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Sr. Jecinter Okoth, FSSA

Sr. Jecinter Okoth, FSSA

Uganda-based Bannabikira (Daughters of Mary) Sisters founded by Missionary of Africa Archbishop Henry Streicher, organized pilgrimage of faith to join Missionaries of Africa in the 150th anniversary since they were founded / Bannabikira (Daughters of Mary) Sisters

Nuns from First Native Order in Sub-Saharan Africa Make "pilgrimage of faith"

As the members of the Society of the Missionaries of Africa continue their yearlong celebration of 150 years since they...

Representation of Year of the Bible, which the Church in Malawi is set to launch at Advent, December 1, 2019

Church in Malawi Set to Begin “Year of the Bible” at Advent, To Engage All Catholics

The Catholic Church in Malawi is set to launch the year of the Bible at the beginning of the Advent Season,...

Leaders of the Kenya-based African Youths Renewal Movement (AYRM) seeking to promote unity in diversity in Africa by engaging the youth / African Youths Renewal Movement (AYRM)

Zambian Religious Brother's Initiative with African Youth Attracts a Dozen Plus Countries

A movement bringing together African youth to promote peace and unity on the continue in view of cultivating a culture...

Bishop Martin Igwe Uzoukwu of Minna, Nigeria, Africa Coordinator Divine Mercy while in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso for the 4th Pan-African Congress on Divine Mercy: November 19, 2019 / ACI Africa

Peace in Africa at the Heart of Ongoing Continental Divine Mercy Congress: Official Says

An African Church leader charged with the responsibility of coordinating devotion to the Divine Mercy in Africa has identified the...

Bishops of the Interregional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) who gathered in Maputo, Mozambique for their 12th Plenary Assembly from November 13-17, 2019 / IMBISA Communications

Southern Africa Bishops Continue Review of 2016-2021 Strategic Plan, Aim “to improve”

The just concluded 12th Plenary Assembly of the Bishops within the Southern Africa region under the Interregional Meeting of Bishops...

Nigerian Fr. Theophilus Ndulue of Enugu diocese who had been abducted on November 15, 2019 and freed after a day.

Another Catholic Priest in Nigeria’s Enugu Diocese Freed after Abduction

Nearly two weeks  after Fr. Arinze Madu, the Vice-Rector at Queen of Apostles Spiritual Year Seminary was abducted outside the...

Participants during Youth Workers Association, Kenya (YWAK) Launch at Tangaza University College on  Thursday, November 7, 2019 / Alphonce C. L. Omolo, Lensthru Consultants

Catholic Institute in Kenya Hosts Youth Workers' Association, Encourages Professionalism

A Kenya-based Catholic Institution of higher learning under the auspices of dozens of religious orders and societies of Apostolic life,...

Participants during  ICPD25 pro-life side events / ACI Africa

Countering ICPD25: Kenyan Catholics Express Solidarity with Governments Faulting Summit

After 11-State delegation issued a strongly worded joint statement faulting the process leading to the commemoration of the International Conference...

Countering ICPD25: Some participants of the Pro-life and Family Friendly Side Events picketing in the streets of Nairobi-Kenya on November 11, 2019

Countering ICPD25: Reactions from Kenyan Citizens on Nairobi Summit, Some Strongly Worded

As the three-day International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25) is underway in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, ACI Africa caught up...

Some of the Catholic primary school headteachers in Kenya at their first-ever national meeting at the Kenya-based Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), Nairobi on November 13, 2019 / Sr. Esther Midge, FSSA

Heads of Catholic Primary Schools in Kenya Encouraged to Enhance “Catholic identity”

At a three-day first-ever conference bringing together heads of Catholic-sponsored public Primary Schools in Kenya that started Tuesday, November 12,...

Jesuit Michael Cardinal Czerny, one of the two Under-Secretaries of the Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

One of Newest Cardinals, Michael Cardinal Czerny, Recounts Africa Experience: Interview

On October 5, 2019, Pope Francis created 13 new Cardinals. Although only one of them, the Franciscan Capuchin (OFM, Cap)...

Cover of policy document for the safeguarding of children launched and adopted by representatives of the Inter-Religious Council of Kenya (IRCK) / Inter-Religious Council of Kenya (IRCK)

Inter-Faith Leaders in Kenya Adopt Collective Child Safeguarding Policy

At a recent interfaith meeting that brought together representative from various Christians denominations, Muslims and Hindus in Kenya under their...

Participants at the  3rd Africa Convening of the Catholic Sisters Initiative, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Lusaka-Zambia,  October 25, 2019 / ACWECA Secretariat, Nairobi

African Nuns Encouraged to Engage Media, to Make Visible their Ministry

African nuns have been encouraged to have a positive view of the media and engage them in a bid to...

Left, New President of the Sudan Catholic Bishops' Conference (SCBC), Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku of El Obeid diocese, Sudan; right, outgoing SCBC President, Bishop Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio diocese, South Sudan

Bishop of Sudan’s El Obeid Diocese Elected President of Conference, SCBC

When the Bishops and heads of dioceses in Sudan and South Sudan met for their weeklong Annual Plenary Assembly in...

Comboni Missionary Br. Dr. Jonas Dzinekou Yawovi, Mccj, Director of the Institute of Social Transformation, Tangaza University College, Nairobi, Kenya

Conference on Entrepreneurship Encourages Self-Sustainability of African Catholic Entities

The need to have Catholic entities including dioceses on the African continent operationalized without depending on donor funding was one...

Brother Peter Mokaya Tabichi, Winner of the 2019 United Nations in Kenya Person of the Year Award,  at  the headquarters of the UN in Nairobi, Kenya, October 24, 2019 / UN Information Center, Nairobi

One-on-One with 2019 UN in Kenya Person of the Year Award Winner, Br. Peter Tabichi

Less than a year since the Kenyan Franciscan Brother Peter Tabichi became the first African to win the Global Teacher...

Fr. Arinze Madu, Vice Rector at Nigeria’s Queen of Apostles Spiritual Year Seminary, Enugu, kidnapped outside seminary gate and released unharmed two days later on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 / Communications office Enugu Diocese, Nigeria

Kidnapped Nigerian Catholic Priest Released Unharmed

Two days after the abduction of Fr. Arinze Madu, a Catholic priest of Enugu diocese, Nigeria, his abductors have released...

Fr. Arinze Madu, Vice Rector at Nigeria’s Queen of Apostles Spiritual Year Seminary, Enugu, kidnapped outside seminary gate on Monday, October 28, 2019 / Communications office Enugu Diocese, Nigeria

Nigerian Catholic Priest Kidnapped Outside Seminary Gate, Whereabouts Unknown

A couple of days since unknown gunmen “whisked away” Nigerian Fr. Arinze Madu, a diocesan Catholic priest serving at Nigeria’s...

Poster of the planned third Annual African Conference on Social Entrepreneurship (AACSE), to take place at Tangaza University College in Nairobi, Kenya, October 30-31, 2019 / Institute of Social Transformation, Tangaza University College

Catholic Institute in Kenya to Host 3rd Continental Conference on Social Entrepreneurship

Tangaza University College (TUC), a Nairobi-based Catholic institution of higher learning is set to host the third Annual African Conference...

The University Chancellor, Rt. Rev. Charles Kasonde confers a doctorate degree to a graduand during the 38th Graduation at the Catholic of Eastern Africa, Langata, Oct 25, 2019 . / Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA)

“Cultural reawakening, moral leadership” Needed in Africa: Bishop to Graduating Students

The need to utilize skills acquired in higher institutions of learning to have a positive impact on contemporary society was...