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Pope Francis’ “feet kiss” Gesture Pays Off as South Sudan Unity Government is Formed
After intense international pressure on political leaders in South Sudan including Pope Francis’ dramatic gesture of kissing the feet of President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar, a unity government...
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Bishops in Kenya Applaud Film Regulatory Body for Banning Gay-themed Movie
The decision to ban a gay-themed movie undertaken by the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has received support from Catholic Bishops in the East African nation.
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Repent about Stolen Public Resources, Bishops in Kenya Appeal at Lenten Campaign Launch
As the war against corruption in Kenya intensifies following the launch of a six-month country-wide campaign against graft in October 2019, Catholic Bishops in the East African nation have called on the...
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A Laity’s Take of Protests against Papal Transfer of South Sudan’s Torit Bishop to Juba
As the people of God in South Sudan’s Juba Archdiocese await the decision of Pope Francis regarding his earlier transfer of Bishop Stephen Ameyu from Torit diocese to Juba, a Papal...
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Pope Francis: Ask God for the Strength to Love your Enemies
Ask God for the grace to love your enemies, Pope Francis said Sunday in a homily in the Italian city of Bari.
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Pope Francis on Middle East: War Should Never Be Considered Normal
War is madness, Pope Francis told bishops gathered in the Italian city of Bari in a speech that warned against populist sentiments and condemned countries that sell weapons that fund...
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Ecclesia in Africa @25, An Ecclesial ‘revolution’, A Threefold Gap: A Kenyan Bishop
At a conference organized to deliberate on the challenges and opportunities of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of Pope John Paul II “Ecclesia in Africa” after 25 years of its publication, a Kenyan...
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Bishops in Zambia Decry “rampant gassing of people, homes, institutions”
The reported use of a chemical on people to immobilize and attack them that has resulted in deaths and injuries in various places in Zambia has caught the attention of...
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Catholics in Nigeria to Be in Black on Ash Wednesday “in solidarity with abducted, killed”
Against the backdrop of insecurity in Nigeria, Catholic Bishops in the West African country have resolved to have all Catholics demonstrate their solidarity with the victims of kidnappings and murder...
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U.S. Diplomat Commends Loreto Sisters for Keeping South Sudanese Girls in School
The U.S. Ambassador to the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, Thomas Hushek, during his recent visit to an education and health facility run by members of the Institute for the...
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Caritas Internationalis Emergency Programs Helping Alleviate Hunger in Zambia, Zimbabwe
Almost a month after the World Food Programme (WFP) warned that a hunger crisis 'on scale we've not seen before' is looming in Southern Africa with 45 million people in need of...
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Pope Francis: Canon Law Revision Project is Concluding
Pope Francis said on Friday that canon law can be like medicine, because justice is healing for the entire Church. The pope also said that a long-running process of revising...
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Pope Francis Prays for Victims of German Shooting
Pope Francis prayed Friday for the victims of a shooting in Germany that killed nine people at two hookah bars.
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Kenya-based Catholic University Initiates a Response to Papal Call for Child Safeguarding
In an effort to respond to Pope Francis’ call that all local churches across the globe set working systems to address sexual crimes committed by clerics and religious, the Institute...
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“Reconciliation of all Ivorians” the Focus of Meeting Between Bishops and President Ouatta
Following a series of statements by Catholic Bishops in Ivory Coast calling for reconciliation and peaceful elections in the West African nation, a delegation of Prelates in the country was...
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Caritas Southern Africa Coordinators Deliberate on Funds, “dealing with natural disasters”
The challenge of natural disasters in the Ecclesiastical territories within Southern Africa and how to deal with them and having financial resources are among the deliberations of the ongoing six-day...
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Leaders of Indigenous Female Religious Orders in Central Africa to Foster Reconciliation
At the conclusion of the 33rd General Assembly of the Women's Union of Indigenous Congregations of Central Africa (UFCAAC), that brought together Major Superiors of indigenous religious congregations in central Africa,...
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Pope Francis Urges Catholic Educators to Teach Inclusive Integral Ecology
Pope Francis called for an educational revolution Thursday, telling the Congregation for Catholic Education that more effort needs to be made to accelerate the inclusiveness of education.
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Catholic Groups in Ghana Condemn U.S.-based Journalist’s Insults against Bishops
Two Catholic lay groups in Ghana have, in separate statements, expressed displeasure in the contents of a viral video by Kevin Ekow Baidoo Taylor, a Ghanaian journalist and social media commentator...
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Dozens Killed at Village in Cameroon, Bishop Declares “a day of prayer and mourning”
Following a military invasion of a village that is part of a Catholic parish in the Central African nation of Cameroon leaving 24 civilians dead and hundreds displaced, the Local...
