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The 40th anniversary of the Movement for Fundamental Evangelization and Renewal of Life in the Spirit (MEFREVE) in Angola is an opportunity for members to give thanks to God for His graces and blessings over the last four decades, the National Chaplain has said.
Knowledge acquired from institutions of learning is meant to help improve the quality of life, both beneficiaries and others, who encounter and interact with the beneficiaries, Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe one of the three Auxiliary Bishops of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) has said.
President João Lourenço of Angola has received in audience the head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Angola and São Tomé (CEAST) to discuss the place of religion in the social life of the people of God in the Southern African nation, including the family institution.
Saint Margaret, whose feast is celebrated on July 20, is a virgin and martyr. She is also called "Marina". Margaret belonged to Pisidian Antioch in Asia Minor, where her father was a pagan priest.
Catholic Bishops in the three Southern African nations of Malawi Zambia and Zimbabwe have resolved to establish “an independent” regional forum, which they say shall bear the name, “The Association of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe”, to be abbreviated as ACBC-MAZAZI.
Seminarians in Africa have been urged to watch out for people who seek to distort the truth by introducing misleading information disguised as “well-researched” ideas in their institutions of formation.
The Secretary General of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) has distanced Catholic Bishops in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from the leader of an opposition party, who allied himself with several rebel movements, including the M23.
A group of 30 U.S.-based members of the Catholic Women Association (CWA) hailing from the Central African nation of Cameroon have lauded the 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis as a memorable event that gives them hope to even future participation.
St. Arsenius, an Anchorite, was born in 354 at Rome and died in 450 at Troe, in Egypt.
Following decades of evangelization, the Catholic Church in Africa “has taken root and is now an adult”, the leadership of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has said.
The people of God in the Southern African nations of Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe have to be vocal about the phenomenon of poverty in their respective countries, Archbishop George Desmond Tambala of Malawi’s Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe has said.
Pope Francis has expressed his best wishes for Catholic Bishops drawn from Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, who have assembled for a five-day sub-region Conference in Malawi set to conclude on Friday, July 19.
The representative of the Holy Father in South Africa and Lesotho is to extend his Vatican diplomatic role to the Southern African nations of Namibia and Eswatini.
Representatives of Christian leaders in Nigeria under their umbrella forum, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), are calling upon those with leadership roles in the West African nation to sacrifice their individual pursuits and adopt a collaborative approach in the search for lasting peace in the country.
Plans are underway for a liturgical blessing of drivers and vehicles in Angola’s Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda amid a rise in reported cases of road accidents in the Southern African nation.
Officials of the Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Angola and São Tomé (CEAST) have to participate in search for justice and peace in their respective jurisdictions, Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingi of Angola’s Catholic Archdiocese of Lubango has said.
St. Elizabeth was a Benedictine visionary, who had the gift of prophecy. She also suffered the assaults of demonic forces.
The Pro-Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization has lauded the July 14-19 meeting of the sub-region Conference of Catholic Bishops in Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe as a special occasion for the people of God in the three Southern African nations.
Attacks against Christians in Nigeria’s Plateau State where nearly 200 Christians were massacred on Christmas Eve 2023 have continued unabated, a Catholic priest serving the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Nigerian State has said.
Participants in the sixth session of the ongoing synodal conversations on the Synod on Synodality have proposed ways Catholic youths in Africa can effectively engage social media in their participation in the Church’s mission of evangelization.