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Members of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) have completed the training of 18 youths in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), adding to the numerous youths the Italian-founded Missionary Congregation has equipped with Mobile Journalism (MoJo) skills to evangelize in the current digital spaces.
Religious leaders in the Indian Ocean Island nation of Mauritius have expressed concern about the government’s recent decision to restrict access to social media platforms, days before the country’s general elections scheduled for November 10.
Sts. Elizabeth and Zachariah were the parents of John the Baptist.
Details have emerged of the circumstances surrounding the October 27 kidnapping of Fr. Thomas Oyode, who is said to have offered to be taken in the place of the students at the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Auchi in Nigeria, where he serves as Rector.
One of the key highlights of this year’s Family Day celebration at All Saints Riara Catholic Parish of the Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) was the celebration of the marriage of 50 couples.
Bishop António Francisco Jaca of Angola’s Catholic Diocese of Benguela has cautioned against the tendency to love on condition that certain expectations are met.
Individualism is a mark of contemporary society, a Catholic Archbishop in Nigeria has observed with concern, and advocated for the revival of the spirit of good neighbourliness, which demonstrates altruism and manifests “true love”.
St. Charles Borromeo, a central figure in the Council of Trent, is remembered on November 4, as a model of such leadership in difficult times.
It is essential that members of the Clergy preside over and celebrate the Sacraments of the Church adorned in proper and appropriate vestments, Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu in Kenya has said.
Pilgrims at Our Lady of Máxima do Toco in the Catholic Archdiocese of Lubango in Angola have been called upon to foster the attitude of listening.
The Deputy Director of the Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace (COFP) has urged parents and caregivers to prioritize the protection of children’s rights, eliminating all forms of mistreatment.
Members of the Young Christian Workers (YCW) in the Catholic Diocese of Ngong in Kenya have been cautioned against procrastination in deciding to establish and maintain an intimate relationship with God.
St. Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru in 1579 as the son of Spaniard Juan de Porres, and a freed colored-woman from Panama, Ana Velasquez. Being of mixed race, Martin was of a lower social caste, though his father looked out for him and made sure the boy was apprenticed in a good trade.
The formation of young people is part of the realization of the goals of the recently concluded Synod on Synodality requiring that no one is left behind, Bishop Gerald Mamman Musa of the Catholic Diocese of Katsina in Nigeria has said.
The Catholic Foundation, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International, has revealed what it has described as “a worsening situation” of Christian persecution in the West African nation of Mali.
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga in Ghana has expressed concern over the stalled Anti-Witchcraft Bill that the country’s parliament passed in July 2023 to criminalize witchcraft-related accusations in the West African nation.
The Human Rights Officer for the Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda in Angola has appealed for action from the government to address the menace of waste disposal near Catholic Parish and School.
The commemoration of all the faithful departed is celebrated by the Church on November 2, or, if this falls on a Sunday or a solemnity, the feast is celebrated on November 3. The Office of the Dead must be recited by the clergy on this day, and all the Masses are to be of Requiem except one of the current feast, where this is of obligation.
Female members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL) experiencing sexual harassment and abuse in non-Catholic institutions, where they serve in Africa have been urged to speak out.
Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo, the Local Ordinary the Catholic Archdiocese of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has raised questions about the “hasty Beatification” of King Baudouin of Belgium.