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Father Konteh’s mission: Healing Sierra Leone’s wounds through faith and Caritas
Despite a brutal civil war from 1991 to 2002 in Sierra Leone, the African country with the help of the... Read more
Christian leaders in Zimbabwe urge debt cancellation to alleviate economic burden
Zimbabwe is struggling with an $8.3 billion debt (in U.S. dollars), which blocks access to affordable international financing and slows... Read more
Nigeria Church official calls for justice in 2022 Pentecost Sunday attack
As the suspects push for bail, the director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Nigeria said such a move would... Read more
New diocese erected in Kenya, pope appoints its first bishop
Pope Leo XIV has erected a new Catholic diocese in Kenya — the Diocese of Kapsabet — and appointed Bishop... Read more
Democratic Republic of Congo bishops stress need for ceasefire, dialogue, and human dignity
Leaders of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar have appealed for action for victims of violence in... Read more
Angola archbishop: ‘I was on a list of people to be eliminated’
Angolan Archbishop José Manuel Imbamba has revealed that he was once on a list of people targeted for assassination for... Read more
Nigerian Catholic religious sister wins $1.2 million Opus Prize
Sister Francisca Ngozi Uti, the founder and executive director of the Centre for Women Studies and Intervention in Abuja, Nigeria,... Read more
Cardinal Arinze cautions priests against lengthy homilies
“A homily well prepared should last around 10 minutes. A university lecture of 45 minutes is for a different setting,”... Read more
Nigeria diocese appeals for help, prayers after thousands displaced by floods
The Diocese of Maiduguri announced that the flooding in Maiduguri, a city in northeast Nigeria, is the worst the region... Read more
Cardinal Turkson explores evolution of power in Church, society in Kenya college lecture
Ghanaian-born Cardinal Peter Turkson gave a lecture to open the new school year at the Nairobi, Kenya-based Hekima University College. Read more
Catholic bishops in Nigeria condemn liturgical abuses, call for immediate reforms
Bishops expressed concern about a rising trend of deviations from established liturgical norms, warning that such practices are a source... Read more
Catholic bishops, Church leaders in Africa laud ACI Africa ahead of its 5th anniversary
Church leaders and groups throughout Africa extended their congratulations to ACI Africa, a service of EWTN News based in Nairobi,... Read more
‘He hid under the altar’: Tanzanian bishop describes effects of violent storm on church
St. John Paul II Rwamishenye Church in the Diocese of Bukoba in Tanzania and the parish’s rectory have been destroyed... Read more
Nigerian diocese calls for prayers for kidnapped priest
Father Marcellinus Obioma Okide was on his way back to his parish in the Enugu Diocese on Sept. 17 when... Read more
Ugandan diocese observes five-day prayer for victims of secondary school attack
On June 16, suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces reportedly attacked the school, killing some 41 people, including 38... Read more
Catholic priest among 4 sentenced in shooting of South Sudan bishop-elect
Father John Mathiang Machol was given a 7-year jail sentence. Read more
Heroic Nigerian priest risks his life daily to help Christian refugees, aid agency says
Not every Catholic priest risks mortal danger every time he visits his people, but this Nigerian priest does. Read more
Catholics killed after bus plunges into river in Kenya
The bus passengers, including children, were on their way to a wedding. Read more
Pope Francis saddened by ‘brutal attack’ which killed Catholic nuns in South Sudan
Sr. Mary Daniel Abud and Sr. Regina Roba were killed by armed gunmen along a highway in South Sudan on... Read more
Catholic bishop: Mali coup 'a big failure for our democracy'
The military coup in Mali is “a big failure for our democracy,” the president of the country’s Catholic bishops’ conference... Read more
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