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Fr. François Achille Eyabi, appointed Bishop of Cameroon's Eseka Diocese by Pope Francis Saturday, November 14, 2020. / Fr. François Achille Eyabi/Facebook Page.

Newly Appointed Bishop in Cameroon Says He’ll Foster Unity “for the growth of Diocese"

Nov 15, 2020

The newly appointed Bishop for Cameroon’s Eseka Diocese has told ACI Africa in an interview that he will seek to foster unity among the people of God under his pastoral care for the growth of the local Church.

Pope Francis during the general audience Wednesday, October 28, 2020. / Vatican News

Pope Francis Expresses Solidarity with Families of Murdered Children in Cameroon

Oct 28, 2020

Pope Francis has expressed solidarity with the families of seven schoolchildren who were “barbarically killed” as a result of the October 24 attack on their school located within Cameroon’s Kumba Diocese.

Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy Fiango, Kumba.

After Murder of “innocent students” in Cameroon, Bishop Seeks Divine Help, Conversion

Oct 26, 2020

Following the attack on a school within Cameroon’s Catholic Diocese of Kumba over the weekend that left at least seven children dead and dozens injured, the Local Ordinary has planned for the celebration of Holy Mass at the Cathedral on Friday, October 30.

Participants at the third national forum of Catholic communicators in Cameroon. / Archdiocese of Garoua/Facebook Page

Catholic Communicators in Cameroon Urged to “defend Church against evil forces”

Oct 14, 2020

Catholic communicators in Cameroon have been urged to play the gate-keeping role, taking note of the events in society and striving to guard the people of God against evil in collaboration with their respective Local Ordinaries.

Bishop George Nkuo of the Catholic Diocese of Kumbo in Cameroon blessing the oils at the Chrism Mass Thursday, May 28, 2020. / Deacon Leonard Nyuydze

Amid Crisis, “Priests to be messengers of hope”: Cameroonian Bishop at Chrism Mass

May 29, 2020

The need for priests to be messengers of hope especially during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis has been emphasized at the celebration of the previously postponed Chrism Mass in Cameroon’s Diocese of Kumbo.

Logo National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC).

Feast of St. Joseph the Worker to Mark Start of Novena Against COVID-19 in Cameroon

Apr 27, 2020

Bishops in the central African nation of Cameroon have chosen the feast of St. Joseph the Worker marked May 1 as the start of nine days of prayer during which the people of God in the country will join them to pray for liberation from COVID-19 crisis.

Flag of Cameroon showing some measures taken to combat COVID-19 / Alamy

Dioceses in Cameroon Maintain Public Masses, Limit Congregation Size over COVID-19

Mar 23, 2020

As Africa struggles to contain the spread of COVID-19, with at least 42 countries confirming cases of the deadly virus, Church leaders in the Central African nation of Cameroon, have maintained the celebration of public Masses in their respective dioceses and instructed that the congregation size be limited to a certain number of worshipers at a time.

Bishops in Cameroon Pose with Faithful at the end of their 44th Plenary Assembly in Yaounde, in May, 2019

“Am I a promoter, accomplice of tribal hatred?” Cameroon Bishops Probe Amid Ethnic Rivalry

Dec 11, 2019

The renewed ethnic rivalry in Cameroon pitting, on one hand the Bamilieke who control a great deal of the country’s economy and, on the other hand the Bulu-Beti axis who have controlled the political space for decades, has caught the attention of the Catholic leaders in the Central African nation with Bishops, through a collective message, decrying tribalism and calling for “an examination of conscience” over acts of discrimination on the basis of “tribe or region.”