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Today, August 26, We Celebrate St. Jeanne Elizabeth des Bichier des Anges

Aug 26, 2025

St. Jeanne was born July 1773 at La Blanc, France and died August 26, 1838. She was canonized in 1947 by Pope Pius XII.

Credit: Communication Network for Catholic Sisters (CNCS) in Kenya

In Launched Strategic Plan, Catholic Sisters in Kenya to Engage in “income-generating media services” to Raise Funds

Aug 25, 2025

By Silas Isenjia

The five-year Strategic Plan that the Communication Network for Catholic Sisters (CNCS) in Kenya launched on August 23 provides for the Nairobi-headquartered entity to continue providing media services to raise funds for the entity of the Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya (AOSK), the Director of CNCS has said. 

Pope Leo XIV prays during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 13, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV on the Insurgency in Mozambique: Do not Forget “these brothers and sisters of ours”

Aug 25, 2025

By Agnes Aineah

Pope Leo XIV has expressed his closeness with victims of violence in Mozambique, praying for the end of the war that has left thousands dead and hundreds of thousands internally displaced and in a worsening humanitarian crisis.

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Angola’s Menongue Diocese Golden Jubilee: Local Ordinary Hails Growth in Vocations, Missionary Presence

Aug 25, 2025

By João Vissesse

Bishop Leopoldo Ndakalako of the Catholic Diocese of Menongue in Angola has hailed the pastoral and missionary growth in his Episcopal See over the past five decades and noted an increase in vocations to Priestly and Religious Life.

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“Take your destiny into your hands”: Ivorian Catholic Bishop to Youths at Conclusion of National Youth Day

Aug 25, 2025

By Justin Assalé

The President of the Episcopal Conference of Ivory Coast (CECCI) has urged young people in the West African nation to take full responsibility for their lives, their faith, and their role in society.

Pope Leo XIV greets French altar servers during an audience on Aug. 25, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: Lack of Priests is a "great misfortune" for the Catholic Church

Aug 25, 2025

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Pope Leo XIV said the shortage of priests is “a great misfortune” for the Catholic Church during an audience Aug. 25, the feast day of St. Louis IX, with French altar servers.

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Kenyan Catholic Bishop Remembers Fr. John Kaiser, Murdered 25 Years Ago, as “moral conscience” of Church, Nation

Aug 25, 2025

By Silas Isenjia

Fr. John Anthony Kaiser, the American-born member of the Mill Hill Missionaries (MHM), whose lifeless body was found along Kenya’s Nakuru-Nairobi highway on 23 August 2000 stood out as “a moral conscience” of the Church and Kenyan society, Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe has said.

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Brazilian Catholic Priest on Visit to Angola with Relics of Blessed Carlo Acutis Says “Holiness possible for everyone”

Aug 25, 2025

By João Vissesse

The Spiritual Director of the Association of Devotees of Blessed Carlo Acutis has encouraged Angola’s youths to embrace holiness as a concrete and achievable goal. 

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Angola’s Catholic Bishops Deny Involvement in Civil Society’s Call to Cancel Angola–Argentina Friendly Match

Aug 25, 2025

By João Vissesse

Members of the Bishops' Conference of Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe (CEAST) have distanced themselves from a civil society appeal to cancel the planned Angola–Argentina friendly football match, scheduled for November.

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Amid Rampant Misinformation, Content Producers at Kenya-based Sisters’ Media Reminded of “urgency” for Authentic Stories

Aug 25, 2025

By Sabrine Amboka

At the August 23 unveiling of the five-year Strategic Plan of the Communication Network for Catholic Sisters (CNCS) in Kenya, content producers at the media service of the Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya (AOSK) have been urged to ensure they publish authentic stories to counter rampant misinformation and disinformation.

