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Bishop Isaac Bundepuun Dugu of Katsina-Ala Diocese in Nigeria

The Holy Rosary Has Been More Powerful than Militants Weapons, Nigerian Catholic Bishop on Combating Insecurity

Oct 3, 2024

The Catholic Bishop of Katsina-Ala Diocese in Nigeria has attributed the progress made in combating insecurity in his Episcopal See to the power of prayer, particularly through the Holy Rosary.

Funeral Mass of late Edmond Bahati Mbarushimana. Credit: Kivunyota

Catholic Journalist Murdered in DR Congo’s Goma Diocese Eulogized as “a man of peace”

Oct 3, 2024

Edmond Bahati Mbarushimana, the Catholic journalist in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who as murdered on September 27 has been eulogized as “a man of peace.” 

Bishop Noel Rucastle, Liaison Bishop for Marriage and Family Life at the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC). Credit: SACBC

Marriage Has No Expiry Date, Catholic Bishop in South Africa Counsels against Divorce

Oct 3, 2024

Marriage is a lifelong commitment and has no “expiry date”, the Liaison Bishop for Marriage and Family Life at the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) has said.

Archbishop Kryspin Witold Dubiel arrives in Angola to begin his mission to Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe

“I am here to serve the Church”: New Apostolic Nuncio on Mission to Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe

Oct 3, 2024

The representative of the Holy Father in Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe has expressed his desire to serve the Church and the people of God in both nations.

On the first working day of the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican on Oct. 2, 2024, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, shut down speculation regarding further theological study into the possibility of women being ordained as deacons. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Synod Rules Out Women Deacons; Meetings Called to Be "laboratories of synodal life"

Oct 3, 2024

The Synod on Synodality commenced its second day on Thursday in which 356 participants convened at the Vatican.

Hon. Henry Yunkwap, President of the Catholic Laity Council of Nigeria (CLCN). Credit: ACI Africa

“Nigerians are hungry, we can’t keep quiet”: Nigeria’s Catholic Laity Council President on Hunger Crisis

Oct 3, 2024

The President of the Catholic Laity Council of Nigeria (CLCN) has expressed concern about hunger in the country, calling for action from the government to alleviate the suffering of its people. 

Bombs strike southern Lebanon. / Credit: Aid to the Church in Need

War in Southern Lebanon Puts Thousands of Christians in Constant Danger, Catholic Nun Says

Oct 3, 2024

Some 9,000 Christians in three villages in southern Lebanon are in constant danger because of the Israel-Hezbollah war, warned Sister Maya El Beaino.

Members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN). Credit: CBCN

Stop the Scandal, Bishops in Nigeria Tell Priests Venturing in Partisan Politics, Outline Serious Penal Measures

Oct 2, 2024

Catholic Priests in Nigeria who are found participating in partisan politics or taking any political office will be suspended, Bishops in the West African country have said.

Fr. Alain Mayama, Superior General of the Spiritans

On Founder’s Day, 321-year-old Order with Dominant African Membership Launches Phase II of “Animation Plan” for Mission

Oct 2, 2024

The leadership of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans/Holy Ghost Fathers/CSSp.), the 321-year-old Missionary Congregation with members in all continents, most them natives of Africa, has launched the second phase of the Congregation’s “animation plan”.

Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa of South Africa’s Catholic Diocese of Kokstad. Credit: SACBC

Let’s Pray for “conversion of perpetrators”: Catholic Bishop after 18 Killed in South Africa Mass Shooting

Oct 2, 2024

Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa of South Africa’s Catholic Diocese of Kokstad has called for prayers for the spiritual conversion of persons behind the September 27 mass shooting in two homesteads on the same street in the South African town of Lusikisiki, in the Eastern Cape that left at least 18 people dead.

Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB). Credit: KCCB

Participate in “addressing root causes of displacement”: Kenya’s Bishops to Gov’t on World Day of Migrants, Refugees

Oct 2, 2024

Catholic Bishops in Kenya are urging the government as well as international stakeholders to support initiatives seeking to address the “root causes of displacement”.

Pope Francis makes the sign of the cross as he opens the second assembly of the Synod on Synodality with a Mass on Oct. 2, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Pope Francis Opens Synod on Synodality Assembly With Warning Against Personal "agendas"

Oct 2, 2024

The second session of the 16th Ordinary Synod of Bishops, running from Oct. 2–27, marks a critical phase in the Church’s global synodal process.

Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo of the Catholic Diocese of Oyo in Nigeria

Nigeria’s 64th Independence Anniversary: Catholic Bishop Calls for "more" Sincerity in Addressing Corruption

Oct 2, 2024

On the occasion of Nigeria’s 64th Independence anniversary, Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo of the Oyo Catholic Diocese has emphasized the need for sincerity in confronting the issue of corruption in the West African nation.

Pope Francis addresses participants of the first meeting of the full assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 2, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

At Synod on Synodality, Pope Says Church Needs New Ways for Bishops to be "synodal"

Oct 2, 2024

“Never can a bishop, or any other Christian, think of himself ‘without others,’” Pope Francis said Wednesday at the first meeting of the 2024 Synod on Synodality.

Pope Francis greets the crowd at the end of a Mass for the opening of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, in St Peter's Square. / Credit: ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images

Pope Francis Calls for Global Day of Prayer, Fasting amid Escalating Conflict in Holy Land

Oct 2, 2024

The pope’s surprise announcement comes the morning after Iran launched hundreds of missiles toward Israel.

Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bamenda in Cameroon. Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Bamenda

Cameroonian Catholic Archdiocese Announces “a second collection during all Masses” to Support Flood Victims

Oct 2, 2024

Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bamenda in Cameroon has directed all parishes and outstations in his Metropolitan See to hold a special funds collection for the thousands of people affected by floods in the Central African country.

Sr. Leonida Katunge who co-edited the commentary published by Paulines Publications Africa (PPA)

New Commentary on Synod on Synodality’s Synthesis Report 2023 Seeks to Address Pastoral Issues Particular to Africa

Oct 1, 2024

Theologians in Africa have published a 20-chapter commentary on the Synthesis Report (SR), the 42-page summary report following the 4-29 October 2023 session of the ongoing Synod on Synodality, to create more localized conversations on the report.

“You are part of a rich legacy, a global family”: Apostolic Nuncio to Catholic University of South Sudan Students

Oct 1, 2024

The representative of the Holy Father in South Sudan has underscored the important place the Catholic University of South Sudan (CoUSS) holds in the present and future development of the people of God East-Central African nation, the world’s newest country. 

Annual pilgrimage to Subukia National Marian Shrine of parishioners of St. Austin’s Msongari Parish of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi. Credit: ACI Africa

Annual Pilgrimage to Subukia Marian Shrine “the heart of our parish culture”: Kenya’s Oldest Inland Parish Pilgrims

Oct 1, 2024

The annual pilgrimage to Subukia National Marian Shrine that parishioners of St. Austin’s Msongari Parish of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi have undertaken since 2016 is an enriching journey that has become a “tradition”, pilgrims have told ACI Africa. 

CEAST spokesperson, Bishop Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti (center) during the September 28 press conference. Credit: ACI Africa

Make Fight against Hunger “an absolute priority”: Catholic Bishops in Angola to Government

Oct 1, 2024

Members of the Bishops' Conference of Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe (CEAST) are calling on the President João Lourenço-led government to address the challenge of hunger in Angola as a matter of “absolute priority”.