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Africa is Facing “a debt crisis of deep moral urgency”: UN Official at Church's G20 Social Summit Gathering

Nov 20, 2025

By Silas Isenjia

The United Nations (UN) Women Adviser for East and Southern Africa has decried the continent's increasing debt terming it as a crisis that requires serious moral intervention.

Fr. Bobbo Paschal. Credit: Kaduna Catholic Archdiocese

Kidnapped Nigerian Priest Still Alive, Catholic Archdiocese Clarifies after Social Media Accounts of Cleric’s Murder

Nov 20, 2025

By Jude Atemanke

The Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna in Nigeria has refuted circulating social media reports that Fr. Bobbo Paschal, abducted on November 17, has been killed. 

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Microsoft Says it Will Not Discriminate against Religious Groups after Investor Criticism

Nov 20, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

On Oct. 10, Microsoft and Boyer Research, a group of shareholders represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal group, signed the agreement.

Pope Leo XIV visits the tomb of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, on Nov. 20, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Prays at Tomb of St. Francis of Assisi

Nov 20, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV traveled to Assisi on Thursday to meet with Italian bishops and pay homage to St. Francis.

Bishop Yohana Dauwa Bulus of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Kontagora. Credit: ACI Africa/Catholic Diocese of Kontagora

Nigeria “no longer safe for children”: Catholic Bishop on Abduction of 25 School Girls

Nov 20, 2025

By Abah Anthony John

Bishop Yohana Dauwa Bulus of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has raised concern about the safety of children in the West African country following the November 17 abduction of 25 schoolgirls from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State.

Today, November 20, We Celebrate St. Bernward

Nov 20, 2025

Saint Bernward served as the thirteenth Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany during the middle of the tenth century. His grandfather was Athelbero, Count Palatine of Saxony. After having lost his parents, Bernward was sent to live with his uncle Volkmar, who was the Bishop of Utrecht. 

Sr. Nina Krapić, Communication Expert at The Vatican Dicastery for Communication (DFC). Credit: ACI Africa

Clergy, Religious Cautioned against Social Media “celebritization” at Communicators Meeting in Kenya

Nov 19, 2025

By Nicholas Waigwa

The rapidly evolving digital environment is introducing new pressures that sometimes lead Clergy and the men and women Religious toward “celebritization”, a  communication expert at the Dicastery for Communication (DFC) has warned.

The Secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization, Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu. Credit: ACI Africa

Selfishness Destroying African Societies, Vatican-based Catholic Archbishop Says, Urges Shift to Christ-Centered Love

Nov 19, 2025

By Abah Anthony John

The Secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization, Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, has cautioned that a growing culture of selfishness is eroding Africa’s social values, weakening communal bonds, and threatening the transformative power of the Gospel across the continent.

A poster announcing the G20 summit. Credit: SACBC

Official of Bishops’ Conference in Southern Africa Urges G20 Leaders to Courageously Reform Global Debt System

Nov 19, 2025

By Silas Isenjia

The Secretary General of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) is urging G20 leaders to courageously reform the global debt system to foster hope across the African continent.

Mons. Anthony Onyemuche Ekpo. Credit: Vatican media

Pope Leo XIV Appoints Nigerian Priest as Assessor for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State

Nov 19, 2025

By Silas Isenjia

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Mons. Anthony Onyemuche Ekpo, who has been serving as Under-Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, as the assessor for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State.

Pope Leo XIV listens to reports from seven representatives around the world about the implementation of synodality on their continents during the jubilee of synodal teams and participatory bodies at the Vatican on Oct. 24, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Synod on Synodality Reports Reveal Continued Study on Women, But Not Female Diaconate

Nov 19, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

The reports also show that a new group on the liturgy, requested by Pope Leo XIV, is not addressing the Vatican’s controversial restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass.

Bishop Wallace Ng'ang'a at the Annual Consultative Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. Credit: Kenya Catholic Bishops Conference (KCCB)

“No voice is insignificant”: Kenyan Bishop Urges Catholic Communicators to Embrace Collaboration and Capacity Building

Nov 19, 2025

By Sabrine Amboka

The Chairman of the Commission for Social Communication of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has called on Church communicators in the East African country to deepen collaboration and prioritize capacity building in their apostolate, reminding them that no voice within the Church’s communication ministry is insignificant.

Pope Leo XIV answers questions from journalists as he leaves the papal residence of Castel Gandolfo on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. / Credit: Video capture/Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Says He Hopes to Visit Portugal, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, and Uruguay

Nov 19, 2025

By David Ramos

Pope Leo XIV said he would love to travel and his top destinations are the Marian shrines of Fátima in Portugal and Guadalupe in Mexico.

Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Nov. 19, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Calls for Ecological Conversion and Support for Contemplative Life

Nov 19, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

At his general audience, Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to “connect faith with reality,” saying the death and resurrection of Christ form the “foundation” of an integral ecology.

Pope Leo XIV. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

How Pope Leo XIV Typically Spends His Day Off

Nov 19, 2025

By Walter Sanchez Silva

In reply to journalists’ questions last night as he left Castel Gandolfo, which he now regularly visits, Pope Leo XIV described his typical Tuesday day off.

The Vatican did not release any details about what was discussed during the Nov. 19, 2025, meeting Pope Leo XIV held with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Office of Gov. JB Pritzker

Pope Leo XIV Meets with His Home State’s Governor

Nov 19, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Pope Leo XIV met with the governor of his native Illinois, JB Pritzker, on Wednesday at the Vatican.

Sr. Nina Krapić, Communication Expert at The Vatican Dicastery for Communication (DFC). Credit: ACI Africa

Vatican Communication Expert Urges Catholic Media Entities in Kenya to Amplify Voices of Women Religious

Nov 19, 2025

By Nicholas Waigwa

A communication expert at the Dicastery for Communication (DFC) has called on leaders of Catholic media organizations in Kenya to give women Religious, especially those serving in marginalized communities, a platform to showcase the work they are doing in their various apostolates.

Today, November 19, We Celebrate St. Raphael Kalinowski

Nov 19, 2025

Saint Raphael was born  in 1835 as Joseph, son of Andrew and Josepha Kalinowski in present day Lithuania. Saint Raphael felt a call to the priesthood early in his life, but decided to complete his education. He studied zoology, chemistry, agriculture, and apiculture at the Institute of Agronomy in Hory Horki, Russia, and at the Academy of Military Engineering in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Bishop Wallace Ng'ang'a at the Annual Consultative Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. Credit: Kenya Catholic Bishops Conference (KCCB)

Let’s Maintain “Catholic identity in all our communications”: Kenyan Bishop at Start of Annual Consultative Meeting

Nov 18, 2025

By Sabrine Amboka

The Chairman of the Commission for Social Communication of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has urged Catholic media practitioners in Kenya to remain firmly rooted in their faith as they practice their profession in an increasingly dynamic media landscape.

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Over 100 Christians Killed, Six Churches Ransacked in Nigeria in Two Weeks: Intersociety Report

Nov 18, 2025

By ACI Africa Staff

Barely two weeks following U.S. President Donald Trump’s designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), persecution of Christians in the West African nation continued unabated, according to the latest report by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety).