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Fr. Celestino Epalanga, executive secretary of the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) in Angola and São Tomé. Credit: Vatican Media

Churches in Angola Urged to Create Spaces to Welcome Victims of “political conflicts”

Jun 2, 2024

The Executive Secretary of the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Angola and São Tomé (CEAST) has called on churches to “create spaces” for those affected by “political conflict” in the country.

Bishop Thomas John Kiangio of the Catholic Diocese of Tanga in Tanzania, Credit: Radio Maria Tanzania

Catholic Bishop in Tanzania Tells Parents Not to Hinder Children Pursuing their Vocations

Jun 2, 2024

Bishop Thomas John Kiangio of the Catholic Diocese of Tanga in Tanzania has urged parents not to stand in the way of their children’s vocations.

Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga. Credit: Bangui Archdiocese

Security in CAR has Improved, Cardinal Says, Calls for Just Distribution of Country’s Wealth

Jun 2, 2024

The security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) has improved and since the arrival of  the Wagner Group from Russia, violence has “drastically decreased”, the Archbishop of Bangui Archdiocese has said.    

Today, June 2, We Celebrate Sts. Marcellinus and Peter

Jun 2, 2024

On June 2, the Catholic Church remembers two fourth-century martyrs, Saints Marcellinus and Peter, who were highly venerated after the discovery of their tomb and the conversion of their executioner.

Fr. Andrew Campbell with Pope Francis in Rome. Credit: Vatican Media

Missionary Priest Working with Lepers in Ghana Elated at Meeting Pope Francis

Jun 1, 2024

Fr. Andrew Campbell who is famed for his work with vulnerable people, especially the lepers in Ghana has described his May 27 private audience with Pope Francis as a moment he “will never forget” likening the encounter to a meeting with a “saint.”    

Archbishop Francisco Chimoio. Credit: Maputo Archdiocese

Catholic Archbishop in Mozambique Calls on Christians to Show Love for Country in Elections

Jun 1, 2024

The Archbishop emeritus of Maputo Archdiocese in Mozambique has called on Christians in the country to show their love for the country by turning up for the country’s general elections slated for October 9.

The Bishops of Cape Verde’s the Catholic Dioceses of Santiago and Mindelo during the May 28-29 meeting. Credit: Catholic Diocese of Mindelo

Cape Verde’s Two Dioceses Chart Way for Future Collaboration at Inaugural Meeting

Jun 1, 2024

The Bishops of Cape Verde’s Catholic Dioceses of Santiago and Mindelo who meet at the same Episcopal conference with their peers from Mauritania, Guinea Bissau and Senegal are looking into ways in which they can collaborate to address problems that are specific to their country.

Today, June 1, We Celebrate St. Justin Martyr

Jun 1, 2024

"We are slain with the sword, but we increase and multiply; the more we are persecuted and destroyed, the more are deaf to our numbers. As a vine, by being pruned and cut close, shoots forth new suckers, and bears a greater abundance of fruit; so is it with us." – St. Justin Martyr

SACBC and IMBISA election observers. Credit: SACBC

South Africa’s 2024 Elections Test Maturity of Country’s Democracy: Catholic Official

May 31, 2024

The general elections in South “will test the maturity” of the country’s democracy, the Director of the Justice and Peace Commission (JPC) of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has said.

Sr. Paulina Chioma Ogbonnaya, National Coordinator Safeguarding Commission Nigeria. Credit: ACI Africa

Catholic Nun in Nigeria Urges Women Religious to Speak out against Abuses

May 31, 2024

A Catholic Nun in Nigeria has urged women religious in the West African nation to speak out against any form of abuse against them or other vulnerable groups in the society. 

“I go away very enriched”: Catholic Missionary Nun on 11-year Mission in Angola

May 31, 2024

A Brazilian-born Catholic nun has described her 11-year missionary work in Angola  as “gratifying”, saying that she goes away “enriched.”

On his second day in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa, Feb. 1, 2023, Pope Francis listened to the stories of victims of violence from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s conflict-ridden eastern region. / Credit: Vatican Media

14 Catholics Killed in Democratic Republic of Congo after Refusing to Convert to Islam

May 31, 2024

The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reported that the 14 Catholics were killed in North Kivu by members of an ISIS-affiliated militia.

Today, May 31, We Celebrate the Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary

May 31, 2024

Assuming that the Annunciation and the Incarnation took place around the time of the vernal equinox, Mary left Nazareth at the end of March and went over the mountains to Hebron, south of Jerusalem, to wait upon her cousin Elizabeth. 

A camp for internally Displaced Persons in Sudan.

Sudan’s Leaders Not Ready for Peace, Catholic Bishop Says, Calls for Dialogue

May 30, 2024

The warring parties in the Sudanese war that started on 15 April 2023 are “not yet ready for peace”, the Catholic Bishop of the country’s El Obeid Diocese has said, inviting the leaders to go back to the table of dialogue.

Archbishop Godfrey Jackson Mwasekaga, the newly consecrated Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mbeya in Tanzania. Credit: Radio Maria Tanzania

New Catholic Bishop in Tanzania Urged to Encourage Participation of the Faithful Under His Care

May 30, 2024

Polycarp Cardinal Pengo, the Archbishop Emeritus of Tanzania's Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es Salaam has urged the newly consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Mbeya in the East African country to be ready to listen to the faithful that will be under his care, and to encourage their participation in the running of the Archdiocese.

Fr. Elvis Mai. Credit: Kumba Diocese

“Profound joy”: Catholic Diocese of Kumba in Cameroon Celebrates Release of Abducted Priest

May 30, 2024

The Catholic Diocese of Kumba has expressed “profound joy and thankfulness” after the release of Fr. Elvis Mai who was kidnapped on Tuesday, May 28.

Fr. Oliver Buba, freed in Nigeria's Catholic Diocese of Yola after 10 days in captivity. Credit: Yola Diocese

Nigeria’s Yola Catholic Diocese Celebrates Release of Priest After 10-Day Captivity

May 30, 2024

Fr. Oliver Buba, the Catholic Priest who, was abducted on May 21 in the Catholic Diocese of Yola in Nigeria has been set free.

Today, May 30, We Celebrate St. Joan of Arc

May 30, 2024

Today is the feast of St. Joan of Arc, the patroness of France. Joan was born to a peasant family in Champagne, France in the early 15th century.

Credit: Fr. Jacob Thelekkadan

Endless Bombing of Sudanese Catholic Community Draws Trapped Residents Closer to God

May 29, 2024

Peace reigns inside Dar Mariam, the residence of the Salesian Sisters in Sudan that is surrounded by heavy gunfire and has been bombed multiple times as war rages on in the northeastern African country.

Archbishop Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou of the Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). Credit: Archdiocese of Brazzaville

Archbishop Speaks on Bishops’ Findings on Congo-Brazzaville, Rwanda Land Agreements

May 29, 2024

The findings of members of the Episcopal Conference of Congo-Brazzaville (CEC) on the two memoranda of understanding and a concession agreement in the agricultural field, which the Republic of Congo and Rwanda signed in April 2022 are the truth and not to deceive the people, the Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville has said.