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Late Archbishop Francisco Viti. Credit: Huambo Archdiocese

“Zealous pastor”: Catholic Archbishop in Angola Eulogized for “selfless service to Church”

Apr 18, 2023

The late Archbishop Francisco Viti who died at the age of 89 on April 15 in Angola’s Huambo Archdiocese has been eulogized as “a zealous Pastor” and a “selfless” servant of the people of God.

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From Right to left: Fr. Joyzy Egunjobi, Director, Nairobi Centre of PSI; Prof. Gabriel Egbe, Dean Faculty of Humanities, Veritas University Abuja, Rev Fr (Prof) Hyacinth Ichoku, VC Veritas University Abuja; and Fr George Ehusani, Executive Director, Lux Terra Leadership Foundation during a visit to PSI campus in Nairobi. Credit: ACI Africa

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Centenary celebrations of Bigard Memorial Major Seminary in Nigeria's Enugu Diocese conclude with the ordination of 40 Deacons. Credit: Bigard Memorial Major Seminary

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Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe, one of the three Auxiliary Bishops of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) in Kenya. Credit: ACI Africa

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From Right to left: Fr. Joyzy Egunjobi, Director, Nairobi Centre of PSI; Prof. Gabriel Egbe, Dean Faculty of Humanities, Veritas University Abuja, Rev Fr (Prof) Hyacinth Ichoku, VC Veritas University Abuja; and Fr George Ehusani, Executive Director, Lux Terra Leadership Foundation during a visit to PSI campus in Nairobi. Credit: ACI Africa

New Campus at Nigeria-based Catholic University to Churn Out “healed healers” as Trauma Spreads

Centenary celebrations of Bigard Memorial Major Seminary in Nigeria's Enugu Diocese conclude with the ordination of 40 Deacons. Credit: Bigard Memorial Major Seminary

Nigerian Major Seminary Centenary Celebrations Conclude, 40 New Deacons Called to “a more radical holiness of life”

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered for his Wednesday general audience on Nov. 20, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

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Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe, one of the three Auxiliary Bishops of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) in Kenya. Credit: ACI Africa

Rise in Kenya’s Femicide Cases “warrants urgent attention”, Let’s “act as our sister’s keeper”: Nairobi Archdiocese

Credit: Bigard Memorial Major Seminary

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