnerships to Address Food Security Challenge

Oct 29, 2022

Solidarity with South Sudan (SSS) is seeking to partner with “well-wishers worldwide” in view of reaching out to local farmers in the East-Central African nation to address the challenge of food security.

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“Guard against violence, hate speech”: Catholic Bishop in Nigeria to Politicians

Oct 29, 2022

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Uyo in Nigeria has cautioned politicians against violence and hate speech during campaigns ahead of the country’s February 2023 general elections.

A Christmas tree in St. Peter's Square. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Christmas 2022: Vatican to Display Hand-carved Wooden Nativity Scene

Oct 29, 2022

For Christmas 2022, the Vatican has commissioned a nativity scene made of life-sized figures hand carved out of alpine cedar trees.

Mons. Ionuţ Paul Strejac. Credit: ARCB

“Accelerate preparations”: Vatican Official in South Sudan on Papal Ecumenical Visit

Oct 28, 2022

There are positive “signs” that Pope Francis will realize the postponed ecumenical trip to South Sudan, the Chargé d'Affaires of the Vatican Nunciature in the East-Central African nation has said, and underscored the need to “accelerate preparations”.

Maryamu Joseph (16), who escaped from Boko Haram after being held for nine years. Credit: ACN

Nigerian Teen Abducted by Islamists Aged 7 Recovering at Catholic Trauma Centre

Oct 28, 2022

For close to a decade, Maryamu Joseph who was abducted by Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, at the age of seven was forced to live as a Muslim.

Graduands at the 41st graduation ceremony of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). Credit: CUEA

Prioritize Service, “then money comes as a reward”: Catholic Bishop in Kenya to Graduands

Oct 28, 2022

Graduands at a Kenya-based regional Catholic University have been challenged to prioritize service over financial gains, the latter coming “as a reward” after having served.

Archbishop Luís Miguel Muñoz Cárdaba, Apostolic Nuncio in Sudan. Credit: Vatican Media

“Work hard in your Dioceses to improve evangelization”: Nuncio in Sudan to Bishops

Oct 28, 2022

The Apostolic Nuncio in Sudan has encouraged Catholic Bishops in Sudan and South Sudan to make every effort “to improve evangelization” in their respective Episcopal Sees.

Logo 2023 World Youth Day (WYD) in Lisbon, Portugal. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Catholic Parishes in Southern Africa Urged to Fund Young People's World Youth Day Trip

Oct 28, 2022

The chairperson of the Inter-diocesan Youth Committee of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) is encouraging members of Catholic Parishes in Botswana, Eswatini, and South Africa to offer financial support to young people who would like to participate in the 2023 World Youth Day (WYD) in Lisbon, Portugal.

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Inside Pope Francis’ Envisioned Two-hour Dialogue with Catholic Youth in Africa

Oct 27, 2022

Everything is set for the November 1 dialogue between Pope Francis and young people drawn from various Catholic universities from African countries.

Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle. Credit: ACI Africa

Use Synodal Process to Address “pressing challenges”: Vatican Cardinal to Church in Africa

Oct 27, 2022

A Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization is calling upon the people of God in Africa to use the ongoing preparations for the Synod on Synodality, which Pope Francis has extended to 2024, to find solutions to the challenges they experience.

People fleeing violence in Cabo Delgado Province. Credit: DHPI

Humanitarian Catastrophe in Mozambique Mounting Pressure on Neighbors: Catholic Entity

Oct 27, 2022

Renewed attacks coupled with beheadings in Mozambique’s Northern Province of Cabo Delgado have forced hundreds of civilians to flee into neighboring Nampula Archdiocese empty handed, the Director of Dennis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI) has said, noting that the situation is exerting pressure on places neighboring the embattled Province.