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Late Fr. David Njuguna Kiranga. Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi/St. Augustine's Mabanga Seminary

Kenyan Long-serving Rector Who Fought through Cancer to Form Diocesan Clergy Eulogized as Humble, Faithful Priest

Sep 3, 2024

Tributes are pouring in for Fr. David Njuguna Kiranga, the Kenyan Catholic Priest, who fought through cancer to form Diocesan Clergy in the East African country.

Ethnic, Religious Violence in Nigeria Has Claimed Nearly 56,000 Lives: 2019-2023 Report

Sep 3, 2024

The violence left 55,910 people dead in 9,970 deadly attacks — as well as 21,621 people abducted in 2,705 attacks.

Annual Pilgrimage at Shrine of Our Lady of Muxima in Angola, Catholic Archbishop Calls for “genuine love of neighbor”

Sep 3, 2024

Archbishop Zeferino Zeca Martins of the Catholic Archdiocese of Huambo in Angola has urged hundreds of thousands of pilgrims at the annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Muxima in the Southern African nation to live “genuine love”.

Pope Francis at the apostolic nunciature in Jakarta with refugee children. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Greets Orphans and Refugees in Indonesia

Sep 3, 2024

Pope Francis received a group of homeless people in Rome before departing for Southeast Asia and, upon arriving in Jakarta, was welcomed by a group of refugees.

Pope Francis is greeted by children in traditional dress on his arrival in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 3, 2024 | Vatican Media

Pope Francis Arrives in Indonesia, the First Leg of His Longest Trip Ever

Sep 3, 2024

Pope Francis arrived Tuesday in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, the first stop in the pope’s four-country tour of Southeast Asia and Oceania. The trip is expected to be the longest and most challenging international voyage of his pontificate to date.

“Synodality is a new word for an old idea in Africa”: Cardinal Onaiyekan

Sep 2, 2024

Africa’s experience of “Church as a family of God” makes Synodality, which invites the  people of God to journey together in communion, participation and mission, “a new word for an old idea”, John Cardinal Onaiyekan of Nigeria has said.

Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience on Nov. 15, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Condemns “heinous attacks on human life” after Burkina Faso’s Deadliest Attack that Claimed Over 150 Lives

Sep 2, 2024

Pope Francis has condemned the August 24th terrorist attack in the town of Barsalogho, Burkina Faso, which claimed the lives of over 150 people and many others wounded.

Pope Francis with members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB). Credit: Vatican Media

“We go home re-energized”: Kenya’s Catholic Bishops Say after Engaging Pope Francis in Ad Limina Visit

Sep 2, 2024

Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) have concluded their 10-day Ad Limina visit, saying that they return to the East African nation re-energized to serve in their respective Episcopal Sees. 

Pope Francis Begins Historic Apostolic Journey to Southeast Asia and Oceania

Sep 2, 2024

During his 11-day journey the 87-year-old pontiff will visit Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste (East Timor), and Singapore from Sept. 2–13.  

Nigeria’s Catholic Bishops Decry Proliferation of Private Ministries with “unorthodox practices” that Scandalize

Sep 2, 2024

Members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) are concerned about the increasing number of private “ministries” that a section of Priests and Laity have established in the West African nation.

Sr. Prof. Agnes Lucy Lando

Inside the Joys and Struggles of Catholic Sisters Working in Non-Catholic Institutions in Africa

Sep 1, 2024

“To be a servant of God anywhere is not easy. But for a Catholic Sister, to serve in a non-Catholic institution is a different call altogether,” this is how Sr. Prof. Agnes Lucy Lando starts our conversation.

St. John Paul II (1920-2005). / Credit: Itto Ogami via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

Pope Francis Won’t Be the First Pope to Visit Papua New Guinea: A Look at John Paul II’s Trips

Sep 1, 2024

Pope John Paul II visited Papua New Guinea for the first time in May 1984 and paid tribute to the strength of Catholicism on the island.

Speaking to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday Angelus prayer on Sept. 1, 2024, the pope called for peace in the Holy Land, urging the release of the remaining hostages and humanitarian aid for the polio outbreak in Gaza. The pope also expressed his closeness to the people of Burkina Faso after hundreds of people were killed in a terrorist attack there on Aug. 24. Afterwards the pope asked for prayers for his apostolic journey beginning tomorrow to Oceania and Southeast Asia. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Urges Release of Hostages, Aid for Polio Outbreak in Gaza

Sep 1, 2024

The pope appealed for peace in Gaza and for humanitarian aid to continue and also expressed his closeness to the people of Burkina Faso after a terrorist attack there on Aug 24.

Pope Francis prays during his general audience on Wednesday, May 29,  2024, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

This is Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention for the Month of September

Sep 1, 2024

“Let us pray for the cry of the Earth,” Pope Francis urged the faithful in a video released Aug. 30.

Sr. Victoire Noeline Rasoamanarivo. Credit: ACI Africa

Catholic Nuns in Madagascar Empowering Vulnerable Women, Single Mothers with Vocational Skills

Aug 31, 2024

Members of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Diego-Suarez (CIM-D/S) in Madagascar are empowering vulnerable women, including single mothers, with vocational skills.

The flag of Nigeria on a military uniform. Bumble Dee/Shutterstock.

“People are presently living in fear”: Eyewitness on Aftermath of Recent Military Invasion of Churches in Nigeria

Aug 31, 2024

Residents of Umunze, a community in Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria, are gripped by “fear and uncertainty” following the military's invasion of their churches on August 18, disrupting public worship in various places, including some Catholic Parishes in Ekwulobia Diocese.

Pope Francis addresses members of the Dicastery for Evangelization, who are meeting in an extraordinary plenary assembly Aug. 29–30, 2024, to discuss the future of the Pontifical Urban University, which educates priests and religious from the Catholic Church’s mission territories. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Opposes Idea to "dissolve" 400-year-old Missionary University in Rome

Aug 31, 2024

“There is some plan to ‘dissolve’ [the university] with the other universities: No, this will not do,” Francis said to members of the Dicastery for Evangelization.

Pope Francis meets with members of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican Grants "nihil obstat" to Our Lady of Mercy Shrine in France

Aug 31, 2024

On Aug. 22, the Holy See issued a “nihil obstat” (no objection) to the miraculous visions and physical healing of French woman Estelle Faguette.

Kenyan Nun Appeals to Catholic Bishops to Address Pastoral Needs of Women Religious Serving in Non-Catholic Institutions

Aug 30, 2024

A huge pastoral gap exists among women Religious serving in non-Catholic institutions, a Kenyan Catholic Nun has said, and proposed that the Church addresses the pastoral needs of Catholic Sisters serving in non-Catholic settings, especially when designing Diocesan and national pastoral programs.    

Catholic Charity Condemns Massacre of 26 Christians after Attack on Church in Burkina Faso, Appeals for Prayer for Peace

Aug 30, 2024

The Pontifical charity foundation, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International, has condemned a recent terrorist attack on a Church in Burkina Faso that claimed the lives of 26 people, many of them Christians.