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Ugandan Nun Appointed Consultor of Pontifical Council for Culture Feels “humbled, honored”
Last week, Monday, November 11, 2019, when Pope Francis announced resignations and new appointments, he appointed members as well as consultors of the Vatican-based Pontifical Council for Culture, among them,...
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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 of Southern Africa (IMBISA) continued the reviewing of the five-year...
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Advocacy, Dialogue, Reconciliation Guide South Sudan Church-led Peace Process, Priest Says
Days after leaders of the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) welcomed the second postponement of the formation of a unity government contemplated in the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution...
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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 seminary gate and released two days later, Nigeria’s diocese of...
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Witnesses Better than Initiatives in Parish-based Evangelization, Pope Francis Says
Having a lot of parish initiatives is not the best way to reach people on a deeper level, Pope Francis said Monday, adding that evangelization is about giving a witness...
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Pope Francis Calls Use of Nuclear Weapons 'immoral' Ahead of Japan Trip
In a video message to the country of Japan Nov. 18, Pope Francis said he prays that the power of nuclear weapons will never again be used in the world.
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President of Vatican's Financial Watchdog Authority Ends Term
The Vatican announced Monday that René Brüelhart, president of the Vatican’s Financial Information Authority (AIF) has ended a five-year term and Pope Francis has chosen his successor.
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In Ghana, “Comprehensive Sexuality Education will not see the light of day”: Bishops
While the controversy-ridden International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25) was concluding in Kenya’s capital Nairobi with 11 States issuing a joint statement faulting the organizers of manipulating the process...
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Bureaucratic “pastoral dynamics” a Threat to Church’s Mission in Africa, A Reflection
As the Church in Africa continues to be missionary to itself by having clergy and religious men and women crossing diocesan and national ecclesiastical borders to evangelize following the 1969...
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Kenya’s Eldoret Diocese Gets New Bishop, A Papal Transfer
Pope Francis has appointed Kenyan Bishop Dominic Kimengich who has been the Local Ordinary of Kenya’s Lodwar diocese the new Bishop of Eldoret diocese in the Western region of the...
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Pope Francis: The Poor, Unborn, and Elderly are Neglected in the Frenzy of Modern Life
On the World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis said that the poor and most vulnerable can be left behind in the frenetic haste and self-centeredness of the modern world.
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Pope Francis: Women’s Voices are Needed in Vatican Leadership
Pope Francis said Saturday that more women are needed in positions of leadership in the Vatican.
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Reversing Negative Trend in “women and leadership in Africa”, Focus of Rome Conference
Ways of reversing trends demonstrating that women in Sub-Saharan Africa seem to be lagging behind in the exercise of their leadership in the various spheres of life including their presence...
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Vision for a Safe Church, Environment Preoccupy Southern Africa Bishops in 12th Plenary
Facilitators in the ongoing Plenary Assembly of the Bishops within the Southern Africa region of the continent have, over the last two days, guided the Church leaders drawn from six...
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Bishops in Ghana Petition President for Catholic University Charter
At a recent courtesy visit to their country’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, Catholic Bishops in Ghana presented a petition requesting for the Presidential Charter to the Catholic University College of Ghana...
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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, Tangaza University College (TUC) is hosting the Youth Workers' Association,...
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Peace in Africa a Political Challenge, Church Leaders Need be Prophetic: A Reflection
Days after the second edition of the Paris Peace Forum (PPF), which focused on governance solutions with emphasis on peace and security with some African countries represented came to an...
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Bishops’ Chair Appeals for “healthy collaboration among” Pastoral Agents in Ghana
At the opening of the Plenary Assembly of the Bishops of Ghana, the President of Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC), Archbishop Philip Naameh appealed for a collaborative ministry that would...
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Pope Francis' Message to Those Suffering 'at the foot of the cross'
Pope Francis told those who are sick and suffering Friday that the world needs their prayers.
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Countering ICPD25: 11-State Joint Statement Faults Summit for Secrecy, Manipulation
As the controversy-ridden International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25) comes to an end in Nairobi, Kenya, 11 governments, among them four African nations and the United States of America...
