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Caritas Freetown is constructing a residence to rehabilitate young girls adducted to kush drug. Credit: Caritas Freetown

In Extensive Campaign, Caritas Freetown Constructs Rehab Centre for Underage Girls Addicted to Killer Drug “kush”

Oct 27, 2025

By Agnes Aineah

Young girls under the age of 14 who are addicted to the killer drug “kush” in Sierra Leone will find help in an ongoing campaign by Caritas Freetown to address the rampant use of the substance, which has been officially classified by authorities in the country as  a national epidemic.

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Salesian Leaders in Africa Chart New Path for “sustainability of formation, effective animation” at Meeting in Ethiopia

Oct 27, 2025

By ACI Africa Staff

In a gathering aimed at charting a new path for formation of members, leaders of the Religious Institute of Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) from across Africa met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa of Malawi’s Catholic Archdiocese of Blantyre. Credit: ACI Africa

“Continue to be prophetic, voice of the voiceless”, Archbishop Urges Malawi’s Church Leaders in Post Election Reflection

Oct 27, 2025

The Archbishop of Malawi’s Catholic Archdiocese of Blantyre has underscored the essential role of Church leaders in guiding and forming the moral conscience of the people of God, especially during general elections.

A portrait of a young St. John Henry Newman hangs in Cathedral High School, part of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, in Houston. / Credit: Amira Abuzeid/CNA

Meet 10 Patron Saints of Catholic Education, Students, and Teachers

Oct 27, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Newman will join a list of several other Catholic saints considered patrons of other aspects of education. Get to know them here.

Pope Leo XIV addresses the audience in his homily at a Mass on Oct. 27, 2025, marking both the start of the academic year at Rome’s pontifical universities and the opening day of the Jubilee of the World of Education. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV Urges University Students to Feed "hunger for truth and meaning"

Oct 27, 2025

By Courtney Mares

Pope Leo XIV urged university students to feed their “hunger for truth and meaning,” lamenting that modern education often loses sight of the “big picture.”

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday Angelus on Oct. 26, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo to Pray at Tomb of St. Charbel During First Apostolic Journey to Turkey, Lebanon

Oct 27, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

The trip will center on two key moments: a pilgrimage to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea and a visit to the tomb of St. Charbel Makhlouf.

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Peace, Stability Essential for Church’s Mission “to bear lasting fruit”: South Sudanese Catholic Bishop

Oct 27, 2025

By Nicholas Waigwa

Unless South Sudan’s instability is resolved, the evangelization mission of the Church in the country may not progress effectively, the Local Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of Yei has said.

Today, October 27, We Celebrate St. Frumentius of Ethiopia

Oct 27, 2025

St. Frumentius helped in a great capacity to bring Christianity to Ethiopia. He was born in Lebanon, and was shipwrecked in East Africa while voyaging on the Red Sea. Only he and his brother, Aedeius, survived.

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“Their joy alone gives me strength”: South Sudanese Catholic Bishop Praises Resilience of Faithful in His Diocese

Oct 27, 2025

By Nicholas Waigwa

Bishop Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo of South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Yei has lauded the resilience of the people of God under his pastoral care amid ongoing economic, political, and security challenges in the world’s newest country.

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Let’s Live “certain of the presence of God”: Catholic Archbishop of Luanda at Launch of Marian Crusade

Oct 26, 2025

By João Vissesse

Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias of the Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda in Angola has encouraged the people of God to live each day rooted in the certainty of God’s presence and guided by virtues of faith and hope.

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“Secure the population”: Archbishop to Authorities after Robbery at Catholic Hospital in Kisangani Archdiocese, DR Congo

Oct 26, 2025

By Jude Atemanke

Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has called on security agencies in the country to take urgent action to protect citizens and their property following an armed robbery at Kabondo General Referral Hospital, a health facility under his Metropolitan See.

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St. John Paul II’s Legacy, Impact on Africa He Called “continent of hope”: Highlights from Washington, D.C. Celebration

Oct 26, 2025

By ACI Africa Staff

African Catholics have marked this year’s Feast Day of St. John Paul II against the backdrop of two commemorations: 40 years since the late Pope’s August 1985 pastoral visit to Cameroon and 30 years since his 14 September 1995 post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Church in Africa and its evangelizing mission towards the year 2000, Ecclesia in Africa, which he issued in the same Central African nation.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates a Mass of episcopal consecration at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica on Oct. 26, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope Leo XIV: The First Lesson for Every Bishop is Humility

Oct 26, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Leo XIV consecrated Mons. Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski a bishop during a Mass at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 26, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies on the 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Oct. 26, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Leo: Don’t Let Tension Between Tradition, Novelty Become "harmful polarizations"

Oct 26, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass for the closing of the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies, part of the Church’s wider Jubilee of Hope in 2025. 

Today, October 26, We Celebrate St. Evaristus, Pope

Oct 26, 2025

St. Evaristus was the son of a Greek Jew, originally from Bethlehem, and was the sixth Pope of the Catholic Church. He is traditionally considered a martyr, but there is no documentation of the event. He is buried in the Vatican, near Saint Peter.

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Double Jubilee of Ghana’s Cape Coast Archdiocese to Highlight Years of Faith and Service: Local Ordinary

Oct 25, 2025

By ACI Africa Staff

Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle of Ghana’s Cape Coast Archdiocese has called on Catholics in Ghana to give thanks to God as his Metropolitan See prepares to celebrate a Double Jubilee—marking both the ongoing Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year and the Diamond Jubilee of the elevation of the Cape Coast Church to an Archdiocese.

Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa. Credit: Virginia Kabugu/Nairobi

Vocations Boom in Malawi is a Blessing and “heavy responsibility”: Commission for Seminaries Chairman

Oct 25, 2025

By Nicholas Waigwa

The Chairman of the Commission for Seminaries at the Malawi Conference of Catholic Bishops (MCCB) has described the increase in priestly and religious vocations across the southeastern African nation as both a “blessing” and a “heavy responsibility” for the local Church.

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Togo’s Robust Church: Coffee, Couture, and Copious Vocations

Oct 25, 2025

By Victor Gaetan

Coffee production requires great devotion, especially if those harvesting the beans are Catholic monks. High in a mountainous region of southwest Togo, a narrow West African country squeezed between Ghana and Benin, stands the Benedictine Abbey of the Assumption of Dzogbégan.

Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa at the G20 Presidency Summit in South Africa. Credit: South African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC)

South Africa’s G20 Presidency: Catholic Bishop Calls for Inclusive Systems for World’s Vulnerable Populations

Oct 25, 2025

By Sabrine Amboka

The chairperson of the Social Action Department at the South African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC) has appealed to global leaders to take bold, tangible actions that promote justice, equity, and inclusion for the world’s most vulnerable populations during the ongoing Group of Twenty (G20) Presidency in South Africa.

Pope Leo XIV claps with pilgrims during an audience for the Jubilee of Hope in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 25, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Leo XIV Gives Advice for Living with Hope in a "troubled era"

Oct 25, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Leo XIV said the key to living in a difficult time, when the Church’s teachings are often challenged, is to embrace the hope that is “not knowing.”