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Bishop Gerald Mamman Musa of the Catholic Diocese of Katsina in Nigeria. Credit: ACI Africa

Nigerian Catholic Diocese Launches Prayer Program to Foster Reconciliation in Ongoing 2025 Jubilee Year

Mar 14, 2025

By Abah Anthony John

Bishop Gerald Mamman Musa of the Catholic Diocese of Katsina in Nigeria has unveiled a series of spiritual initiatives aimed at fostering reconciliation in marking the ongoing Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year.

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Concern as Thousands of Students in Northern Nigerian Catholic Schools Forced to Stay at Home for Ramadan

Mar 14, 2025

By ACI Africa Staff

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Katsina in Nigeria is appealing to authorities in the Northern parts of the West African nation to allow learners, especially those in non-Muslim schools, to resume learning after they were forced to break for the period of Ramadan.

Bishop Mark Maigida Nzukwein of Nigeria's Catholic Diocese of Wukari. Credit: ACI Africa

How Nigerian Catholic Diocese is Facilitating “a safe environment” for Farmer-Herder Peaceful Coexistence ahead of Rains

Mar 14, 2025

By Abah Anthony John

As the 2025 rainy season in Nigeria approaches, signalling the start of planting, Bishop Mark Maigida Nzukwein of the country’s Catholic Diocese of Wukari has outlined how he is spearheading the realization of peaceful coexistence between farmers and herders ahead of the rainy season.

Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Kontagora. Credit: ACI Africa

“We’re grateful”: Catholic Bishop in Nigeria Welcomes Reinstatement of Christian Religious Knowledge in Public Schools

Mar 14, 2025

By Abah Anthony John

Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has expressed gratitude to the Niger State Government for reinstating Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) in public schools after over a decade of neglect.

Today, Sunday, March 14, We Celebrate St. Matilda

Mar 14, 2025

Matilda, Queen of Germany and wife of King Henry I was the daughter of Count Dietrich of Westphalia and Reinhild of Denmark. 

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Apostolic Nuncio Lauds Southern Africans for Spiritual Solidarity with Ailing Pope Francis

Mar 13, 2025

By Nicholas Waigwa

The Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa has expressed gratitude for the spiritual solidarity and support the people of God in the Southern African region have given to Pope Francis, who has been in hospital since February 14 where he is being treated for double pneumonia.

“May your commitment be a total surrender”: Catholic Bishop to Women Religious at Perpetual Profession in Ivory Coast

Mar 13, 2025

By Justin Assalé

Two members of the Congregation of the Oblate Sisters of the Assumption (O.A), who made their Perpetual Profession at Our Lady of Lourdes of Ivory Coast’s Catholic Diocese of Kaliola have been urged to offer themselves completely to God, following the example of the great figures of faith, especially the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Late Bishop Emeritus of Nigeria’s Ilorin Diocese Eulogized as “steadfast leader, passionate advocate for peace”

Mar 13, 2025

By Nicholas Waigwa

Bishop Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, the emeritus of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Ilorin, who died on March 8 at the age of 80 is being remembered for his dutifulness and for being a “passionate” peace advocate.

Nigerian Catholic Bishop Decries Surge in Immorality, Says Level of Corruption Warrants God’s Anger, Destruction

Mar 13, 2025

By Silas Isenjia

The Auxiliary Bishop of Enugu Diocese in Nigeria has condemned what he describes as an increasing moral decline in the West African country, saying that the people’s misdeeds warrant God’s anger and destruction.

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square, Oct. 5, 2016. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

A Timeline of Pope Francis’ 12 years As Pope: Photos

Mar 13, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Pope Francis is the 265th successor of St. Peter. Here is a timeline of key events during his papacy.

Rosary beads and tributes are placed on the sculpture of St. John Paul II on March 13, 2025, at the main entrance of Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis is being cared for. Today marks the 28th day since Pope Francis was hospitalized in Rome on Feb. 14 and also 12 years since Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis. / Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Pope Francis Marks 12th Anniversary of Pontificate and Nearly 1 Month in the Hospital

Mar 13, 2025

By Courtney Mares

On the occasion of the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy, Pope Francis received hundreds of drawings, messages, and letters from children and well-wishers worldwide.

Today, March 13, We Celebrate St. Roderick

Mar 13, 2025

Roderick, also known as Ruderic, was a priest in Cabra, Spain during the persecution of Christians by the Moors.

A statue of St. John Paul II is flanked by candles with images of Pope Francis placed there by those praying for the Holy Father as he is treated for pneumonia and bronchitis at Gemelli Hospital in Rome the evening of Feb. 21, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis X-ray Shows "improvements", Vatican Denies Plans of Papal trip to Turkey

Mar 12, 2025

By CNA Staff

Here’s the latest news on Pope Francis’ health and hospitalization.

Massacre in Plateau Nigeria on 24 December 2023. Credit: Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)

Alarm as Over 100 Catholic Priests Kidnapped across Nigeria in 10 Years, 11 Killed

Mar 12, 2025

By Agnes Aineah

Over 100 Catholic Priests have been kidnapped in Nigeria in the past 10 years, a new report has indicated, unearthing the growing persecution of Christians in the West African country.

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Catholic Bishop in Mozambique Recounts “night of terror” as Devastating Cyclone Sweeps Away Houses, Roofs of Chapels

Mar 12, 2025

By ACI Africa Staff

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Nacala in Mozambique has recounted the terrifying events of March 10 when Cyclone Jude hit several districts in the southern African country, leaving a trail of destruction.

“The joy is immense for us”: Catholic Official in Guinea Bissau on Appointment of Bishop of Bafatá Diocese

Mar 12, 2025

By João Vissesse

The Coordinator for Pastoral Ministry in the Catholic Diocese of Bafatá in Guinea-Bissau has expressed the joy of members of the Clergy following the appointment of Mons. Victor Luís Quematcha as Local Ordinary of the Bissau-Guinean Episcopal See.

In Jubilee Year Spirit, Let’s Seek “integrity, courage, selflessness” in Political Candidates: Malawi’s Catholic Bishops

Mar 12, 2025

By Silas Isenjia

Ahead of the 2025 general elections in Malawi, Catholic Bishops in the Southern African nation are calling on the electorate in the country to look out for virtues that align with the Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year in the political candidates. 

Today, March 12, We Celebrate St. Theophanes the Chronicler

Mar 12, 2025

St. Theophanes was born in Samothrace, Greece around the year 759. He was orphaned while still a young child, but was left a large inheritance. 

Catholics pray for Pope Francis at Gemelli Hospital in Rome / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Continues Prescribed Therapies, Follows Lenten Retreat Remotely, Improvements “further strengthened”: Vatican

Mar 11, 2025

By CNA Staff

Here’s the latest news on Pope Francis’ health and hospitalization.

Suspect in Abduction of Two Catholic Priests from Nigeria’s Yola Diocese “neither Mass server nor Clergy”: Bishop

Mar 11, 2025

By Abah Anthony John

The man in police custody suspected to have “masterminded” the abduction of Fr. Matthew David Dutsemi and Fr. Abraham Saummam from Nigeria’s Yola Catholic Diocese is not an Alter Server; nor is he a member of the Clergy, the Local Ordinary of the Nigerian Episcopal See has said.