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Laurence (left) after delivering her baby Keilla Credit: Human Life International

Catholic Pro-lifers’ Last Minute Intervention Changes Mind of Rwandese Teenager on Abortion

Aug 4, 2024

By ACI Africa Staff

Laurence, aged 17, was scheduled for abortion a day before she met Human Life International (HLI) Rwanda that convinced her to choose life instead.

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Co-responsibility Necessary for Peace in Africa, Archbishop in Ghana Urges “shared commitment, collaborative efforts”

Aug 4, 2024

By Silas Isenjia

Commitment to common courses that foster harmonious relations alongside “collaborative efforts” can go a long way in ensuring peaceful coexistence in the African Sahel region, the wider West Africa, and across the African continent, Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle of Ghana’s Cape Coast Archdiocese has told participants in the July 30-31 Sahel Peace Initiative Forum.

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Insecurity in Northern Nigeria Causing a “significant decline in student enrolment”: Catholic Bishop

Aug 4, 2024

By Abah Anthony John

Student enrollment in schools in Northern Nigeria has reduced significantly due to insecurity, Bishop Gerald Mamman Musa of the country’s Catholic Diocese of Katsina has said.

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for his Angelus address on Aug. 4, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope at Angelus: "Material things do not give fullness to life"

Aug 4, 2024

By Kristina Millare

“Material things do not give fullness to life,” Pope Francis said in his Angelus address Sunday. “They are important but they do not fill life. Only love can do that.”

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Pope Francis: Reading Literature Can Enrich the Christian Life, Aid in Priestly Formation

Aug 4, 2024

By Kristina Millare

Reading, the pope insists, should not be approached with an arduous or rigid “sense of duty,” but rather with a flexibility, openness, and “readiness to learn.”

Catholic Nun in Nigeria among Finalists for $1.2 Million Opus Prize for Championing “faith-filled change”

Aug 4, 2024

By Silas Isenjia

Sr. Francisca Ngozi Uti, the founder and Executive Director of the Centre for Women Studies and Intervention (CWSI) in Abuja, Nigeria, is among the finalists for the Opus Prize 2024 worth US$1.2 million, described as “one of the world's largest faith-based awards for social entrepreneurship.”

Newly Consecrated Bishop in Ghana Urged to Embrace Neutrality, Cautioned against Allowing Church Groups “to hijack” Him

Aug 3, 2024

By Jude Atemanke

Bishop Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier of the Catholic Diocese of Damongo in Ghana has called upon the new Local Ordinary of the country’s Wa Diocese to embrace neutrality in his Episcopal Ministry.

Why Catholic Church in Nigeria is Not Ready for Married Deacons

Aug 3, 2024

By Agnes Aineah

It is highly unlikely that the Catholic Church in Nigeria will cheer up to married men being ordained Deacons, a participant at the ongoing synodal conversations has said, noting that the West African nation is not ready for such a ministry.

Catholic Youth Jubilee Year an Opportunity for “friendship, peace, brotherhood”: President of Cape Verde

Aug 3, 2024

By João Vissesse

The President of Cape Verde, José Maria Pereira Neves, has described the planned National Jubilee Year of Catholic Youths scheduled for August 4 -12 as an opportunity for the people of God in the Archipelago and island country of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean to solidify their togetherness.

Pope Francis prays during his general audience on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: What Would Happen if We Prayed More and Complained Less?

Aug 3, 2024

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Pope Francis invited the faithful to ask the Lord for “the grace to know how to pray for one another.”

Vatican Deplores Olympic "offense done to many Christians"

Aug 3, 2024

By Tina Dennelly

In a brief statement emailed to journalists in French, the Holy See said it “was saddened by certain scenes at the opening ceremony” of the Olympic Games.

Catholic Theologians Concerned about ‘tensions and conflicts” between Dioceses and Religious Communities in Africa

Aug 2, 2024

By Agnes Aineah

Tensions between women and men Religious and Bishops in African Catholic Dioceses have led to closure of some communities of Religious Orders, members of the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network (PACTPAN) and the Conference of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar (COMSAM) have said.

“Call off this protest, give government a chance to redeem itself”: Religious Leaders to Nigerians

Aug 2, 2024

By Jude Atemanke

Members of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) have appealed to citizens to call off the ongoing anti-government protests in the West African nation and give the government a chance to provide solutions to the country’s challenges. 

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Four Priests, 23 Deacons Ordained in DR Congo’s Butembo-Beni Diocese Exhorted to Always “learn, think about doing good”

Aug 2, 2024

By Jude Atemanke

Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku of the Catholic Diocese of Butembo-Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has exhorted the four Priests and 23 Deacons he ordained to focus on “doing good” as members of the Clergy. 

Catholic Bishops around the world Demand Olympic Committee Formal Apology for “blasphemous” Paris 2024 Olympic Opening

Aug 2, 2024

By CNA Staff

In a strongly worded open letter, Catholic cardinals and bishops from around the world are calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to “repudiate” and “apologize” for the “intentionally hateful mockery” of the Last Supper during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Pope Francis opens the Holy Door in L'Aquila, Italy, on Aug. 28, 2022. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Vatican Says Five Holy Doors will be Opened during 2025 Jubilee, Including at a Prison 

Aug 2, 2024

By Kristina Millare

The Jubilee of Hope will take place from Dec. 24, 2024 — Christmas Eve — to Jan. 6, 2026, the feast of the Epiphany. 

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Nigerian President Needs to “announce concrete steps beyond mere palliatives”: Onitsha Province Catholic Bishops

Aug 2, 2024

By Silas Isenjia

Catholic Bishops in  Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province in Nigeria are calling upon the country’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to make public some specific steps he is undertaking to address the various concerns citizens of the West African nations have, going beyond interventions of “palliative” nature.

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Pope Francis Acknowledges Conference for "LGBT Catholics"

Aug 2, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Pope Francis this week said he is “united in prayer” with those participating in a conference for Catholics who identify as LGBT taking place this weekend.

“It‘s very sad that the Olympics, created to unite people, are now used to divide them,” says Jacopo Coghe of Italy’s Pro Vita & Famiglia (Pro Life and Family) association. / Credit: CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

"Faith is not a game": Pro-life Association Denounces Indoctrination at Olympics

Aug 2, 2024

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

In the wake of the July 26 parody of the Last Supper led by a drag queen, an Italian pro-life association launched an awareness campaign.

Sr. Josée Ngalula. Credit: ACI Africa

Congolese Catholic Theologian Proposes Ordination of Permanent Female Deacons to Address Abuse in Church

Aug 1, 2024

By Agnes Aineah

A majority of victims of abuse in the Catholic Church are women, a Congolese Theologian has said, noting that ordination of more female deacons will see “women look after their fellow women.”