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An ongoing radio program in Tanzania hosted by children aimed at making children in the East African nation aware of sexual abuse cases and the safeguarding of minors was inspired by the 2019 Vatican meeting on the “Protection of Minors in the Church,” an official who was in the team that spearheaded the program has said.
The Catholic pastoral aid organization, Aid to the Church (ACN) International is fostering evangelization initiatives at the grassroots by providing a financial subsidy toward the establishment of a radio substation in the diocese of Quelimane located in the East-central part of Mozambique, the leadership of the Germany-based agency has announced.
In a bid to cater for the spiritual needs of the people of God in Malawi during the 21-day lockdown period envisaged by the government, Bishops in the Southern Africa nation have, in a collective statement, directed the Catholic media to include religious and pastoral content alongside relevant information about COVID-19.
As part of the activities to celebrate the Extraordinary Missionary Month of October 2019 (EMMOCT2019) announced by Pope Francis, the global Catholic community was expected to take part in the “international rosary” convened at St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome on Monday, October 7 at 3 p.m. (local time). Catholics from a number of African countries who traveled to Rome to be part of the group leading the worldwide reciting of the Holy Rosary have shared with ACI Africa their impressions.
As Catholics across the globe live through this special month of prayer and action called the Extraordinary Mission Month of October 2019 (EMMOCT2019), which Pope Francis declared, a network of 23 Catholic radio stations in Africa is set to broadcast live the “international rosary” slated to take place on Monday, October 7 from Rome.
Celebrated as a key form of free expression globally and ranked by UNESCO as Africa’s most influential information outlet, radio stations in Africa have an impact on audiences and a network of Catholic radios is particularly contributing to peace on the continent, a media practitioner overseeing some 23 radio stations across Africa has testified to ACI Africa.