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“Africa does not need charity”: Bishops in Africa, Europe to AU-EU Leaders, Urge Partnership with “peoples at heart”
Catholic Bishops in Africa and Europe have called on the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) leaders to build a just and equitable partnership that places the needs, rights, and dignity of African peoples at its centre, and not charity or external interests.
Today, May 15, We Celebrate St. Isidore
Isidore was born in 1070 in Madrid, Spain. His family was poor, and he labored as a farmer on the land owned by a rich man named John de Vergas.
“One of our own”: South Africa’s Augustinian Nuns Rejoice at Election of Pope Leo XIV
The May 8 election of Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the Catholic Church’s 267th Pontiff has been met with global celebration, but for Augustinian Sisters of the Mercy of Jesus (AMJ) in South Africa, the joy is especially “intimate” because the Holy Father, a member of the Order of St. Augustine (OSA/Augustinians), is one of their own.
“A momentous breakthrough”: Church in South Africa Welcomes Tiger Brands Settlement for Listeriosis Outbreak Victims
The Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has welcomed Tiger Brands’ “long-awaited” decision to compensate victims of the 2017-2018 listeriosis outbreak.
Abductors Demand Ransom to Free Catholic Priest Kidnapped from Cameroon’s Garoua Archdiocese
Abductors are demanding a ransom for the release of Fr. Valentin Mbaïbarem, who was kidnapped on May 7 from Cameroon’s Catholic Archdiocese of Garoua, the Chancellor of the Cameroonian Metropolitan See has told ACI Africa.
Kenya’s Parliament Speaker Urges Conference on Family Delegates to “harness collective strength” to protect Family Unit
Participants in the Second Pan-African Conference on Family Values (PACFV) in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, have been urged to foster synergy in the efforts to protect the institution of the family amid attacks from multiple quarters.
Pope Leo XVI, First Missionary to Become Pope in a Long, Long Time
The U.S.-born Pope spent about a dozen years as a missionary in Peru and returned there later to serve as a Bishop.
Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya Urges Religious Orders’ Jointly Owned University to Reclaim Catholic, Christ-centred Identity
The Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya has urged Tangaza University (TU), the Kenya-based institution of higher learning that is jointly owned by some 22 Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL), to reclaim its Catholic identity in every aspect of its mission and academic.
In Newly Launched Book, Angolan Catholic Priest Shares Insights into Language-Culture Relationship
Readers of the book, “Languages and Cultures – Introduction to Ethnolinguistics and African Oralities”, which was launched on Monday, May 12 are to gain insights into the relation between language and culture, the author of new publication has said.
Today, May 14, We Celebrate St. Matthias, Apostle
Matthias, whose name means “gift of God”, was the disciple chosen to replace Judas as one of the twelve Apostles. The Acts of the Apostles state that he was also one of the 72 disciples that the Lord Jesus sent out to preach the good news.
Defend Family Values, “don’t yield to pressure”: Kenya Christian Professionals Forum Official to Africa’s Leaders
Africa’s leaders need to be actively involved in defending the family institution and its values, the Chairman of the Kenya Christian Professionals Forum (KCPF) has said.
Let’s Call on West African Leaders to Provide “coordinated, efficient responses” to Religious Extremism: RECOWA Bishops
Members of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA) have proposed that those at the helm of the countries in the region put their heads together in addressing conflicts in the region, key among them religious extremism.
Catholic Church in Nigeria’s Kafanchan Diocese Desecrated, Tabernacle “forcibly opened”, Bishop Directs Reparation
The church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan was recently broken into and consecrated hosts in the tabernacle stolen, the Chancellor of the Nigerian Diocese has said.
“A builder of bridges”: Apostolic Nuncio in Angola Weighs in on Start of Pope Leo XIV’s Pontificate
Peace, dialogue, reconciliation, and global solidarity are to define the Pontificate of Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, who has been elected as the Catholic Church’s 267th Pontiff and taken the Papal name Leo XIV, the representative of the Holy Father in Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe has said.
“Pray, work for vocations”: Catholic Bishops in Angola to Christians on Good Shepherd, Vocations Sunday
On the annual event of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2025 marked on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, also known as Good Shepherd Sunday, Catholic Bishops in various Angolan Episcopal Sees have called upon the faithful to foster vocations to Priestly and Religious Life through spiritual solidarity, encouragement, and material donations.
Catholic Bishop in Kenya Calls for Strengthening Families as Foundation of Church, “social fibre of society
Bishop Cleophas Oseso Tuka of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Nakuru has emphasized the importance of strengthening the family as the foundation of the society and the Church.
“Reject hatred, retaliation”: Catholic Bishop in South Sudan Cautions after Second Church Official Killed
Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY) has cautioned against the temptation to avenge the murder of a young official of a Parish in his Episcopal See, noting that revenge will only deepen “the cycle of destruction” in the South Sudanese Catholic Diocese.
He'll Be "a fantastic Pope’": Former Holy See Ambassador, Friend of Pope Leo XIV
Francis Rooney said Pope Leo XIV will be a “fantastic pope” because he “can communicate with people in a very clear but nonthreatening way.”
Today, May 13, We Celebrate Our Lady of Fatima
May 13 is the anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady to three shepherd children in the small village of Fatima in Portugal in 1917. She appeared six times to Lucia, 9, and her cousins Francisco, 8, and his sister Jacinta, 6, between May 13, 1917 and October 13, 1917.
Newly Elected Pope Leo XIV Ushers In “new energy, new hope” with His “many hats”: Apostolic Nuncio in Nigeria
The Catholic Church has entered a new era of missionary dynamism and global unity with the May 8 election of Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the Catholic Church’s 267th Pontiff, the Apostolic Nuncio in Nigeria has said.
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