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Bishops in Angola Urged to Seek Balance Between Opulence and Poverty amid Growing Inequalities

Sep 29, 2024

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.

Youths from Kenyan Catholic Diocese Join Peers in Push for Reforms to Address Drug Abuse

Sep 29, 2024

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.

Pope Francis speaks aboard the papal plane on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis Responds to Critics of His Comments on Women in Belgium

Sep 29, 2024

“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.

Fr. Uchechukwu Obodechina, Executive Director of Church and Society department, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria

Create “a comprehensive database” in Elections Preparedness: Catholic Official to Nigeria’s Justice, Peace Commission

Sep 28, 2024

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.

Bishop Anthony Ireri Mukobo welcomes Bishop Peter Munguti Makau to the Catholic Diocese of Isiolo

Succession in Kenyan Catholic Diocese: Bishop of Isiolo Retires, Coadjutor Appointed Local Ordinary

Sep 28, 2024

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.

Late Alexandre Cardinal do Nascimento

Angola’s First Cardinal Dies in Luanda at 99, Eulogized as a “great pastor of the Church”

Sep 28, 2024

Alexandre Cardinal do Nascimento, the first Cardinal in the Southern African nation of Angola, has passed on in Luanda; he was aged 99.

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Catholic Church in Senegal Decries “persistent stigmatization” following Prime Minister’s Remarks on Church-Run Schools

Sep 28, 2024

Members of the National Laity Council (CNL) in Senegal have condemned Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko’s remarks in which he refers to Catholic private schools as “foreign institutions.”

Addressing more than 2,500 priests, deacons, religious sisters, seminarians, catechists, and bishops gathered inside the National Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Brussels, Pope Francis emphasized the urgency of evangelization in Europe. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

"Crisis of faith" in the West Requires a Return to the Gospel: Pope Francis in Belgium

Sep 28, 2024

The pope addressed more than 2,500 priests, deacons, religious sisters, seminarians, catechists, and bishops gathered inside the National Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Brussels.

Pope Francis prays at the tomb of Belgian king who chose to abdicate rather than sign an abortion law. Sept. 28, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Lauds Belgian King Who Chose to Abdicate Rather Than Sign Abortion Law

Sep 28, 2024

During a visit to the Catholic king’s tomb on Saturday in Belgium, Pope Francis lauded Belgian King Baudouin for choosing to temporarily abdicate the throne rather than sign abortion law.

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“Show generosity, charity towards victims”: Catholic Bishops in Cameroon Direct Sunday Collection for Flood Victims

Sep 27, 2024

Persons affected by the deadly floods in Cameroon’s Catholic Diocese of Yagoua are in need of support, members of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) have said. 

Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua (right) and Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru (left)

Catholic Bishop of Machakos Diocese in Kenya Appointed Apostolic Administrator of Country’s Wote Diocese

Sep 27, 2024

Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua of the Catholic Diocese of Machakos in Kenya has been appointed as the Apostolic Administrator of the country’s Wote Diocese.

Launch of the new pastoral year in the Archdiocese of Abidjan in Ivory Coast. Credit: ACI Africa

“The body of Christ must be synodal”: Ivorian Catholic Archbishop at Launch of New Pastoral Year

Sep 27, 2024

Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abidjan in Ivory Coast has called on the Church in the country to be truly synodal by stepping out of its comfort zone to reach out to the peripheries.

John Cardinal Njue. Credit: Nairobi Archdiocese

Rumors of Cardinal Njue’s Death “entirely false, without foundation”: Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi

Sep 27, 2024

The Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) in Kenya has dismissed as “entirely false” and unfounded claims in social media posts that John Cardinal Njue had died.

Pope Francis sits next to Queen Mathilde and listens as King Philippe (far right) speaks during a meeting between the pope and dignitaries in the Grand Gallery of Belgium’s Laeken Castle on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

In Belgium, Pope Francis Says "Church should be ashamed" of Clerical Abuse

Sep 27, 2024

Speaking before approximately 300 dignitaries, the pope remarked that child abuse is “a scourge that the Church is tackling resolutely and firmly.”

Pope Francis meets with academics at KU Leuven, a Belgian Catholic research university, on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis Urges Professors to "seek the truth" in Visit to 600-year-old Belgian University

Sep 27, 2024

The pope addressed academics at KU Leuven, a Belgian Catholic research university, on Friday afternoon to mark the 600th anniversary of its founding.

An Israeli air strike hits the town of Khiam in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. / Credit: Mawan Semaan/ACI MENA

Lebanon Crisis Threatens Eastern Catholic Participation at Vatican Synod on Synodality

Sep 27, 2024

The Lebanon-Israel situation could diminish the presence of Eastern Catholic patriarchs from Lebanon at the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality, which begins Oct. 2.

Nigerian Catholic Diocese Distances Itself from Pastor of “Old Catholic Apostolic Church”

Sep 26, 2024

The controversial ‘Old Catholic Apostolic Church’ operating in Nigeria’s Imo State is not a Catholic entity, and its pastor, ‘Fr. Mario’ is not a Priest of the Catholic Church, the Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara has said.

Sr. Beatrice Mary, presenting a gift to Archbishop Muheria during the September 24-26 workshop on child care reforms. Credit: ACI Africa

Balance Between Policy and Societal Values Key in Child Safeguarding: Kenyan Catholic Nun

Sep 26, 2024

For child care reforms to work effectively, government policies must be integrated with societal values, a Kenyan Nun working as a Safeguarding Officer in Ethiopia has said.

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“Draw strength from prayer”: Catholic Bishop to Theology Students of Missionary Institute in Ivory Coast

Sep 26, 2024

Bishop Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi of the Catholic Diocese of  San Pedro in Ivory Coast has urged students of the Catholic Missionary Institute of Abidjan (ICMA) to draw strength from prayer and commitment to their mission.

Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga during the launch of the new pastoral year in Bangui Archdiocese in the Central African Republic (CAR). Credit: Primature RCA Officiel

Cardinal in CAR Calls for Renewed Commitment to Mission at Launch of Pastoral Year in Bangui Archdiocese

Sep 26, 2024

The Archbishop of Bangui Archdiocese in the Central African Republic (CAR) has urged the people of God in his Metropolitan See to recommit to the Church's mission, emphasizing the importance of proclaiming the Good News in challenging times.