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To Resolve Impasse on Burial of Zambia’s Immediate Former President, Church Leaders Call for “sincere” Dialogue

Aug 25, 2025

By Nicholas Waigwa

Church leaders in Zambia have urged the government to initiate “immediate and sincere” dialogue to resolve the impasse surrounding the burial of the country’s immediate former President, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, who passed on July 5.

Bishop Emílio Sumbelelo of the Catholic Diocese of Viana in Angola. Credit: Catholic Diocese of Viana

Angolan Bishop Cautions against Indifference, Emphasizes Love, Justice in “concrete commitment, effective solidarity”

Aug 25, 2025

By João Vissesse

Bishop Emílio Sumbelelo of the Catholic Diocese of Viana in Angola has cautioned the people in the Southern African nation against indifference to the plight of others and emphasized the need for fraternal love and the fostering of justice.

Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez is president of Nicaragua’s bishops’ conference. / Credit: Alonso3215 (CC0 1.0)

Pope Leo XIV Receives Exiled President of Nicaraguan Bishops’ Conference

Aug 25, 2025

By Walter Sanchez Silva

Pope Leo XIV received the exiled president of the Nicaraguan bishops’ conference, Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, who was expelled in 2024.

Today, August 25, We Celebrate St. Louis IX of France

Aug 25, 2025

St. Louis was born to King Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile, at Poissy on April 25th 1215. Louis was made King at only 11 years of age, and was the father of 11 children. He led an exemplary life, bearing constantly in mind his mother's words: "I would rather see you dead at my feet than guilty of a mortal sin." His biographers have written of the long hours he spent in prayer, fasting, and penance, without the knowlege of his people.

Telley Sadia, CAFOD’s Country Representative for Sudan. Credit: CAFOD

CAFOD Fights Accessibility Challenges to Save Sudan War Victims from Cholera Devastation

Aug 24, 2025

By Agnes Aineah

The current cholera devastation in Sudan, especially in the country’s Darfur region is taking a toll on the population already battered by the world’s worst humanitarian crisis following two years of heavy fighting between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

Bishop Barthélemy Yaouda Hourgo of the Catholic Diocese of Yagoua in Cameroon. Credit: Yagoua Diocese

Ahead of Cameroon’s October Presidential Poll, Yagoua Catholic Diocese Directs Daily Angelus Prayer for Peace

Aug 24, 2025

By Silas Isenjia

Bishop Barthélemy Yaouda Hourgo of the Catholic Diocese of Yagoua in Cameroon has directed daily prayer of Angelus and other forms of prayer for peace as the Central African nation approaches October presidential election.

Catholic Bishops in the Ecclesiastical Province of Abuja in Nigeria. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

Nigerians Having “sleepless nights over persistent insecurity”, Bishops in Abuja Province Lament, Call for Action

Aug 24, 2025

By Silas Isenjia

Catholic Bishops in the Ecclesiastical Province of Abuja in Nigeria are calling for an immediate action to end persistent insecurity in their Episcopal Sees, a phenomenon they say is causing the people of God in the West African nation “sleepless nights.”

Archbishop Anthony Muheria. Credit ACI Africa

Catholics in Kenya Urged to Embrace Culture of Infant Baptism, to be Faithful to All Sacraments

Aug 24, 2025

By Sabrine Amboka

The Archbishop of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri has urged the people of God in the East African country to practice all the sacraments of the Church faithfully, and to embrace the habit of getting their children baptized when they are still infants.

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd during his Angelus address on Aug. 24, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: Jesus Challenges Presumption of Those Who Think They are Already Saved

Aug 24, 2025

By Courtney Mares

Speaking from the window of the Apostolic Palace to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Aug. 24, the pope reflected on the day’s Gospel reading from Luke.

Pope Leo XIV gives his Sunday Angelus address from the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square on Aug. 24, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

President Zelenskyy Shares Letter from Pope Leo XIV on Ukraine’s Independence Day 

Aug 24, 2025

By Courtney Mares

“With a heart wounded by the violence that ravages your land, I address you on this day of your national feast,” the pope wrote in the letter.