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The Human Rights Officer for the Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda in Angola has appealed for action from the government to address the menace of waste disposal near Catholic Parish and School.
Upon arrival, Francis laid white roses on a memorial stone marking the Garden of Angels and silently prayed for several moments.
Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of November is for those who have lost a child.
Female members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL) experiencing sexual harassment and abuse in non-Catholic institutions, where they serve in Africa have been urged to speak out.
Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo, the Local Ordinary the Catholic Archdiocese of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has raised questions about the “hasty Beatification” of King Baudouin of Belgium.
Early this year, Bishop Joseph Maluki Mwongela of the Catholic Diocese of Kitui in Kenya decried what he described as a poor reading culture in the East African nation.
The challenge of security in the West African nation of Nigeria, including abductions, the most recent being that of Fr. Thomas Oyode, is pitiable, the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has said.
In his Angelus address on Friday, the solemnity of All Saints, Pope Francis spoke about the “identity card” of the Christian.
“Dilexit Nos,” meaning “He Loved Us,” describes how devotion to the heart of Christ “reappears in the spiritual journey of many saints.”
The Vatican said that certain feast days are established by canon law as days of obligation. These “must be observed” and “the canon does not provide exceptions.”
For centuries, the Catholic Church widely observed All Saints’ Day (Nov. 1) as an octave, extending the holy celebration to eight days.
Faith-based organizations can transform their social ministries from challenging enterprises into sustainable ones through partnerships, designing and implementing “business” models, realizing a diverse “revenue streams” and ensuring strategic monitoring and evaluation, the Chairperson of the Association of Sisterhoods in Kenya (AOSK) has said.
The experiences of women Religious serving in non-Catholic institutions are deeply moving, Bishop Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi of the Military Ordinariate in Kenya has said, and pledged to rally other Catholic Bishops in the East African country to support the Sisters who have been said to grapple with a myriad of pastoral challenges.
Bishop Peter Marzinkowski, the pioneer Local Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of Alindao in the Central African Republic (CAR), who died October 21 has been remembered for touching many lives in his “simple yet profound” approach to life.
Pope Francis has accepted the retirement of Bishop Gaetano Di Pierro of the Catholic Diocese of Farafangana in Madagascar and appointed Bishop Marcellin Randriamamonjy of the country’s Fenoarivo Atsinanana Diocese as his successor.
“Christian education crosses unexplored terrain, marked by anthropological and cultural changes, on which we are still seeking answers ...,” the Holy Father said.
The Chairperson of the Association of Sisterhoods in Kenya (AOSK) is calling on religious congregations and faith based organizations to embrace “a paradigm shift” that seeks to transform social ministries into social enterprises to enhance sustainability.
Pope Francis received in audience members of “Project Hope,” a program of accompaniment for the healing of those who suffer consequences of abortion.
The diocesan tribunal will conclude its inquiry into the life, virtues, and holiness of Father Pedro Arrupe, SJ, with a ceremony on Nov. 14 in Rome.
Artificial Intelligence (AI), the technology that enables gadgets to simulate human faculties facilitating learning, comprehension, solving of challenges, decision making, and other possibility with creativity has the potentiality of negatively affecting interpersonal communication and relationships, members of the Nigeria Catholic Diocesan Priests' Association (NCDPA) hare warned.