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João Vissesse

João Vissesse

João Vissesse is an Angolan Journalist with a passion and rich experience in Catholic Church Communication and Media Apostolate. 

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Angola’s National Reconciliation Congress Ends with Call for Church to Foster Dialogue and Active Citizenship

Angola’s National Reconciliation Congress has ended with an appeal for the Catholic Church to continue fostering dialogue, reconciliation, and active...

“A gesture of gratitude to the Vatican”: Angola’s President on Honorary Medal for Pope Paul VI

Angola’s President João Lourenço has described the posthumous decoration of Pope Paul VI with the Medal of the 50th Anniversary of Angola’s...

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Angola’s National Reconciliation Congress: Catholic Bishops Urge Unity, Forgiveness, Renewal

Catholic Bishops in Angola have called for a renewed national commitment to reconciliation, forgiveness, and moral renewal, cautioning that the...

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Caritas Cape Verde to Launch Golden Jubilee with World Day of the Poor, General Assembly

Caritas Cape Verde is set to launch its Golden Jubilee celebrations with the observance of the World Day of the Poor and a...

Archbishop José Manuel Imbamba, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Angola and São Tomé (CEAST). Credit: Radio Ecclesia

Angola’s National Reconciliation Congress Opens With Calls for Justice, Forgiveness, and “love of neighbor”

Angola’s National Reconciliation Congress has opened with appeals from the Catholic Church for a renewed national commitment to “justice, forgiveness,...

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“True peace is born of justice”: Catholic Archbishop Ahead of National Reconciliation Congress in Angola

The President of the Commission for Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Angola and São...

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Ahead of Angola’s National Reconciliation Congress, Catholic Archbishop Calls for “divine enlightenment”

Archbishop Zacarias Kamwenho has appealed to Angolans to ensure that the country's National Reconciliation Congress scheduled for November 6-9 becomes a genuine...

Fr. Augusto Mutna Tamba. Credit: Catholic Diocese of Bafatá

Elections in Guinea-Bissau: Catholic Church Official Concerned About Rising Hate Speech ahead of Poll

The Diocesan Pastoral Coordinator of the Catholic Diocese of Bafatá in Guinea-Bissau has expressed concern about the growing use of hate-filled rhetoric...

Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias of the Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda in Angola. Credit: Luanda Archdiocese

Holiness is “a universal calling”: Angolan Catholic Archbishop on All Saints Solemnity

Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias of the Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda in Angola has called on the people of God to embrace holiness...

Bishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto of the Catholic Diocese of Caxito in Angola. Credit: Catholic Diocese of Caxito

“Keep the flame of faith and hope alive,” Spiritan Bishop in Angola Urges Newly Ordained Priests

Bishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto of the Catholic Diocese of Caxito in Angola has called upon three newly ordained Priests to become steadfast witnesses of...

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Let’s Live “certain of the presence of God”: Catholic Archbishop of Luanda at Launch of Marian Crusade

Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias of the Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda in Angola has encouraged the people of God...

Mother Natália Miguel Pereira (left) and Sr. Albertina Venancia Chikumbo (right). Credit; ACI Africa

Catholic Sisters in Angola Reflect on Life, Legacy of Recently Canonized Members in Rome

Catholic Sisters in Angola have joined the universal Church in celebrating the canonization of members of their Congregations, who were canonized on...

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Catholic Bishop in Angola Urges Clergy, Consecrated Persons to “serve with courage, closeness, love for the Church”

Bishop António Francisco Jaca of the Catholic Diocese of Benguela in Angola has urged members of the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic...

Bishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto of the Catholic Diocese of Caxito in Angola. Credit: Radio Ecclesia

Angolan Catholic Bishop Faults Judicial System for Deepening Corruption, Calls for Moral, Institutional Renewal

Bishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto of the Catholic Diocese of Caxito in Angola has blamed the country’s judicial system for perpetuating a cycle of impunity,...

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Newly Ordained Catholic Priests in Angola, Mozambique Urged to Live with Humility, Integrity, Commitment to Service

Catholic Bishops in Mozambique and Angola have called on newly ordained Priests to live out their vocation with humility, integrity,...

“A wonderful experience”: Pauline Sister in Angola on Maiden Participation in Frankfurt Book Fair 2025

A member of the Pious Society of the Daughters of St. Paul (FSP/Pauline Sisters) in Angola has described her first...

Newly Ordained Catholic Priests in Mozambique Urged to Inspire “people who thirst for God”

Bishop Inácio Lucas Mwita of the Catholic Diocese of Gurué in Mozambique has called upon four newly ordained Priests to...

Let’s Recognize Migrants as “rights-bearing individuals”: Director of Mozambique Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat

The Director of the Secretariat of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (CEM) has urged both the Church and society to...

“Our country is in a bad state”: Mozambican Catholic Bishop Decries “unsustainable” Debt Crisis

Bishop Inácio Lucas Mwita of the Catholic Diocese of Gurué in Mozambique has expressed concern about the country’s worsening economic...

Cardinal in Cape Verde Urges “wisdom of the heart” to Guide Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence

The Bishop of Cape Verde’s Catholic Diocese of Santiago has called for what he described as the “wisdom of the...