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ACI Africa Staff

ACI Africa Staff

ACI Africa was founded in 2019. We provide free, up-to-the-minute news affecting the Catholic Church in Africa, giving particular emphasis to the words of the Holy Father and happenings of the Holy See, to any person with access to the internet. ACI Africa is proud to offer free access to its news items to Catholic dioceses, parishes, and websites, in order to increase awareness of the activities of the universal Church and to foster a sense of Catholic thought and culture in the life of every Catholic.

Bishop Duncan Tsoke was present during the launch of the Jubilee Year. Credit: Kimberley Catholic Diocese

South African Catholic Bishop Decries “specter of strained relationships”, Wants Diocesan Unity Fostered in Jubilee Year

The Catholic Diocese of Kimberley is grappling with the unpleasant and dangerous experience of “trained relationships”, the Local Ordinary of the South...

Reference photo of a Priestly Ordination. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez / EWTN News.

Interpreting Church in Italy’s Seminary Document as Accepting Homosexual Priests “not a correct reading": Italian Bishop

The interpretation of the latest document, which Italy’s Catholic Bishops issued on the formation of Priests in the European nation, that...

Two Catholic Sisters Abducted in Nigeria Released, “in good health” after Weeklong Captivity

The two members of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mother of Christ (IHM), who were abducted on January 7 from Nigeria’s Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha have...

Official inauguration of the Rwabageni Nurturing Care Hub. Credit: Caritas Rwanda

Caritas Rwanda Realizes “one stop site for community nutrition interventions” for Children in Partnership Initiative

Caritas Rwanda, the humanitarian and development establishment of the Catholic Bishops of Rwanda has realized a nutrition initiative with children as the...

Synod on Synodality Wasn’t about “alternative lifestyles”: Catholic Bishop in CAR

Synod on Synodality, the multi-year XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which Pope Francis officially inaugurated in 2021...

May the Holy Spirit “fill them with grace”: Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya Invites Prayer for Sisters at Religious Profession

The 13 members of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mary of Kakamega (SMK) can benefit from the prayers of the people...

Kenyans Urged to Step up Advocacy for Justice during 2025 Jubilee Year amid Surge in Cases of Youth Abductions

In Kenya, the Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year is an opportunity to amplify the voices of individuals whose rights are being taken away,...

Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Nakuru Launches Jubilee Year of Hope with Call to “reawaken Sacramental life”

The Sacrament of Penance is not being accorded the importance it deserves, the Bishop of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Nakuru has observed,...

Bishop John Oballa Owaa. Credit: Focus Media Production

“You have chosen a life of sacrifice”: Catholic Bishop to Women Religious at Perpetual Profession in Kenya

Members of the Missionary Congregation of Evangelizing Sisters of Mary (ESM), who took their perpetual vows as women Religious at their Mother...

Credit: CSW

Human Rights Foundation Condemns Attack on Sudanese Church amid Threats to “kill all Christians”

UK-based human rights foundation, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, has condemned the 30 December 2024 attack on a church belonging to the Sudanese Church...

Some members of the Clergy of the Catholic Diocese of Man in Ivory Coast. Credit: Man Diocese

Days after Ivorian Cardinal Appointed Apostolic Administrator of Man amid Bishop-Clergy Fallout, Priests Apologize

Members of the Clergy of the Catholic Diocese of Man in Ivory Coast have expressed their regrets over the fallout with their...

Archbishop Djalwana Laurent Lompo of Niamey Archdiocese in Niger. Credit: Niamey Archdiocese

In 2025, Let’s Work Towards “peaceful coexistence between Christians and Muslims”: Catholic Archbishop in Niger

Christians in Niger have been urged to foster peace in their relationship with their Muslim counterparts, working towards unity of...

Fr. Vitalis Anaehobi, RECOWA Secretary General

Finance Committee, Presidential Council Meetings ahead of Plenary Assembly among RECOWA’s “major” Activities in New Year

Preparations for the Plenary Assembly of the members of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA) constitute the “major” activities of...

Chad’s Catholic Dioceses Launch 2025 Jubilee Year, Local Ordinaries Urge Fostering of Faith, Hope

Various Catholic Dioceses in Chad, on Sunday, December 29, launched celebrations to start off the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year with emphasis...

May 2025 Jubilee Realize “genuine personal encounter with the Lord Jesus, door of our salvation”: Bishop in South Africa

The Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year, which Pope Francis officially launched with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in...

Jean-Pierre Cardinal Kutwa (right) and Bishop Gaspard Béby Gnéba (left)

Retired Ivorian Cardinal Appointed Ivory Coast’s Man Apostolic Administrator amid Fall Out, “internal wounds, tensions”

Pope Francis has appointed Jean-Pierre Cardinal Kutwa, the Archbishop emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abidjan in Ivory Coast, to serve as Apostolic...

May Christmas 2024 Help Realize “hope that is active, transformative”: Catholic Bishops in Cameroon’s Troubled Region

Two Catholic Bishops ministering in the midst of the protracted Anglophone crisis in the Central African nation of Cameroon are...

Members of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (CEM)

Catholic Bishops in Mozambique Appeal for Peace, Justice ahead of Christmas, Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year Celebrations

Mozambique’s Catholic Bishops are appealing for peace, justice, and reconciliation ahead of Christmas festivities that are to begin with the...

Fr. Alain Mayama, Superior General of the Spiritans

Superior of 321-year-old Order with Dominant African Membership Cautions against “impoverished” Spirituality

There is a growing “spiritual crisis” among some members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans/Holy Ghost Fathers/CSSp.), the Superior General...

Be “living witness of God’s love”: Catholic Bishop in Ivory Coast to Woman Religious at Final Vows, Emphasizes Fidelity

Bishop Honoré Beugré Dakpa of the Catholic Diocese of Katiola in Ivory Coast has called upon Sr. Rosalie Kpanda Tuo to live a life...