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Society of African Missions (SMA)
Catholic Missionary Priest Released after Two-Year Captivity in Mali Says He’s “free to create peace”
Fr. Pier Luigi Maccalli is celebrating four years of freedom after spending a two-year captivity in the West African nation of Mali.
“I returned home” to Niger: Italian Missionary Priest after Visiting West African Country on Kidnapping Anniversary
Fr. Pier Luigi Maccalli, the Italian Catholic missionary Priest who spent two years in captivity in Mali after he was kidnapped in Niger has shared the joy of going back to the West African country for the first time following his release.
Ivorian Catholic Institute Challenged to Help Achieve “people who think well of Africa”
The leadership of the Catholic University Institute of Abidjan (ICMA), a philosophical and theological training institution of higher learning in Ivory Coast, has been challenged to help fill the gap of Africans, who think well of their continent.
African Faith Leaders Meeting to Address Continent’s Economic Crisis
Top on the list of the agenda that faith leaders meeting in Nairobi, Kenya are discussing is the continent’s economic crisis.
WYD Volunteer to Africans in Portugal: Be a Light to your Peers back at Home
A Togolese missionary Priest volunteering at the 2023 World Youth Day (WYD) in Lisbon, Portugal has challenged Africans attending the event to “be a light” to their peers when they go back home.
“Calm in the streets”: Catholic Priest Weighs in On Situation in Niger After Coup
Nigerien streets are experiencing calm following a military coup that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum from power, a Catholic Missionary Priest serving in Niger’s capital city of Niamey has said.
“Be messengers of hope, animators of faith”: Nigerian Archbishop to Newly Ordained Priests
The newly ordained Priests of the Society of African Missions (SMA) in Nigeria have been urged to foster hope and contribute to the growth of Christian faith in their Priestly ministry.
Politicians Back with Promises ahead of General Elections in Liberia, Catholic Priest Says
Those participating in electoral campaigns in Liberia ahead of the country’s national elections next year have come back to the people with promises despite poor living conditions in the West African nation, a Priest in Liberia’s Catholic Diocese of Gbarnga has said.
Catholics, Muslims in Collaboration to Build New Catholic School in a Liberian Diocese
Catholics and Muslims are collaborating in the ongoing construction of a Catholic school under the auspices of members of the Society of African Missions (SMA) at a village in Liberia’s Gbarnga Diocese.
Every Christian has “a missionary DNA”, Nigerian Prelate on World Mission Sunday
The call to be a Missionary has no boundaries of whether or not one has been called into Priesthood or Religious Life, a Catholic Prelate in Nigeria has underscored, outlining the various roles of all Christians in participating in the Church’s mission.
Recently Freed Religious Missionary Hailed as “man of faith, forgiveness, fraternity”
Fr. Pier Luigi Maccalli, a member of Society of African Missions (SMA) who was recently freed after two years of captivity has been hailed as a “man of faith, forgiveness and fraternity.”
Kenyan Nun Who Died Hours After Renewing Vows Eulogized as “cheerful, prayerful”
A Kenyan-born nun who died in Zambia, hours after renewing her vows in the Congregation of the Sisters of St. John the Baptist (Baptistines) for the fourth time, is being eulogized as a cheerful and prayerful person.
Insecurity in Central African Republic Behind “evangelical fragility, poverty”: Prelate
A Bishop in the Central African Republic (CAR) has, in a recent news report, highlighted the impact of insecurity in the country saying the people of God there have been left with a “sense of evangelical fragility and poverty.”
“The blood of these martyrs will not be in vain”, Cleric on Killings in Nigeria
A Catholic Priest ministering in Nigeria’s Kaduna State that has experienced numerous attacks on innocent civilians has expressed the frustration of having to organize successive burials of victims of the violence in his parish and described those who have lost their lives as “martyrs” whose blood has not been shed “in vain.”
Children in Burkina Faso Risking “forced recruitment by jihadists”: Missionary Cleric
A missionary Priest ministering in Burkina Faso has expressed his concerns about the multiple cases of insecurity in the landlocked West African nation and cautioned about the danger of children who have not been attending school for over a year being targeted for recruitment by jihadists operating mainly in the east and north of the country.
Peace is “far from being a tangible reality” in Ivory Coast, Cleric Reflects
Following the cancellation of the peace march by the Catholic Archdiocese of Abidjan in Ivory Coast that had been slated to take place in mid-February over security concerns, a priest from the west African country has described the search for peace in his native country as “far from being a tangible reality.”
“Trafficking of fake drugs, hidden side of failing health system in Africa”: A Reflection
Some days after African leaders and stakeholders in the health industry met in Togo for a summit to counter the trafficking of fake drugs in the world’s second largest continent, an African missionary priest ministering in the West African country is of the opinion that for the initiative to succeed, reform of the health system in Africa is necessary.
Women Leadership in Africa “a major and permanent challenge”: A Missionary’s Reflection
As various nations of Africa strive to achieve the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063, which contemplates a people-driven development approach that relies on, among other stakeholders, women, a missionary priest ministering in West Africa has decried the tendency of women on the continent to play a secondary role in the political spheres of their respective nations.
