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Luka Binniyat. Credit: CSW

Christian Rights Body Decries “unwarranted delays” in Nigerian Journalist’s Court Hearing

Jan 15, 2022

By Magdalene Kahiu

The leadership of the UK-based human rights foundation, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), has denounced delays in the court process of a Nigerian journalist who has been detained since November last year for allegedly criticizing Kaduna State government's laxed approach to insecurity.

Pope Francis is seen leaving a record store in Rome. Javier Martinez-Brocal/Rome Reports TV News Agency

"We must not lose our sense of humor": Pope to Journalist Who Caught Him Leaving Store

Jan 15, 2022

By Katie Yoder

After a journalist reported on Pope Francis’ surprise visit to a record store, the pope surprised him back — by writing him a letter.

New book on child Safeguarding launched at a Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar event on Saturday, 15 January 2022. Credit: JCAM

Jesuits’ Safeguarding Training Seeks to End Abusive Child Raising Structures in Africa

Jan 14, 2022

By Agnes Aineah

Most African cultures have a harsh way of raising children and do not always distinguish between disciplining the younger members of society and child abuse, a Kenyan child Safeguarding official at the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar (JCAM) has said.

Map showing the troubled region of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique. Credit: Public Domain

Catholic Peace Foundation Disputes Reported Gains against Militants in Mozambique

Jan 14, 2022

By Magdalene Kahiu

The leadership of the Catholic peace foundation, Denis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), has faulted reports that the Rwandan and Mozambican forces have stopped the operations of terrorists in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province.

Bishop Wilfred Anagbe with some beneficiaries of the scholarship. Credit: The Catholic Star Newspaper/Facebook

Catholic Diocese of Makurdi in Nigeria Reaches Out to Displaced Children with Scholarships

Jan 14, 2022

By Jude Atemanke

The Catholic Diocese of Makurdi in Nigeria has reached out to some vulnerable children in Benue State with a six-year full scholarship.

Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, in London, England, on March 14, 2011. Credit: Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk. null

Ghanaian Cardinal Urges COVID-19 Vaccination, Describes Jabs as “scientifically wholesome”

Jan 14, 2022

By Jude Atemanke

The Vatican-based Ghanaian Cardinal has encouraged the people of God in his native country to get vaccinated against COVID-19 saying the jabs are “scientifically wholesome.”

Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jullundur, who was acquitted of charges of the rape of a nun Jan. 14, 2022. Linto 11 via Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0)

Catholic Bishop in India Cleared of Charges of Raping a Nun

Jan 14, 2022

By CNA Staff

A bishop charged with the repeated rape of a nun over the course of two years was acquitted by a court in India’s Kerala state on Friday.

Fr. Lazar Arasu, the Director of Don Bosco Palabek Refugee Services. Credit: Courtesy

Ugandan Refugee Camps Register Low Turnout of Students as Schools Reopen: Catholic Priest

Jan 13, 2022

By Agnes Aineah

Schools attended by refugees in Uganda have registered a low turnout of students as learners continue to throng the country’s various learning institutions that reopened on Monday, January 10 after nearly two years of closure.

Leah Sharibu. Credit: CSW

Christian Peace Entity Lauds Nigeria’s Renewed Efforts to Rescue Leah Sharibu

Jan 13, 2022

By Agnes Aineah

UK-based human rights foundation Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has lauded renewed efforts by Nigeria’s security forces to rescue Leah Sharibu, a young Nigerian woman kidnapped in 2018 by members of the Boko Haram militant group.  

Members of the Inter-Religious Council of Ethiopia after their visit to  displaced persons in Amhara and Afar regions. Credit: Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat/Facebook

Ethiopia’s Catholic Church Reports about Religious Leaders’ Solidarity Visit to Displaced

Jan 13, 2022

By Jude Atemanke

Members of the Inter-Religious Council of Ethiopia have reached out to the displaced persons in Amhara and Afar regions of the Horn of Africa nation in a solidarity visit during which they delivered food items, the Catholic Church has reported. 

Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale of South Africa's Johannesburg Archdiocese. Credit: Sacred Photos ZA/Sheldon Reddiar

Catholic Archbishop in South Africa Says Late Anglican Archbishop was Courageous Leader

Jan 13, 2022

By Silas Isenjia

The Catholic Archbishop of South Africa’s Johannesburg Archdiocese has described the late Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu as a courageous leader who fought for the rights of the vulnerable in society.

Pope Francis opens the Holy Doors at St. Peter's Basilica to begin the Year of Mercy, Dec. 8, 2015. L'Osservatore Romano.

Vatican Unveils Motto for 2025 Jubilee Year, Summed Up in "Pilgrims of Hope"

Jan 13, 2022

By Courtney Mares

Preparations are already underway in Rome for the 2025 Jubilee, a special year of grace and pilgrimage in the Catholic Church.

Archbishop Philip Naameh of Ghana's Tamale Archdiocese. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Focus on “service of the common good”, Catholic Archbishop in Ghana Urges Politicians

Jan 13, 2022

By Jude Atemanke

Politicians in the West African nation of Ghana need to focus on the welfare of the people who voted them into office rather than their personal interests, a Catholic Archbishop in the West African country has said.

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Salesians Provide New Clean Water Source in Ghana’s Jasikan Diocese in Borehole Project

Jan 13, 2022

By Magdalene Kahiu

The U.S.-based development arm of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), Salesian Missions, has facilitated the construction of a new borehole in Nafa Nkwanta village in Ghana’s Catholic Diocese of Jasikan.

The Vatican Museums. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Full Vaccination or Recovery among New COVID-19 Rules for Visitors to Vatican Museums

Jan 13, 2022

By CNA Staff

The museums are a major source of revenue for the Holy See.

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on May 1, 2020, the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. Vatican Media.

There is Urgent Need for "spiritual fatherhood" Today: Pope Francis

Jan 13, 2022

By Courtney Mares

The pope discussed his devotion to St. Joseph in an interview with L’Osservatore Romano.

Pope Francis meets a delegation of the French Catholic Action movement at the Vatican, Jan. 13, 2021. Vatican Media.

Synodality Not a "search for majority consensus": Pope Francis

Jan 13, 2022

By CNA Staff

The pope was speaking to French Catholic Action groups.

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Salesians Facilitate “year-round” Access to Clean Water in Zambia’s Mansa Diocese

Jan 13, 2022

By Magdalene Kahiu

The people of God in Chimese village in Zambia’s Mansa Diocese have year-round access to clean water thanks to members of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) who have drilled a borehole in the region.

Sr. Elena Balatti of the Comboni Missionary Sisters (CMS) alongside participants in the peacebuilding workshop at Akobo, South Sudan, on 9 January 2022. Credit: Sr. Elena Balatti, CMS

Involve Youth in South Sudan’s Peace Talks, Catholic Missionary Sister in the Country Says

Jan 12, 2022

By Silas Isenjia

Young people in South Sudan are a key element in the conflicts in the East-Central Africa nation, a Catholic Missionary Sister serving in the country has said and proposed the inclusion of the youth in the country’s ongoing peace talks.

Logo Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC). Credit: Courtesy

Be Parents to Learners, Priest in Uganda Tells Teachers as Schools Reopen after 22 Months

Jan 12, 2022

By Agnes Aineah

Schools in Uganda are receiving children who have undergone transformation during what has been described as the world’s longest schools’ closure, a Catholic Priest serving at the Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC) has said, and made an appeal to teachers in the East African nation to “be parents” to the learners.