ACI Africa
ACI Africa (www.aciafricanews.com) is a service of EWTN News Inc. (www.ewtnnews.com) along with Catholic News Agency. It was officially inaugurated on Aug. 17, 2019, as a continental Catholic news agency serving the Church in Africa. Headquartered in Kenyas capital, Nairobi, this media apostolate will strive to tell Africas news by providing media coverage of Catholic events on the African continent and giving visibility to the activities of the Church across Africa. The editor-in-chief of ACI Africa is Father Don Bosco Onyalla.
Articles by ACI Africa
Catholic priest among 11 people kidnapped in Nigeria’s Kaduna archdiocese
May 19, 2021 / 04:30 amGunmen in northern Nigeria killed eight people and kidnapped 11 others.
Catholic bishop: Mali coup 'a big failure for our democracy'
Aug 20, 2020 / 07:30 amThe military coup in Mali is “a big failure for our democracy,” the president of the country’s Catholic bishops’ conference said Wednesday.
Bring 'new life' to the Church in Mauritius, Pope Francis tells Catholics
Sep 9, 2019 / 02:02 amAt Mass on the island nation of Mauritius Monday, Pope Francis urged Catholics to avoid worldly securities, to increase their zeal for evangelization, and to invite the young to be an active part of the Church.
In Madagascar, Pope Francis says that joy lightens the demands of discipleship
Sep 8, 2019 / 00:43 amPope Francis Sunday told Catholics in Madagascar that following Jesus can be demanding, but that Christ calls his disciples to place God at the center of their lives.
Jesus has a mission for youth in Madagascar, Pope Francis says
Sep 7, 2019 / 09:06 amJesus has called you and has entrusted a mission to you, Pope Francis told a crowd of young people at a prayer vigil in Antananarivo, Madagascar Saturday.
Pope Francis urges bishops to defend common good in Madagascar
Sep 7, 2019 / 07:05 amPope Francis told Madagascar’s bishops Saturday that the Catholic Church should participate in public life in order to promote the common good and that the bishops should not be afraid to voice their opinions on matters in society.
African news agency aims to tell stories from ‘the grassroots’
Aug 19, 2019 / 16:45 pmAt the launch event for a new African Catholic news agency Saturday, a Kenyan bishop urged journalists to focus their work on the “grassroots” life of the Catholic Church across the continent.