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Members of the Inter-Religious Council of Sierra Leone (IRCSL). Credit: The Calabash Newspaper/Facebook

Pro-Abortion Activists Fabricating Maternal Death Statistics to Push for Abortion in Sierra Leone: Religious Leaders

Dec 21, 2024

In order to push for the legalization of abortion in Sierra Leone, local and international pro-abortion activists are fabricating figures to show how lack of “safe access to abortion” is leading to massive deaths, faith-based leaders in the West African country have said.

Members of the envisaged Association of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe (ACBC-MAZAZI) and Apostolic Nuncio in Zambia and Malawi, Archbishop Gian Luca Perici (in white). Credit: Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM)

Catholic Bishops in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe Urge “active participation” to Foster Solidarity in three-nation Sub-Region

Dec 20, 2024

Catholic Bishops in Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe have called on the people of God in their respective nations to actively participate in activities that foster “solidarity” as they seek to realize their “independent” regional forum, The Association of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe (ACBC-MAZAZI).

A burned-out home in Munga Dosso, Taraba State, is among the many that were damaged in clashes between members of the United Methodist and Global Methodist churches. Two children, ages 4 and 2, were killed in the December attacks. Credit: Bishop John Schol.

Deadly Violence among Section of The United Methodist Church of Nigeria “very” Disappointing: Catholic Bishop

Dec 20, 2024

The deadly violent conflict pitting a section of The United Methodist Church of Nigeria (UMCN) and the country’s conservative breakaway Global Methodist (GM) Church in Munga Dosso area of Taraba State is a huge disappointment, a Catholic Bishop in the West African nation has said.

Planned Catholic Church's 2025 Jubilee Year “time of grace, reconciliation, renewal”: Cardinal in South Sudan

Dec 20, 2024

The Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year set to officially begin on Christmas 2024 Eve offers the People of God an opportunity to seek grace, reconciliation, and renewal, Stephen Ameyu Martin Cardinal Mulla of South Sudan’s Catholic Archdiocese of Juba has said.

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Uganda’s President Lauds Catholic Church for Nurturing Youths as “wealth creators”, Addressing Socio-Economic Issues

Dec 20, 2024

Uganda’s President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has commended the Catholic Church for empowering youth to become “wealth creators”, an achievement he said is consistent with his government’s efforts to tackle socio-economic challenges in the East African nation.

Christmas lights line a street in Rome, Italy, Dec. 17, 2024. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA

Christmas in Rome As First Jubilee Pilgrims Arrive in Eternal City: PHOTOS

Dec 20, 2024

Pope Francis will open five jubilee Holy Doors in the Christmas season between Dec. 24 and Jan. 6.

Nigerian Christian mother of five Rhoda Jatau was acquitted of blasphemy charges after a two-and-a-half-year legal battle. / Credit: Photo courtesy of ADF International

Major Religious Freedom Win for Nigeria: Christian Mother Acquitted of Blasphemy Charges 

Dec 20, 2024

Rhoda Jatau was arrested by Nigerian authorities on May 20, 2022, after forwarding a video of a Muslim denouncing the mob killing of a college student.

Archbishop Paul Ssemogerere. Credit: Kampala Archdiocese

“Stop intimidating and extorting Ugandans”: Catholic Archbishop Urges Security Officers

Dec 20, 2024

The Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala in Uganda has appealed to security officers in the East African country to stop intimidating and extorting money from Ugandans following reported cases of police brutality and harassment in the country.

Credit: Caritas Freetown

Caritas Freetown’s Partnership Reaches Over 3000 With Food Donations at 8th Edition of Interfaith Dialogue

Dec 19, 2024

Caritas Freetown, in collaboration with the Partnering to Serve Humanity Consortium, which brings together four different faith groups, has reached out to over 3,000 beneficiaries with food items.

