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On International Red Hand Day, Salesians Review Service to Former Child Soldiers

On the occasion of the International day against the Use of Child Soldiers also known as Red Hand Day, marked...

21-year-old Divine Yusuf, a second-year nursing student at Mzuzu University in Malawi and a Naweza scholarship recipient. / JRS Southern Africa

Jesuit Entity in Malawi Highlights Success Story of Scholarship Program for Refugee Girls

On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science marked Thursday, February 11, the leadership of the international refugee entity of...

Dr. Rosemary Khosi Mthethwa of Swaziland's Manzini Diocese elected President of the Vatican-based International Catholic Committee of Nurses and Medico-Social Assistants (CICIAMS) / Courtesy Photo

Church in Swaziland Celebrates Appointment of Native to Vatican-based Committee of Nurses

Catholics in Swaziland are celebrating the appointment of a compatriot as President of the Vatican-based International Catholic Committee of Nurses and...

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Salesian Missionaries in Nigeria Facilitating Rehabilitation of Street Boys in Lagos

The U.S.-based development arm of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), Salesian Missions, is facilitating the...

A statue of St. Joseph unveiled to mark the Year of St. Joseph in Kenya's Nakuru Diocese / Catholic Diocese of Nakuru/ Facebook

Kenya’s Nakuru Diocese to Enhance Men’s Participation in Church During Year of St. Joseph

The leadership of Kenya’s Nakuru Diocese is planning to use the Year of St. Joseph to have the participation of men in...

Logo calling for an end to Female Genital Mutilation / United Nations

Bishops in Ireland, European Union Launch Initiative against Sexual Violence in Somalia

Catholic Bishops in Ireland have, in partnership with the leadership of the European Union (EU), launched a campaign against Sexual...

The Bishop-elect of Rwanda's Cyangugu Diocese, Msgr. Edouard Sinayobye / Catholic Diocese of Cyangugu/ Facebook

Seminary Rector Appointed Bishop of Rwanda’s Cyangugu Diocese

Pope Francis has appointed Msgr. Edouard Sinayobye who has been serving as Rector of the preparatory Seminary of Nyumba in...

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Churches in South Africa Reopen Under Revised COVID-19 Restrictions

Some Catholic Prelates in South Africa have announced the resumption of public worship in their respective jurisdictions following the readjustment...

JRS Programme Manager Felix Omollo (R) with UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi visiting a JRS project in Yambio, South Sudan. / Jesuit Refugee Service Eastern Africa

Jesuits, UNHCR Partner to Improve Living Conditions of Deprived Populations in South Sudan

The leadership of the international refugee organization of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has partnered with the...

Some of the homeless youths in prison that Salesian MIssionaries are supporting in Madagascar / Agenzia Info Salesiana (ANS)

Salesians in Madagascar Offering “second chance” to Homeless Youths Living in “prisons”

Members of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) ministering in the Indian Ocean Island nation of...

Logo of Swaziland's Catholic Diocese of Manzini / Diocese of Manzini/ Twitter

Church in Swaziland Seeking Intercession of Our Lady of Lourdes in Fight against COVID-19

The people of God in Swaziland’s only Catholic Diocese of Manzini have been invited to seek the intercession of our...

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South Africa’s Blessed Daswa “a model for us to follow, imitate”: Bishop on Feast Day

A Bishop in South Africa has, in a reflection on the Feast Day of Blessed Benedict Daswa, the country’s first potential...

Part of the original preparatory team posed for a group photo at the Apostles of Jesus Centre in Langata. The team is made up of staff from ACWECA and AOSK Secretariats. / Sr. Grace Candiru/ACWECA

Consecrated Women in Eastern-Central Africa to Maintain Theme of Postponed Assembly

The Plenary Assembly of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA), which had been slated for last August,...

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Social Exclusion Main Cause of Suffering for Lepers: Cleric in Burkina Faso

On the occasion of the 68th World Leprosy Day marked Sunday, January 31, a Missionary Cleric ministering in Burkina Faso has identified...

Fr. Limukani Ndlovu of Zimbabwe / Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA)

Zimbabwean Cleric Highlights Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on Society Members

A Priest ministering in Zimbabwe has, in report, highlighted the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on various members...

Fr.Alwyn Zothansanga, MSFS who succumbed to COVID-19 on January 22 / Catholic Diocese of Manzini/ Facebook

First Priest in Swaziland to Succumb to COVID-19 “a good preacher, man of faith”: Bishop

The first Priest to succumb to the COVID-19-related complications in the Kingdom of Swaziland has been eulogized as a good...

Bishop Sithembele Sipuka pictured at SECAM Golden Jubilee in Kampala, Uganda in 2019. / ACI Africa

Despite Devastation, COVID-19 “providential in some way”: South African Bishop

While COVID-19 is having devastating effects on the people of God in Southern Africa, the pandemic might have been “providential...

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Church Officials in Djibouti Highlight Service to Street Children amid COVD-19 Challenges

Officials of the Catholic Church in Djibouti have, in a report, highlighted their service to street children in the Horn...

17-year-old Jean-Claude Michaël Imani, a former street youth now reunited with his family thanks to the Salesians at Don Bosco Centre, Bukavu / Agenzia Info Salesiana (ANS)

Salesians in DR Congo Highlight Success Story of Street Youths Reunification Program

Members of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) ministering in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)...

Archbishop of South Africa's Cape Town Archdiocese, Stephen Brislin / Cape Town Archdiocese/ Facebook

Physical Distancing “one of most painful aspects of pandemic”: South African Archbishop

A South African Archbishop has described physical distancing amid the second strain of COVID-19 as “one of the most painful...