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Bishop Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi addresses participants during the Sahel Peace Initiative (SPI) National Forum. Credit: Catholic Trends

“Things are getting worse”: Catholic Bishop in Ghana Demands Radical System Overhaul to Address Youth Unemployment

Jul 17, 2025

The President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC) has demanded that the government radically overhauls the country’s political and education systems to address the growing crisis of youth unemployment in the West African nation.

Archbishop José Manuel Imbamba. Credit: Radio Ecclesia

Catholic Church in Angola Partners with Police in National Campaign to Curb Road Accidents

Jul 17, 2025

The Catholic Church in Angola has joined forces with the country’s National Police in a nationwide campaign aimed at raising awareness and reducing traffic accidents in the country.

Ahead of Africa’s Catholic Bishops’ Assembly in Rwanda, SECAM Highlights Plenary Purpose, Participants, Vision

Jul 16, 2025

The leadership of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has highlighted the purpose and vision of the July 30 – August 4 Plenary Assembly that is to gather hundreds of participants from across Africa and invitees “from other continents” in the capital city of Rwanda, Kigali. 

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Passing On of Former Nigerian President at London Hospital Part of “tide of medical tourism”: Catholic Archbishop

Jul 16, 2025

The passing on of the immediate former President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, at a London health facility in the United Kingdom (UK) is part of the “tide of medical tourism” in the West African nation, Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins of the country’s Lagos Catholic Archdiocese has lamented.

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Ahead of First-Ever SIGNIS World Congress in Africa, Board Approves Theme, Subthemes for 2026 Rwanda Event

Jul 16, 2025

The Board of the World Catholic Association for Communication, SIGNIS, has approved the theme and seven subthemes to guide the planned 2026 SIGNIS World Congress in Rwanda, the first-ever SIGNIS World Congress in Africa.

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Charity Pledges Continued Support in Forming Future Priests in Nigeria amid Rise in Vocations

Jul 16, 2025

Catholic charity and Pontifical Foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International has expressed a commitment to continue supporting the formation of future Priests in Nigeria where the foundation has observed an exponential growth in vocations.

Episcopal ordination of Bishop Augustin Simmel Ndiaye as Local Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of Saint-Louis Du Sénégal. Credit: Catholic Diocese of Saint-Louis Du Sénégal

Newly Consecrated Catholic Bishop in Senegal Urged to Embrace Missionary Zeal in Episcopal Ministry

Jul 15, 2025

Archbishop Benjamin Ndiaye has called upon the new Bishop of Senegal’s Catholic Diocese of Saint-Louis Du Sénégal to demonstrate passionate commitment to spreading the Gospel in his Episcopal Ministry.

Bishop Gabriel Ghiakhomo Dunia of the Catholic Diocese of Auchi in Nigeria. Credit: ACI Africa

Abducted Seminarians’ Parents in Nigeria Cautioned against “fear, threats, intimidation”

Jul 14, 2025

Families of the three Seminarians abducted from the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in  Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Auchi during the July 10 attack that claimed the life of Christopher Aweneghieme, a security guard at the Seminary, have been urged to remain steadfast in faith.

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Mozambique’s First Women’s Congregation Braving the Wild to Care for Over a Million Displaced by Terrorists

Jul 14, 2025

Members of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God (SMIC), reportedly the first female Congregation in Mozambique, are risking their lives to care for hundreds of thousands victims of religious extremism uprooted from their homes in the Northern regions of the Southern African country.

Archbishop Benjamin Phiri of the Archdiocese of Ndola, during the Eucharistic Celebration to mark the Jubilee of Hope Pilgrimage for Communicators in his Metropolitan See. Credit: Ndola Archdiocese

At Pilgrimage in Zambia, Catholic Media Practitioners Challenged to “be communicators of hope”

Jul 14, 2025

Archbishop Benjamin Phiri of the Archdiocese of Ndola in Zambia has challenged Catholic media practitioners to keep in mind their professional calling to be instruments of hope for the good of the people of God consuming their content.

Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias of the Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda in Angola. Credit: ACI Africa

Catholics in Angola Urged to Foster St. Benedict’s Motto, “pray and work”

Jul 14, 2025

Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias of the Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda in Angola has highlighted the motto of St. Benedict, “Ora et labora” (pray and work), as vitally important in the life of the people of God.

Bishop Neil Augustine Frank of South Africa’s Catholic Diocese of Mariannhill. Credit: SACBC

Newly Ordained Priests, Deacons in South Africa Cautioned against Clericalism, Urged to Foster “synodal” Priesthood

Jul 14, 2025

Candidates for Holy Orders, coming from among the people of God and sent back to the people of God to serve them, must steer off clericalism, the tendency, on the part of the Clergy, to emphasize authority and influence to the detriment of the Laity, Bishop Neil Augustine Frank of South Africa’s Catholic Diocese of Mariannhill has said.

Bishop Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti of the Catholic Diocese of Cabinda in Angola. Credit: Nelsinho Nbada

Shun Partisan Politics, Be “light” amid Crisis: Spiritan Bishop in Angola to Confreres at Priestly Ordination

Jul 14, 2025

Bishop Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti of the Catholic Diocese of Cabinda in Angola has urged two members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (CSSp./Holy Ghost Fathers/Spiritans) he ordained Priests to shun partisan politics.

Archbishop Inácio Saúre of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nampula in Mozambique. Credit: Nampula Archdiocese

Hunger in Mozambique “crippling our children’s future”: Catholic Archbishop Calls for Urgent Action against Malnutrition

Jul 14, 2025

Archbishop Inácio Saúre of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nampula in Mozambique is appealing for urgent action to address the challenge of child malnutrition, warning food crisis among children in the Southern African nation is endangering not only their health and future but also the stability of families in the North of the country.

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Nigeria’s Archdiocese of Abuja. Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja

Church's Role Must Go Beyond Worship, Nigerian Catholic Archbishop Says, Urges Outreach to Poor, Afflicted

Jul 14, 2025

The people of God need to go beyond participating in worship and combine the life of devotion to that of reaching out to the needy as exemplified in the Gospel story of the Good Samaritan, Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Nigeria’s Archdiocese of Abuja has said. 

Catholic Bishops in South Sudan. Credit: Catholic Radio Network

South Sudan’s Catholic Bishops Denounce Wrongful Use of “military action”, Say Hinderance to Lasting Peace

Jul 12, 2025

The wrongful use of “military action” at the expense of dialogue to address socio-political challenges in South Sudan is behind the protracted violent conflicts in the country, Catholic Bishops in the East African nation have said.

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Women Religious in Kenya Urged to Nurture “individual, collective resilience” to Succeed in Mission as Pilgrims of Hope

Jul 12, 2025

The Chairperson of the Commission for Religious Life of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has highlighted resilience as vitally important in the success of the evangelization mission undertaken by members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL).

Late Fr. Hermann Borg. Credit: Capuchin TV/ AMECEA

Calls for Environmental Protection Echoed as German Priest Famed for Planting Millions of Trees in Kenya Laid to Rest

Jul 11, 2025

Kenya has bid farewell to Fr. Hermann Borg, the multi-award-winning German Priest famed for his environmental conservation initiatives in the East African nation. 

Bishop João de Ceita Nazaré of the Catholic Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe. Credit: Catholic Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe

Ahead of São Tomé e Príncipe at 50, Catholic Bishop Recalls Values Personalities Behind Independence Espoused

Jul 11, 2025

As São Tomé e Príncipe prepares to celebrate 50 years of independence on July 12, Bishop João de Ceita Nazaré of the Catholic Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe has recalled the values that personalities behind the country’s independence espoused. 

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Let’s “adapt strategies” to Realize Sustainable Evangelization: Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya Official

Jul 11, 2025

Members of the Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya (AOSK) have been challenged to be strategic in their evangelization mission going forward.