Cardinal Wilfrid Napier

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Cardinal Wilfrid Napier speaks to EWTN News in Rome on Monday, May 26, 2025.

Cardinal Napier: Church in Africa must ‘bring people together’ to overcome racial divides

May 28, 2025

By Daniel Payne

South African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier told EWTN this week that the Catholic Church in South Africa can lead in helping... Read more

The Olympic flag flutters during a practice session at Eiffel Tower Stadium in Paris on July 24, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Catholic bishops around the world demand IOC formal apology for ‘blasphemous’ Olympic opening

Aug 2, 2024

By CNA Staff

Global cardinals and bishops decried the “grotesque” depiction of the Last Supper at the Games’ opening ceremony, calling for repudiation... Read more

Cardinal Wilfrid Napier at the Vatican Press Office.

Napier: Parishes should learn from youth synod, and synod should hear African voices

Oct 13, 2018

By JD Flynn

A prominent South African cardinal said Saturday that the 2018 Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith, and vocational... Read more