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Yahaya Sharif-Aminu. Credit: ADF International

Christian Advocacy Group Hopes Court Hearing of Young Nigerian Will Overturn Country’s Blasphemy Laws

Sep 24, 2025

By Agnes Aineah

US-based Alliance Defending Freedom International (ADF International) has expressed optimism that the scheduled hearing in the appeal of Yahaya-Sharif Aminu, a young musician previously sentenced to death by hanging for alleged blasphemy, will overturn the country’s blasphemy laws.

Stephen Cardinal  Brislin during the opening Mass of the IMBISA golden jubilee celebration in Manzini Diocese on 24 September 2025. Credit: Kati Dijane

IMBISA Plenary, Golden Jubilee Opens with Call to Rebuild Hope, Trust amid “finite disappointments”

Sep 24, 2025

By Kati Dijane

The 14th Plenary Assembly of the Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) and the Golden Jubilee of the nine-member region has opened with a call to “renew hope and trust” amid “finite disappointments.”

Bishop Dominic Kimengich of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Eldoret. Credit: Capuchin TV

Missionary Sisters of Evangelization at 40: Newest Members in Kenya Urged to Remain Faithful to Vowed Life

Sep 24, 2025

By Sabrine Amboka

Newly professed members of the Missionary Sisters of Evangelization (MSE) in Kenya have been challenged to remain true to their vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience as the Congregation marks 40 years since it was founded. 

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At Funeral Mass, Pioneer Bishop of Nigeria’s Nsukka Catholic Diocese Eulogized as “a gift to the Church”

Sep 24, 2025

By Jude Atemanke

Bishop Francis Emmanuel Ogbonna Okobo, the pioneer Local Ordinary of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Nsukka, who passed on August 29 at the age of 88, has been eulogized as a “gift” to the Catholic Church in the West African nation.

Pope Leo XIV waves from the popemobile in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican during his weekly general audience on Sept. 24, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Reaffirms 2-state Solution for Holy Land, Warns of Escalating War in Ukraine

Sep 24, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday renewed the Holy See’s support for a two-state solution in the Holy Land and voiced concern over rising tensions in Ukraine.

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Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe Catholic Bishops Warn of “crisis of hope”, Call for National Reconciliation

Sep 24, 2025

By João Vissesse

Members of the Bishops' Conference of Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe (CEAST) have warned of a growing “crisis of hope” marked by frustration, insecurity, inequality, and poverty, urging leaders to pursue dialogue, reconciliation, social justice, and attentiveness to the people.

Bishop Martín Lasarte Topolansky of Angola’s Lwena Diocese. Credit: Lwena Diocese

Catholic Scouts in Angola Urged to Deepen Faith, Communion after Split from National Association

Sep 24, 2025

By João Vissesse

Bishop Martín Lasarte Topolansky of Angola’s Lwena Diocese has urged Catholic scouts in the country to strengthen their mission in the Church with fidelity, clarity, and communion following their official separation from the Association of Scouts of Angola (AEA).

Bishop Anthony Ademu Adaji. Credit: Nsukka Diocese

Nigerian Catholic Bishop Warns Against Growing Youth Attraction to Traditional Religion

Sep 24, 2025

By Nicholas Waigwa

The Bishop of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Idah has expressed concern over what he describes as a growing “crisis of faith” among young people in Nigeria, with many embracing “ancestral religion”.

Today, September 24, We Celebrate Blessed Anton Martin Slomshek

Sep 24, 2025

Anton Martin Slomshek who was born November 26, 1800 at Ponikva, Slovenia is the first Slovenian to be beatified.

On Eve of IMBISA Plenary, Golden Jubilee, Apostolic Nuncio Implores “peace, joy of the Risen Christ”

Sep 23, 2025

By Nicholas Waigwa

The representative of the Holy Father in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa has invoked peace and joy of the Risen Lord ahead of the 14 Plenary Assembly of the Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) and the Golden Jubilee of the organ of liaison and pastoral cooperation comprising Local Ordinaries in nine Southern African nations.

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At Bicentenary Celebration, Missionaries of Africa Founder Remembered for “legacy of faith, human dignity”

Sep 23, 2025

By Silas Isenjia

Charles Cardinal Lavigerie, the founder of the Missionaries of Africa (MAfr/White Fathers) and the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (MSOLA), has been remembered for “a legacy of faith and human dignity”.

Margaret Roche with Pauline Sisters in Nairobi, Kenya. Credit: Daughters of St. Paul

“He was definitely a very holy person”: Co-Author on Writing First Book about Kenya’s Cardinal Otunga

Sep 23, 2025

By Agnes Aineah

Many people who interacted with Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga in Kenya had a sense of the Servant of God’s sanctity.

Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR). Credit: RND Bangui

“Learn to live together, fostering mutual respect”: Cardinal Nzapalainga at Launch of Pastoral Year in Bangui, CAR

Sep 23, 2025

By Jude Atemanke

Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR) has called on the people of God in his Metropolitan See to foster mutual respect as they live together. 

Archbishop Gallagher speaks at the United Nations in New York on Sept. 23, 2025. / Credit: Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations

Vatican Rejects "false solutions such as abortion" While Defending Women’s Equality at UN

Sep 23, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Archbishop Paul Gallagher reaffirmed before the United Nations the Holy See’s commitment to promoting the dignity and equality of women.

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Interfaith Youths in Kenya End Convention with “pledge to reduce our Carbon footprint”

Sep 23, 2025

By Silas Isenjia

Young environmentalists in Kenya have concluded their two-day convention in Nairobi with a commitment to “reduce carbon footprint” and foster integral ecology in networking initiatives.

Bishop António Manuel Bogaio Constantino. Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Beira

At Perpetual Profession in Mozambique, Catholic Sisters Urged to “be beacons of hope, mercy”

Sep 23, 2025

By João Vissesse

Bishop António Manuel Bogaio Constantino has called upon three members of the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (HMC.) to live radical, courageous, and faithful lives as to become signs of mercy and hope in the contemporary world.

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Newly Ordained Priests, Deacons in Angola Urged to Foster Church’s Evangelizing Mission

Sep 23, 2025

By João Vissesse

Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingi of Angola’s Catholic Archdiocese of Lubango has urged the 19 members of the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette (MS) he ordained as Deacons and Priests to foster the evangelizing mission of the Church.

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“Enough is enough”: Sierra Leonean Catholic Diocese Speaks Out about Wave of Violence Leading Up to Priest’s Murder

Sep 23, 2025

By Agnes Aineah

Days leading to the August 30 murder of Fr. Augustine Amadu, Sierra Leone’s Catholic Diocese of Kenema where the Priest served before he was murdered witnessed a chain of attacks, including armed robbery at the Bishop’s residence, an attack at a Convent and on other Church facilities.

Today, September 23, We Celebrate St. Pio of Pietrelcina

Sep 23, 2025

On Sept. 23, the Catholic Church remembers the Italian Franciscan priest St. Pio of Petrelcina, better known as “Padre Pio” and known for his suffering, humility and miracles.

Late Fr. Matthew Eya. Credit: Catholic Diocese of Nsukka

Murder of Catholic Priest Returning from Apostolate "senseless act of violence": Official in Nsukka Diocese, Nigeria

Sep 23, 2025

By Jude Atemanke

The Catholic Diocese of Nsukka has denounced the murder of Fr. Matthew Eya as a “senseless act of violence” and a “heinous crime”.