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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.

Paulines Publications Africa (PPA) participation at the Bookfair in Germany. Credit: Paulines Publications Africa (PPA)

Frankfurt Book Fair 2024: Paulines Publications Africa Participants “awestruck” by Deep Reading Culture Elsewhere

Early this year, Bishop Joseph Maluki Mwongela of the Catholic Diocese of Kitui in Kenya decried what he described as a poor reading culture in the...

Credit: Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW)

Christian Foundation Condemns Attacks on Places of Worship as Violence Escalates in Sudan

A UK-based human rights foundation has condemned the escalation of attacks on places of worship in Sudan following the recent...

Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN)

Let’s “continue to inspire hope”: Catholic Bishop to the Consecrated in Kenya at Planned Walk ahead of 2025 Jubilee Year

Women and men Religious serving in Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) have been urged to foster hope among the people of...

Stephen Cardinal Brislin. Credit: ACI Africa

Pope Francis Transfers South Africa’s Newest Cardinal from Cape Town to Johannesburg Catholic Archdiocese

Pope Francis has transferred Stephen Cardinal Brislin, who has been at the helm of Cape Town Catholic Archdiocese in South Africa to the...

Catholic Charity Currently Facilitating Ministry of Over “40,000 grateful Priests” Globally, Including in Africa: Report

The Catholic Pontifical foundation, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International, is currently facilitating the pastoral ministry of tens of thousands...

Bishop Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao of the Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar in Tanznia

Like St. Allamano, Let’s “be supporters of missionaries, formation of missionaries”: Catholic Bishop of Zanzibar

Bishop Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao of the Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar has recognized the contribution of St. Joseph Allamano to the mission of the Church and urged...

At Canonization of Founder, Consolata Missionaries Reflect on Synodality Over the Years: Pioneers to Present Day

The life and ministry of the members of the Institute of the Consolata Missionaries (IMC) reflect the values that the multi-year Synod on...

“Simple yet sacred”: Pilgrims on Canonization Mass of Founder Whose Members Were First Commissioned to Kenya

While the Canonization Mass of Blessed Joseph Allamano alongside 13 others took place in “simplicity”, the celebration had a deep “spiritual significance”, pilgrims at...

Pilgrims gather in St. Peter's Square for a Mass and canonization of 14 new saints on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis Honors Ugandan Pilgrims on 60th Anniversary of Martyrs' Canonization

During the Sunday Angelus prayer at St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis extended a special greeting to a large group of Ugandan pilgrims,...

Sr. Joan Agnes Matimu/Blessed Joseph Allamano. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/Vatican Media

Fr. Allamano’s Total Reliance on Missionaries of His Institute Confirmation “mission is not ours”: Kenyan Consolata Nun

The total reliance of the founder of the Institute of the Consolata Missionaries (IMC) and the Consolata Missionary Sisters (MC) on the Priests, women...

IMC Superior General, Fr. James Bhola Lengarin. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez

Consolata Missionaries Founder Canonization Time to Sing “Magnificat”: Kenyan-born Superior General, 1,300 to Witness

The joy that the Blessed Virgin Mary expressed after exchanging greetings with Elizabeth in her song of the Magnificat is inspiring members...

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“We’ve been looking forward”: Consolata Bishop in Africa Retraces Journey to Institute ahead of Founder’s Canonization

The Canonization of Blessed Joseph Allamano is an occasion that members of the two Institutes he founded have been looking forward to...

Accra Archdiocese, Religious Superiors Petition Ghana’s President to Take “decisive” Action against Illegal Mining

President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo of Ghana needs to take “immediate and decisive” action against illegal mining in the West African nation, the...

Bishop Edouard Sinayobye of Rwanda’s Catholic Diocese of Cyangugu during the 14 October 2024 press briefing in Rome. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez

Synodality Theme Foundational for Rwanda’s “national, spiritual healing”: Catholic Bishop at Vatican Press Briefing

The theme of the multi-year Synod on Synodality is foundational for the reconciliation and healing processes in Rwanda, whose citizens continue to recover from...

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“We must find ways”: Catholic Bishop in Kenya on Need for Self-Reliance in Episcopal Sees

The people of God in the Metropolitan Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu have to explore ways of realizing self-reliance, the Local Ordinary of...

Let’s Be “promoters of a Synodal Church”: Catholic Bishop in Kenya to 16 Newly Ordained Spiritan Deacons

Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe, one of the Auxiliary Bishops of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) in Kenya, has called on the 16 members of...

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Centenary Celebrations of Holy Rosary Sisters in Ghana “time for deep reflection, prayer, evaluation”: Catholic Bishop

Members of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary (MSHR) celebrating 100 years of service in Ghana have been invited to a...

Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY) in South Sudan

On St. Daniel Comboni Day, Catholic Bishop in South Sudan Recalls Saint’s “vision” for Education to Empower Africans

St. Daniel Comboni, the pioneer Catholic Bishop of Central Africa described as “one of the great missionaries in the Church's history”...

Fr. Pier Luigi Maccalli. Credit: Society of African Missions (SMA)

Catholic Missionary Priest Released after Two-Year Captivity in Mali Says He’s “free to create peace”

Fr. Pier Luigi Maccalli is celebrating four years of freedom after spending a two-year captivity in the West African nation of Mali.

Fr. Pier Luigi Maccalli. Credit: Society of African Missions (SMA)

“I returned home” to Niger: Italian Missionary Priest after Visiting West African Country on Kidnapping Anniversary

Fr. Pier Luigi Maccalli, the Italian Catholic missionary Priest who spent two years in captivity in Mali after he was kidnapped...