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ACI Africa Staff

ACI Africa Staff

ACI Africa was founded in 2019. We provide free, up-to-the-minute news affecting the Catholic Church in Africa, giving particular emphasis to the words of the Holy Father and happenings of the Holy See, to any person with access to the internet. ACI Africa is proud to offer free access to its news items to Catholic dioceses, parishes, and websites, in order to increase awareness of the activities of the universal Church and to foster a sense of Catholic thought and culture in the life of every Catholic.

Helen Berhane. Credit: CSW

Christian Foundation Calls on Canada to Investigate YouTuber for Attacks on “former Eritrean prisoner of conscience”

The UK-based human rights foundation, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), is calling on Canadian authorities to investigate YouTuber Selemun Syum for his recent...

Ghanaian Archdiocese Partners with Religious Superiors in Planned “environmental prayer walk” against Illegal Mining

The Catholic Archdiocese of Accra in Ghana is inviting the people of God to take part in a walk against illegal mining...

Pope Francis to Create 21 New Cardinals in December 8 Consistory, Including Two Archbishops in Africa

Pope Francis has announced a Consistory for the creation of 21 new Cardinals, who are to include two Archbishops from...

At Synod on Synodality, SECAM President Outlines “four-phase plan” to Address Challenge of Polygamy in Africa

The President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has outlined “a four-phase plan” that he said Catholic...

At Launch of Mission Month in Malawi, Catholic Bishop Urges Praying the Holy Rosary, Acts of Generosity

Bishop Peter Adrian Chifukwa of Malawi’s Catholic Diocese of Dedza has invited the people of God in the Southern African nation to participate in...

Fr. Alain Mayama, Superior General of the Spiritans

On Founder’s Day, 321-year-old Order with Dominant African Membership Launches Phase II of “Animation Plan” for Mission

The leadership of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans/Holy Ghost Fathers/CSSp.), the 321-year-old Missionary Congregation with members in all continents, most...

Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bamenda in Cameroon. Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Bamenda

Cameroonian Catholic Archdiocese Announces “a second collection during all Masses” to Support Flood Victims

Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bamenda in Cameroon has directed all parishes and outstations in his Metropolitan See to hold...

“You are part of a rich legacy, a global family”: Apostolic Nuncio to Catholic University of South Sudan Students

The representative of the Holy Father in South Sudan has underscored the important place the Catholic University of South Sudan (CoUSS) holds...

Annual pilgrimage to Subukia National Marian Shrine of parishioners of St. Austin’s Msongari Parish of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi. Credit: ACI Africa

Annual Pilgrimage to Subukia Marian Shrine “the heart of our parish culture”: Kenya’s Oldest Inland Parish Pilgrims

The annual pilgrimage to Subukia National Marian Shrine that parishioners of St. Austin’s Msongari Parish of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi have undertaken since 2016 is...

Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua (right) and Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru (left)

Catholic Bishop of Machakos Diocese in Kenya Appointed Apostolic Administrator of Country’s Wote Diocese

Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua of the Catholic Diocese of Machakos in Kenya has been appointed as the Apostolic Administrator of the country’s Wote Diocese.

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“Draw strength from prayer”: Catholic Bishop to Theology Students of Missionary Institute in Ivory Coast

Bishop Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi of the Catholic Diocese of  San Pedro in Ivory Coast has urged students of the Catholic Missionary Institute of Abidjan (ICMA)...

Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of the country’s Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY) . Credit: CDTY

Catholic Bishop in South Sudan Hopeful Extension of Mandate of Transitional Government Will Prepare Country for Election

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura -Yambio (CDTY) in South Sudan has expressed optimism that the extensions of mandate of the South...

Launch of the new pastoral year in the Archdiocese of Abidjan in Ivory Coast. Credit: ACI Africa

“The body of Christ must be synodal”: Ivorian Catholic Archbishop at Launch of New Pastoral Year

Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abidjan in Ivory Coast has called on the Church in the country to be truly...

Let’s Join AA Kenya to Honor Lives Lost in Road Accidents in Sunday “special prayer”: Catholic Archbishop of Nairobi

Archbishop Philip Anyolo Subira of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) has called upon the people of God under his pastoral care to join...

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Voter Apathy in Malawi’s Previous Elections “a serious threat to democracy”: Catholic Peace Commission ahead of Polls

Coordinators of the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) in Malawi are concerned about voter apathy observed in the...

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Catechists in Kenya’s Nairobi Ecclesiastical Province Urged to Transition to Digital Culture in Teaching Christian Faith

Catechists in the Ecclesiastical Province of Nairobi in Kenya have been urged to transition from the traditional ways of teaching...

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah at the Edo Governorship Election Security Townhall. Credit: The Kukah Centre

Let’s “stop the fear, tension that rises before elections”: Catholic Bishop Appeals ahead of Poll in Nigeria’s Edo State

As the electorate in Nigeria’s Edo State prepares to elect a new Governor, there is need for the people of...

Installation of Archbishop Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Bouaké Archdiocese in Ivory Coast. Credit: ACI Africa

“Watch over, defend the people of God”: Cardinal in Ivory Coast to New Archbishop at Installation

Jean-Pierre Cardinal Kutwa of Ivory Coast has called upon the new Local Ordinary of the country’s Catholic Archdiocese of Bouaké to shepherd the...

President Salva Kiir of South Sudan. Credit: Office of the Presidency of South Sudan

South Sudan’s Presidency “reaches consensus” on Two-year Transitional Government Extension, Adjourn Polls to 2026

The Presidency of South Sudan has agreed to extend the mandate of the country’s transitional government of national unity by...

Expansion of Kenya-based Catholic Psycho-Spiritual Institute to Nigeria in “final stage”: Founder

Plans to extend the services of the Kenya-based Psycho-Spiritual Institute (PSI) to the West African nation of Nigeria are in the “final...