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The Holy Father has appointed Mons. Jean Baptiste Valter Manga Bishop of Senegal’s Catholic Diocese of Ziguinchor.
Bishop Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti of Angola’s Catholic Diocese of Cabinda is decrying increased cases of targeted attacks on Church facilities.
The situation of refugees and asylum seekers in Angola is better than before, the Director of the Jesuits Refugee Service (JRS) has said.
Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu in Kenya has commended Catholic Relief Services (CRS) for facilitating the realization of initiatives in the East African region through partnerships at the grassroots.
Archbishop Claudio Dalla Zuanna of Mozambique’s Catholic Archdiocese of Beira has urged the new Deacons and Priests he ordained on June 16 to care for the people of God in humility.
St. Alban was the first Christian martyr in Britain during the early 4th century. He is the patron saint of converts and torture victims.
The family is facing the “biggest and most serious crisis” in the world today, Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier has said, and warned that attacks against the family seek to decimate procreation.
Fr. Joseph Okwara wore his signature smile as he welcomed pilgrims who arrived in Uganda for the 2024 pilgrimage at Namugongo Shrine in the country’s Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala.
Pope Francis has appointed Mons. Dejene Hidoto Gamo, a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (OFM Cap.), who has been serving as the Order’s Provincial Vicar in Ethiopia as Vicar Apostolic for the country’s Soddo Vicariate.
The Priestly Ordination of nine new Kenyan-born members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans/Holy Ghost Fathers/CSSp.) was a source of fulfillment for Fr. Fredrick Musunji, who facilitated their intake as they started their Religious and Priestly formation in his role as Vocations Promoter in Kenya.
On the federal holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States, we honor the first African American priest who is on his way to sainthood.
Saint Romuald, who founded the Camaldolese monastic order during the early eleventh century, has his liturgical memorial on June 19.
A Togolese Catholic Priest has proposed the splitting of Bishops’ Conferences, Dioceses, Parishes, and other groups that are seen as too large into units where “everyone’s voice is heard”.
Pope Francis has erected the Catholic Archdiocese of Ndola in Zambia and appointed Bishop Benjamin Phiri the pioneer Archbishop.
The Catholic Diocese of Ekwulobia (CADEK) in Nigeria is appealing for prayers through the intercession of Our Mother of Perpetual Help for the release of Fr. Christian Ike and Ogbonnia Aneke, who were abducted on Sunday, June 16.
Catholic Laity are to help members of the Clergy, who are at their service to faithfully live their vocation as ordained ministers, Bishop Severine Niwemugizi of the Catholic Diocese of Rulenge-Ngara in Tanzania has appealed.
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, headed by Cardinal Kurt Koch, recently published a lengthy new text on the question of the papacy and ecumenical relations.
Bishop António Francisco Jaca of the Catholic Diocese of Benguela in Angola has called on the government of the Southern African nation to support the activities of the Church by providing spaces where churches and other infrastructures can be developed.
Newly Ordained Priests and Deacons for the Catholic Diocese of Bissau in Guinea-Bissau have been encouraged to “give up” offers devoid of spiritual relevance, and instead be at the services of others.
The Diocesan Pastoral Coordinator of the Catholic Diocese of Bafatá in Guinea-Bissau is concerned about a surge in violent conflicts over land that have resulted in deaths and injuries in the country in West Africa’s Atlantic coast.