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

Oct 14, 2024

By ACI Africa Staff

The people of God in the Metropolitan Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu have to explore ways of realizing self-reliance, the Local Ordinary of one of the Suffragan Dioceses in the Kenyan Metropolitan See has said. 

Episcopal Installation of Bishop  Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi as Local Ordinary of Kenya’s Military Ordinariate. Credit: KCCB

Servant of God Michael Cardinal Otunga’s Love for Military “is my inspiration”: New Bishop of the Kenyan Military

Oct 13, 2024

By Agnes Aineah

The new Catholic Bishop of Kenya’s Military Ordinariate hopes to walk in the footsteps of the Servant of God Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga, who served as the first Local Ordinary of the Military in the East African country, and is now on a journey to the sainthood.

Bishop António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo. Credit: ACN

“We have no peace”: Catholic Bishop on Insecurity in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province

Oct 13, 2024

By João Vissesse

The Bishop of Mozambique’s Catholic Diocese of Pemba has expressed concern about persistent violent conflicts in the Southern African nation’s Cabo Delgado Province that his Episcopal See covers.

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22 Orders of Women Religious in Kenya Launch Strategic Plan with Commitment to Uphold Dignity of Aging Members

Oct 13, 2024

By Agnes Aineah

For their many years of service in society, aging Catholic Sisters are heroines, and must be taken care of with dignity, the leadership of the Care for Aging Sisters Association of Kenya (CASAK) has said at the unveiling of their five-year strategic plan.

Helen Berhane. Credit: CSW

Christian Foundation Calls on Canada to Investigate YouTuber for Attacks on “former Eritrean prisoner of conscience”

Oct 13, 2024

By ACI Africa Staff

The UK-based human rights foundation, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), is calling on Canadian authorities to investigate YouTuber Selemun Syum for his recent attacks on Helen Berhane, described as “a former Eritrean prisoner of conscience”.

Pope Francis addresses the faithful during the Angelus address in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: "True wealth is being loved by God"

Oct 13, 2024

By Courtney Mares

“Let us remember this: True wealth is not the goods of this world. True wealth is being loved by God and learning to love like him,” Francis said Oct. 13.

Bishop Norman King'oo Wambua of the Catholic Diocese of Machakos in Kenya

Shun “kiosk mentality”: Bishop in Kenya Faults “unnecessary competition” in Duplicating Catholic Health Facilities

Oct 13, 2024

By Silas Isenjia

Bishop Norman King'oo Wambua of the Catholic Diocese of Machakos in Kenya has faulted the practice of duplicating Catholic health facilities in the same geographical locations, describing the move as a “kiosk mentality” that bring about “unnecessary competition”.   

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

Oct 12, 2024

By ACI Africa Staff

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 the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost Fathers/Spiritans) he ordained Deacons to help realize the theme of the multi-year Synod on Synodality, which Pope Francis extended to 2024, among the people of God.

“I vehemently call on my Catholics to lay down their tools”: Archbishop to Illegal Miners in Ghana

Oct 12, 2024

By Jude Atemanke

Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie of the Catholic Archdiocese of Accra in Ghana has called on Catholics involved in illegal mining to abandon the vice. 

Catholic University in Cape Verde to Realize Double Projects That “go beyond traditional academic training”

Oct 12, 2024

By João Vissesse

The Catholic University of Cape Verde (EU Católica) is set to launch the construction of two projects tailored to meet the social needs of the institution of higher learning, the leadership of the university has said.

Bishop José Lampra Cà. Credit: Radio Sol Mansi

Outcome of November Snap Parliamentary Election in Guinea-Bissau Should Be “good for the people”: Catholic Bishop

Oct 12, 2024

By João Vissesse

The outcome of Guinea-Bissau’s snap parliamentary poll scheduled to take place on November 24 should be for the good of the people of God in the country on West Africa’s Atlantic coast, Bishop José Lampra Cà has said. 

Pope Francis prays at the Mass in suffrage for the cardinals and bishops who have died in the past year, Nov. 2, 2022. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Writes Letter to New Cardinals: You Express the Church’s Unity

Oct 12, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis will add 21 members to the College of Cardinals at a consistory at the Vatican in December.

Pope Francis celebrated Mass on the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, June 29, 2023, where he also blessed the pallia for new archbishops. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Vatican Shares Pope Francis’ Schedule for December Consistory to Create Cardinals

Oct 12, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

On Dec. 8, Pope Francis will preside at a Mass with the College of Cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica.

Pope Francis prays with members of the Synod on Synodality during one of its meetings in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall on the morning of Oct. 12, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Catholics Invited to "adopt" Synod on Synodality Members in Prayer

Oct 12, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

The prayer campaign sends a daily email with guidance on how to pray for the “adopted” Synod on Synodality participant.

On Eve of Installation, Kenyan Catholic Bishop Appointed Military Ordinary Lauded for Discipline, Good Work Ethic

Oct 11, 2024

By Agnes Aineah

Bishop Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi who was appointed Kenya’s Military Ordinariate in August has the required balance of discipline and compassion to serve the men and women in uniform and their respective families, Bishop David Kamau Ng’ang’a, an Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) has said.

Let’s “ensure politics is truly at the service of the common good”: Catholic Official in Angola

Oct 11, 2024

By João Vissesse

The people of God in their various roles in the Church institution need see to it that politics serves the interests of members of the society, the Executive Secretary of the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Angola and São Tomé (CEAST) has said.

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

Oct 11, 2024

By ACI Africa Staff

Members of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary (MSHR) celebrating 100 years of service in Ghana have been invited to a “deep reflection, prayer and evaluation” even as they thank God for His graces over the years. 

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”

Oct 11, 2024

By ACI Africa Staff

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

Bishops and cardinals concelebrate Mass with Pope Francis to open the second assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 2, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Synod Debates on Bishops, Laypeople Opened to Public at Theology Forums

Oct 11, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

Speakers claimed an important part of synodality is implementing the proper understanding of a bishop’s authority in his diocese.

Young people lead a procession in Protomartyrs Square at the Vatican for an ecumenical prayer service on Oct. 11, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis, Synod Pray Where First Christian Martyrs of Rome Were Killed

Oct 11, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

The ecumenical prayer vigil Oct. 11 was held in Roman Protomartyrs Square inside Vatican City.