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Like Blessed Benedict Daswa, Let’s Foster “good values, morals” During 2025 Jubilee Year: South Africa’s Newest Cardinal
At the inauguration of the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year in the Catholic Archdiocese of Johannesburg in South Africa, Stephen Cardinal Brislin has highlighted the “good values and morals” that the Blessed Benedict Daswa exemplified throughout his life, and urged the people of God to emulate him.
Let’s Mark 2025 Jubilee Year as “pilgrims of hope on the path of peace”: Burkinabe Episcopal Vicar for Consecrated Life
Members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL) in Burkina Faso have been urged to participate in the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year celebrations as agents of hope and instruments of peace among the people of God.
Portuguese-born Spiritan Bishop in São Tomé e Príncipe Dies Aged 94
Bishop Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas, a member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (CSSp./Holy Ghost Fathers/Spiritans) and Bishop emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe Diocese, has died at the age of 94.
Clergy in Kenyan Diocese Urged to Ensure the Sick Experience “warmth of Christ's love” in 2025 Jubilee Celebrations
Bishop Joseph Obanyi Sagwe of the Catholic Diocese of Kakamega in Kenya has urged members of the Clergy ministering in his Episcopal See to prepare the sick people in their Parishes and Church institutions for the Diocese’s Jubilee of the Sick slated for February 11, the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and the World Day of the Sick.
“You are not forgotten”: Catholic Archbishop in Nigeria Calls for Hope amid Economic Challenges
Amid challenges like harsh economic situation and poverty in Nigeria, Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of the country’s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has urged the people of God in the West African nation to remain hopeful in Christ.
Displaced Youths in Nigerian Catholic Diocese to Benefit from Initiative “designed to restore hope, rebuild livelihoods”
Nigeria's Catholic Diocese of Yola is spearheading an initiative to empower 150 young people by the end of December 2025, an official has told ACI Africa.
Today, February 4, we celebrate St. Joseph of Leonessa
Joseph of Leonessa, OFM Cap.; was the third of eight children born at Leonessa (Italy) on January 8, 1556.
Mark 2025 Jubilee Year by Supporting Families to Sustain Vocations, Safeguarding Environment, Kenya’s Consecrated Urged
Supporting families to sustain vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life and engaging in activities that safeguard the environment are some of the ways members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL) can mark the yearlong Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year.
As Bishop, Be “father to the poor, displaced, refugees”: Ethiopia’s Cardinal at Episcopal Consecration of His Auxiliary
Berhaneyesus Demerew Cardinal Souraphiel of Ethiopia’s Catholic Archdiocese of Addis Ababa has called upon his newly Consecrated Auxiliary Bishop to be a shepherd with the interests of the people of God at heart.
Launched Booklet on Nonviolence in South Sudan “designed to empower church leaders in promoting peace”: Partner
Members of the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) have, in partnership with PAX, Netherlands’ largest peace entity that works “on protecting civilians from the violence of war, ending armed conflict, and building inclusive peace”, launched a new booklet that seeks to “empower” faith-based leaders in fostering peace.
Pursue Holiness, Strengthen Fraternal Bonds: Catholic Bishop to Consecrated, Cautions against “superficial fraternity”
Bishop Emílio Sumbelelo of the Catholic Diocese of Viana in Angola has called upon women and men Religious in the Southern African nation to seek holiness in the example of the person of Jesus Christ.
Today, February 3, we celebrate St. Blaise, patron saint of throat diseases and laryngologists
Blaise was a hard-working bishop dedicated to encouraging the spiritual and physical health of his people in Sebastea, Armenia.
What 2025 Jubilee of Consecrated Life Means for Women and Men Religious in Kenya’s Nairobi Catholic Archdiocese
Members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL) serving in Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) gathered on Saturday, February 1 in celebration of the 2025 Jubilee of Consecrated Life.
African Theology Has “to be the yeast of society”, Jesuit Bishop in Kenya Emphasizes Value of Theology that Transforms
African theology has to bring about societal transformation if it has to be true to its mission, a Kenya-based Bishop, who is a member of the Society of Jesus (SJ/Jesuits) has said.
“Play a key role in offering hope”: Cardinal in Ivory Coast to Catholic Journalists at Jubilee of World of Communication
Catholic journalists must embrace their vocation as a mission to give hope, seek and communicate the Truth, and be servants to humanity, Ignace Cardinal Bessi Dogbo of Ivory Coast’s Catholic Archdiocese of Abidjan has said.
“Be ever available, humble”: Catholic Archbishop to Women Religious at Perpetual Profession in Angola
Members of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy (RSM), who made their Perpetual Profession at St. Joseph Cathedral of Angola’s Catholic Archdiocese of Lubango have been urged to be open to the promptings of the Holy Spirit through their availability in humility.
Today is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
At the end of the fourth century, a woman named Etheria made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Her journal, discovered in 1887, gives an unprecedented glimpse of liturgical life there.
What Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya Said at Jubilee Year for Consecrated Celebration in Nairobi that “pricked” Consciences
The tendency on the part of the Clergy to be “busy with money” and tribalism in Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL) are among the issues that the Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya highlighted during the celebration of the 2025 Jubilee Year for the Consecrated in the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN).
Catholics in Sierra Leone Challenged to Increase their “witness to life at all stages” in Church Jubilee Year
Catholic Bishops in The Gambia and Sierra Leone have called on the faithful to deepen their commitment to life, justice, and reconciliation as part of their observance of the 2025 Jubilee Year of the Church.
Proclaiming the Word of God Requires Preparation, Reverence: Angolan Catholic Bishop to Lectors
Bishop Emílio Sumbelelo of the Catholic Diocese of Viana in Angola has called on lectors and liturgical ministers to approach the proclamation of the Word of God with preparation and reverence.
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