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COVID-19
Salesians Facilitate Water Access in Burkina Faso, Food Relief in Southern Africa
The leadership of Salesian Missions, the U.S.-based development arm of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), has facilitated access to safe drinking water to hundreds of youths in Burkina Faso and food relief to the deprived in three Southern African nations.
Catholic Biblical Federation Seeking to Extend Online Formation to Africa
The leadership of the Catholic Biblical Federation (CBF), the global network of institutions dedicated to biblical-pastoral ministry, is calling for its members in African countries to forward their online Bible formation programs to the organization that is seeking to migrate its activities to its digital platform.
COVID-19 Funds: Kenya’s Religious Leaders Say “uncontrolled corruption witnessed immoral”
Religious leaders in Kenya have condemned the reported misappropriation of COVID-19 funds describing the practice as “the madness of uncontrolled corruption” and “immoral.”
South African Jesuit Cautions against Neglecting Poor, Marginalized amid COVID-19 Crisis
A Society of Jesus (Jesuits) Cleric serving in his native country, South Africa, has, in a reflection on the effects of COVID-19 pandemic, cautioned against neglecting the poor and marginalized.
How Catholic Nuns, Priests are Keeping over 10,000 South Sudanese Children in School
It has taken the effort of two Religious Orders ministering in South Sudan to build 26 primary schools, which have kept thousands of children in school in the aftermath of the struggle for independence that left many children orphaned in the nine-year-old East-Central African country.
Uganda’s Religious Leaders Decry Unequal Media Access, Police Brutality Ahead of 2021 Poll
Religious leaders in Uganda have expressed their concerns about unequal access to the media and police brutality as the country prepares for elections early next year.
Four Issues of Concern for Bishops in Liberia Who Want “peaceable and reconciled” Nation
Members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Liberia (CABICOL) who have issued a statement on “Matters of National Concern” in the West African country have highlighted four main issues, invoking the intercession of Mary for a peaceful and reconciled nation.
Nigerian Prelate Tests Positive for COVID-19, Advises Citizens to Go for Testing
The Catholic Bishop of Nigeria’s Yola Diocese who has confirmed that he tested positive for COVID-19 has advised citizens of the West African nation to readily present themselves for the coronavirus tests when they are required to.
COVID-19 “compelling us to see things of heaven” amid “agents of tragedy”: African Prelate
The challenges the people of God are experiencing across the globe amid the coronavirus are expected to trigger a focus on heavenly realities and the place of God in our lives yet some have become “agents of tragedy,” hellbent on causing others pain, an African Prelate has reflected in his Sunday, August 23 homily shared with ACI Africa.
Why Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in Sierra Leone is a Challenge
The leadership of the development and humanitarian arm of the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales, Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) has, in a report, explained why it is challenging to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Sierra Leone.
How COVID-19 Robbed the Poor of the Little They Had before Lockdown in Uganda
The COVID-19 pandemic has become a self-enrichment tool in the hands of the mighty and powerful, according to a Salesian of Don Bosco (SDB) Cleric ministering among refugees in Uganda who has bemoaned the sorry state of the vulnerable groups in the East African country that he says have been robbed of the little they had before lockdown.
As Lockdown is Eased in South Africa, Prelate Urges Vigilance, Says “virus still present”
Days after South Africa’s President eased some COVID-19 restrictions put in five months ago to minimize the spread of the virus, the Archbishop Cape Town has urged the people of God in his Diocese to remain vigilant and continue taking necessary precautions because the coronavirus has not yet been eliminated from the country.
Prelate in South Sudan Concerned about Incomplete Formation of Unity Government
Seven months after South Sudan formed the national unity government that was meant to end war and initiate peace and harmony in the world’s youngest nation, the Catholic Bishop of the country’s Diocese of Tombura-Yambio has expressed worry over the incomplete formation of the political administrative units to make up the government.
Notre Dame Classes Go Online for Two Weeks Amid Rising COVID-19 Cases
The University of Notre Dame on Tuesday announced a two-week hiatus from in-person class instruction, amid a growing number of COVID-19 infections on campus. Some alumni, students, and faculty are calling on university president Father John Jenkins to suspend in-person classes altogether and move instruction online for the remainder of the semester.
COVID-19 has “created awakening to rethink meaning of University”: Kenyan Vice Chancellor
At the convocation to mark the official start of the Academic year 2020-2021 of the 34-year-old Kenya-based Catholic institution of higher learning, Tangaza University College (TUC), the Vice Chancellor (VC Designate) said the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered reflections around the meaning of the institution of the university.
To Fight COVID-19 in Africa, “stop the great virus of corruption”: Bishop in Sierra Leone
A Prelate in Sierra Leone has, in a reflection about COVID-19 in Africa, identified the “virus of corruption” as a major stumbling block in the fight against the pandemic on the continent.
Catholic Health Association in South Sudan Avails COVID-19 Guidelines for TB Patients
Arkangelo Ali Association (AAA) in South Sudan, an organization which runs Tuberculosis (TB) and Leprosy control programs in the Diocese of Rumbek has made available COVID-19 guidelines that were specifically developed for TB patients in view of managing the condition in five of the ten states of the country.
Caritas Freetown Feted for Impacting Vulnerable Lives in Sierra Leone
The charity arm of the Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone working among the marginalized and vulnerable groups has been awarded for its humanitarian activities that have changed thousands of lives in the West African country before and after the outbreak of COVID-19.
COVID-19 Challenges a Litmus Test of “quality of our Christian faith”: Nigerian Prelate
How we relate with the needy in society amid COVID-19 challenges can be a good litmus test of the extent to which we value our Christian faith, the Bishop of Nigeria’s Diocese of Yola said this week.
On World Humanitarian Day, Salesians Review Their Interventions in Burundi, Malawi
On the occasion of this year’s World Humanitarian Day marked Wednesday, August 19, members of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) have, through a report by their U.S.-based development office, looked back at their various interventions around the world including two countries in Africa.
