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The representative of the Holy Father in South Sudan has underscored the important place the Catholic University of South Sudan (CoUSS) holds in the present and future development of the people of God East-Central African nation, the world’s newest country.
The annual pilgrimage to Subukia National Marian Shrine that parishioners of St. Austin’s Msongari Parish of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi have undertaken since 2016 is an enriching journey that has become a “tradition”, pilgrims have told ACI Africa.
Members of the Bishops' Conference of Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe (CEAST) are calling on the President João Lourenço-led government to address the challenge of hunger in Angola as a matter of “absolute priority”.
Debate on women’s participation in the Catholic Church — including the idea of whether women could one day be deacons — is not on the agenda for this month’s assembly of the Synod on Synodality, but synodal conversations on the topic continue, some at the explicit invitation of Pope Francis.
Catholic environmentalists in Africa have expressed concern over “neutrality” in the struggle against climate change.
During the penitential celebration on the eve of the Synod on Synodality, confessions and testimonies were shared by bishops, religious, and laypeople.
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin denounced “an alarming increase in the number of conflicts around the world and the gravity of their violence.”
“We Christians are all responsible for the Church’s mission. Every priest. Everyone,” the pope said in a video released Sept. 30.
As the Church kicks off the second session of the Synod on Synodality this week, it’s helpful to understand some key terms and concepts.
Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo has lauded organizers of the just ended weekly synodal conversations that brought together African theologians and experts, including Clergy women and men Religious, and Laity, noting that the 14 weeks of engagement on “the future of the Church in Africa” amplified the voice of the continent in key global discussions.
Seven members of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill (Mill Hill Missionaries), who were ordained Deacons in Kenya have been urged to promote dialogue and friendships in communities where they will be called to serve.
Cardinal Mario Grech opened a two-day retreat on Monday for participants of the second session of the Synod on Synodality.
The Vatican announced it will carry out an apostolic visitation to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, an institution whose priests celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass.
Bishop Mark Maigida Nzukwein of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Wukari has decried the state of governance in Nigeria, warning that the absence of effective leadership has created space for criminals to operate “freely” across the country.
Members of the Bishops' Conference of Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe (CEAST) have been urged to find balance between the corrupting nature of opulence and the humiliation brought by poverty.
Young people from Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Kakamega have joined their peers from other faiths and civil groups in calling for urgent reforms to address drug abuse that they say is impeding progress in the western region of the East African country.
“A woman is more important than a man, but it is terrible when a woman wants to be a man: No, she is a woman,” the pope had said in Belgium.
The Executive Director of Church and Society at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) has urged members of the Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) to develop a database in each of the Catholic Dioceses in the West African nation as part of general elections preparedness.
Pope Francis has accepted the retirement of Bishop Anthony Ireri Mukobo, who has been at the helm of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Isiolo since January 2006.
Alexandre Cardinal do Nascimento, the first Cardinal in the Southern African nation of Angola, has passed on in Luanda; he was aged 99.