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The identity of Catholic Priests is manifest in a life of peace and their fostering of togetherness, Bishop Ildo Augusto dos Santos Lopes Fortes of the Catholic Diocese of Mindelo in Cape Verde has said.
Some high school graduates in Tanzania are admitted to Major Seminaries to start their Priestly formation without basic Catechism knowledge, a Catholic Bishop in the East African country has said.
Bishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto of Angola’s Catholic Diocese of Caxito has faulted legal provisions to criminalize vandalism of public property and sexual abuse of minors, which legislators in the Southern African nation have adopted.
Jesuits Refugee Service (JRS), an international entity of the members of the Society of Jesus (SJ/Jesuits) is using judo to promote unity among young boys and girls from local and refugee communities in Ethiopia.
The proposed Divorce Bill 2024, which Yvonne Dausab, Namibia’s Justice Minister, tabled in parliament on June 11 seeks to compromises a number of essential marriage principles and undermines Church authority, an official of the Namibian Catholic Bishops Conference (NCBC) has lamented.
“The outcry of Nigerian Christians is falling on deaf ears. It is time for the United States to answer their call for help,” International Christian Concern said.
Today, July 23, the Church celebrates the feast day of St. Bridget of Sweden. Bridget received visions of Christ’s suffering many times throughout her life, and went on to found the order of the Most Holy Savior.
Everything seems set for the August 11 installation of Bishop Christian Carlassare, who was appointed pioneer Local Ordinary of the newly erected Catholic Diocese of Bentiu in South Sudan.
The decision to be available to serve the people of God as an ordained minister is laudable, Bishop Charles Ndaka Salabisala has said.
Catholic teachers have to be peace ambassadors, imparting a culture of peace to learners, Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea of Cameroon’s Catholic Archdiocese of Bamenda has said.
Young people in the Southern African nation of Angola need to recognize their important place in bringing positive change to the country, Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingi has said.
On July 22, the Church celebrates the Feast of St. Mary Magdelene, one of the most prominent women mentioned in the New Testament.
The newly professed members of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (SIC) in Burkina Faso have been urged to take their decision to give themselves fully to the service of the Lord with the seriousness it deserves, living it “to the full”.
Thousands of pilgrims are expected to participate in the 2024 pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Muxima scheduled to begin on August 30 in Angola’s Catholic Diocese of Viana, the Local Ordinary has said.
Youths in Nigeria face numerous challenges, which the government needs to pay attention to, Bishop John Ebebe Ayah of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Uyo has said.
“Those who choose to stay with Jesus will be sent by Jesus,” Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle told the crowd of nearly 60,000.
St. Lawrence of Brindisi, whose feast we celebrate on July 21, is a Doctor of the Church. He was born Caesar de Rossi in 1559 in Naples. As a boy, he studied with the Conventual Franciscans and later went to study in Venice. There he discerned a call to enter the Capuchin Franciscans and took the name Lawrence.
As the Church in Africa continues to supply missionaries to other places in the world experiencing a decrease in personnel, attention must also be given to places in Africa that equally have a shortage, the leadership of Symposium of Catholic Bishops in Africa has appealed.
Members of the Catholic Women Organization (CWO) of Nigeria have announced plans to organize trauma healing sessions for the victims and survivors of the July 12 collapse of the Saints Academy school building in the Busa Buji community of Jos.
In the Catholic Diocese of Boma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Priests walk for up to 40 kilometers to reach some of the mission stations of the Congolese Episcopal See, which are in very remote places.