Pope Francis and Archbishop John Baptist Odama. Credit: Vatican Media/Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu

Pope Francis Congratulates Ugandan Archbishop for “untiring labour of peace” during Lord’s Resistance Army Insurgency

Dec 19, 2024

Pope Francis has penned a letter congratulating the Archbishop emeritus of Uganda’s Gulu Catholic Archdiocese for his tireless peace-building efforts in the country’s Northern region that was engulfed in terror owing to the activities of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) between late 1880s and mid 1990s.

The faithful adore Christ in the Blessed Sacrament at Adoration Sodality Day at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Blessed Sacrament Shrine of EWTN Foundress, Mother Angelica, Marks 25th Anniversary

Dec 19, 2024

A quarter of a century ago, on Dec. 19, 1999, the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama, was officially opened and consecrated.

Pope Francis blesses small mobile medical unit being donated to Ukraine. / Credit: Dicastery for the Service of Charity

Pope Francis Sends Special Christmas Gift to the People of War-torn Ukraine

Dec 19, 2024

In addition to a small mobile medical unit, the Holy Father is sending to Ukraine six ultrasound machines.

Fatima sewing clothes for a customer in her home, surrounded by her children. Credit: Jesuits Refugee Service (JRS)

Jesuit Entity Giving Livelihood Assistance to Locals Displaced by Terrorists in Nigeria

Dec 19, 2024

The Jesuits Refugee Service (JRS) is providing education and livelihood assistance to people who have been displaced by Islamists in Nigeria’s embattled Borno State.

Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year: Four Ways to Be a “Pilgrim of Hope” from Anywhere in Africa

Dec 18, 2024

The Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year to be celebrated under the theme “Pilgrims of Hope” officially starts on Christmas 2024 Eve, December 24, with the opening of the Holy Door of the Basilica of St. Peter by Pope Francis. With this gesture, the Church will welcome the people of God into a full year of conversion and immense graces, to be concluded on 6 January 2026.

Archbishop John Baptist Odama during the December 14 celebration to mark 50 years since he was ordained a Priest. Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu

At Priestly Golden Jubilee, Catholic Archbishop in Uganda Advocates for Selflessness, Appeals for Clemency to Prisoners

Dec 18, 2024

Archbishop John Baptist Odama has marked 50 years since he was ordained a Priest with a call to selfless service, a request for forgiveness for the wrongs he may have done, and an appeal for “clemency, especially to prisoners”, who have not been tried for years. 

Bishop Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré, appointed Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso. Credit: CEBN

President of Burkina Faso-Niger Catholic Bishops’ Conference Appointed Archbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso

Dec 18, 2024

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré of Burkina Faso’s Dori Catholic Diocese and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger (CEBN) since 2019 as the new Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso.

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican’s current doctrinal chief and principal drafter of ‘Fiducia Supplicans,’ is shown during the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican, Oct. 9, 2023. / Credit: Edward Pentin / National Catholic Register

One Year Later, Vatican Document on Same-sex Blessings Not Causing Much of a Stir

Dec 18, 2024

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ in December 2023 —what has been the effect on the Catholic Church in the United States?

Pope Francis speaks with young men during a general audience. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Calls on Young People to Protect Their Authenticity and Dignity at Work

Dec 18, 2024

An encouraging message from Pope Francis to young people participating in LaborDì, a day of reflection to promote decent work organized by the Christian Association of Italian Workers.

Archbishop John Baptist Odama during the December 14 celebration to mark 50 years since he was ordained a Priest. Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu

At Priestly Anniversary, Ugandan Catholic Archbishop Testifies about Saving Power of Blessed Sacrament during Insurgency

Dec 17, 2024

Every trip that Archbishop John Baptist Odama made to the bushes to meet members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) for peace negotiations during one of Uganda’s worst insurgencies was a major risk.

Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) in Kenya. Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN)

“Secularism, busyness, fragmented relationships” among Obstacles to Family as “first school of faith”: Kenyan Archbishop

Dec 17, 2024

Tendencies towards secularism, day-to-day errands to make ends meet, and the inability to maintain harmonious interpersonal relationships are some of the obstacles to the realization of the institution of the family as the inaugural “school of faith”, Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) has said.