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Bishop Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi, Credit: ACI Africa

At WCD 2025 Celebrations in Nairobi, Catholic Bishop Urges “responsible” Media Engagement, Decries News Negativity

Jun 2, 2025

The Chairman of the Commission for Social Communications of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has underscored the need for Catholic journalists to engage the media responsibly, shunning the traditional media practice that fosters news negativity through a focus on misfortunes and tragedies.

Nigeria’s Catholic Priests “an endangered species”: Catholic Bishop Decries Surge in Abductions of Clergy

Jun 2, 2025

Bishop David Ajang of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Lafia has condemned the growing trend of abductions and killings targeting the Catholic Clergy in the country.

Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo. Credit: Catholic Diocese of Oyo

WCD 2025 Theme, Sharing Hearty Hope “with gentleness”, Relevant for All: CEPACS President Urges “disarmed communication”

Jun 2, 2025

The 2025 World Communications Day (WCD) theme, “Sharing with gentleness the hope that is in your hearts,” is relevant to the people of God across the globe, not just to media practitioners, the President of the Pan African Episcopal Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS) has said. 

Vatican Confirms Cardinal Otunga’s Sainthood Cause “not stagnated”, Renews Hope for First Kenyan-born Saint

Jun 2, 2025

Mons. Angelo Romano, a Vatican Relator at the Dicastery of the Causes of Saints, has renewed hope in the cause of Sainthood of the Servant of God Michael Maurice Cardinal Otunga, noting that the process that started some 15 years ago is “still alive”.

Catholic Archbishop Urges Faith, Perseverance amid Nigeria’s Crises During Marian Rosary Procession

Jun 2, 2025

Amid growing economic and social challenges in Nigeria, Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Nigeria’s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has urged the people of God in his Episcopal See not to give in to despair but to remain steadfast in faith, seeking the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Today, June 2, We Celebrate Sts. Marcellinus and Peter

Jun 2, 2025

On June 2, the Catholic Church remembers two fourth-century martyrs, Saints Marcellinus and Peter, who were highly venerated after the discovery of their tomb and the conversion of their executioner.

Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN). Credit: ACI Africa

Share Cardinal Otunga’s Legacy with Future Generations: Catholic Archbishop to Kenyans at Fundraising Dinner

Jun 1, 2025

Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) has urged the people of God in Kenya to keep alive the legacy of the Servant of God Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga in engagements and sharing that make known the virtues he exemplified, especially to younger generations.

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Realizing “integral development” in Spiritan Missions in Kenya Key Objective of Project Management Training: Facilitator

Jun 1, 2025

The Wednesday, May 28 project management and implementation workshop that targeted members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans/Holy Ghost Fathers/CSSp.) serving in the Province of Kenya and South Sudan aimed to equip the beneficiaries with strategies to realize “integral development” in their respective missions, the facilitator has said.

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Violation of Children’s Right to Food “a serious challenge in Angola”: Catholic Official

Jun 1, 2025

The Vice Coordinator of the Child Pastoral Ministry in Angola’s Catholic Diocese of Viana has expressed concern about the violation of children’s right to food in the Southern African nation, describing it as a national crisis that demands urgent intervention from government and civil society.

Caritas Angola to Launch “Women and Life” Initiative for Empowerment, Combatting Gender-Based Violence

Jun 1, 2025

Caritas Angola is set to launch a new initiative dubbed “Women and Life” aimed to empower and address the challenge of gender-based violence in the Southern African nation.

The Veil of Manoppello, which is kept in a church in Manoppello, Italy, known as the Santuario del Volto Santo. / Credit: Sonovision

What Did Jesus Look Like? New Documentary Explores 3 Divine Images 

Jun 1, 2025

“The Face of Jesus” examines two images of Christ — the Shroud of Turin and the Veil of Manoppello — as well as the image of the Divine Mercy.

Today, June 1, We Celebrate St. Justin Martyr

Jun 1, 2025

"We are slain with the sword, but we increase and multiply; the more we are persecuted and destroyed, the more are deaf to our numbers. As a vine, by being pruned and cut close, shoots forth new suckers, and bears a greater abundance of fruit; so is it with us." – St. Justin Martyr

Bishop Michael Miabesue Bibi of Cameroon’s Catholic Diocese of Buea. Credit: Buea Diocese

Christ’s Ascension Start of “His eternal reign, presence among us in new, profound way”: Catholic Bishop in Cameroon

May 31, 2025

The Ascension of Jesus Christ started off His everlasting reign, becoming present in human life in ways that are “profound”, Bishop Michael Miabesue Bibi of Cameroon’s Catholic Diocese of Buea has said.  

Bishop Michael George Msonganzila of Tanzania’s Catholic Diocese of Musoma, Credit: Radio Maria Tanzania

Cultivate Holiness Beyond Worship Spaces, “give off fragrance of holy chrism”: Tanzanian Bishop at Church Consecration

May 31, 2025

Bishop Michael George Msonganzila of Tanzania’s Catholic Diocese of Musoma has warned that consecrated places of public worship may lose their meaning if the people of God do not draw from the holiness present within them to nurture holiness in their own lives.

Bishop Gerald Mamman Musa of the Catholic Diocese of Katsina in Nigeria. Credit: ACI Africa

Practice Constructive, Peace Journalism in Reporting Insecurity, Banditry in Nigeria: Catholic Bishop to Journalists

May 31, 2025

Bishop Gerald Mamman Musa of the Catholic Diocese of Katsina in Nigeria is calling on media practitioners to practice constructive and peace journalism in reporting insecurity, banditry, and violence in the West African nation.

Holy Orders Grants “power to serve”: South African Bishop at Ordination in Kenya, Cautions against Authority Misuse

May 31, 2025

Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa of South Africa’s Catholic Diocese of Kokstad has cautioned the newly ordained Deacons and Priests belonging to the Congregation of the Missionaries of Mariannhill (CMM) against the temptation to misuse the authority that comes with the Sacrament of Holy Orders.

Today, May 31, We Celebrate the Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary

May 31, 2025

Assuming that the Annunciation and the Incarnation took place around the time of the vernal equinox, Mary left Nazareth at the end of March and went over the mountains to Hebron, south of Jerusalem, to wait upon her cousin Elizabeth. 

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General Meeting of Regional Superiors in Africa 2025 Ends with Call to “show the world way to synodality, hope”

May 30, 2025

The Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Conference of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar (COMSAM) has concluded in South Africa with a call on members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL) in Africa to spearhead the application of the multi-year Synod on Synodality, which concluded with a Final Document, and the ongoing Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year being realized under the theme, “Pilgrims of Hope”.

Some members of the Episcopal Conference of Benin (CEB). Credit: CEB

Over 50 Soldiers Killed in Benin, Catholic Bishops Express Solidarity with Bereaved Families

May 30, 2025

Members of the Episcopal Conference of Benin (CEB) have expressed their spiritual closeness with families of 54 soldiers, who were killed in two separate attacks reportedly by Islamist militants in April.

Parishioners of St. Joseph the Worker Tshopo Catholic Parish of Kisangani Archdiocese in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) attending Holy Mass at the Marian Grotto. Credit: Archdiocese of Kisangani

Parish Church in Kisangani Archdiocese, DR Congo, Closed for Reparation after Desecration, Tabernacle “forced open”

May 30, 2025

The church of St. Joseph the Worker Tshopo Catholic Parish of Kisangani Archdiocese in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was recently broken into, the tabernacle forcefully opened, and the Blessed Sacrament consumed by the desecrators, the Local Ordinary of the Congolese Metropolitan See has said.