Advertisement

Catholic News

Thanksgiving Mass in commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of St. Pope John Paul II’s Apostolic Exhortation on the Church in Africa
and its evangelizing mission towards the Year 2000, Ecclesia in Africa. Credit: Fr. Herbert Niba

African Catholics in Diaspora Urged to Resist Secular Influences, to Practice Christian Faith “in season, out of season”

Sep 17, 2025

The Bishop of Cameroon’s Buéa Catholic Diocese has cautioned African Catholics in diaspora against secular influences that can draw them away from practising their Christian faith. 

Four members of the Missionary Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus (MCST) in Tanzania who lost their lives in a tragic road accident in the country’s Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza. Credit: Suore Carmelitane Missionarie Italia Malta Romania

In Tragic Road Accident, Four Catholic Sisters Returning from Profession Event in Mwanza, Tanzania, Die Alongside Driver

Sep 16, 2025

Four members of the Missionary Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus (MCST) in Tanzania are among the five people who have lost their lives in a tragic road accident in the country’s Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza.   

Members of the Bishops' Conference of Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe (CEAST. Credit: Radio Ecclesia

Reconciliation, Consecrated Life Focus of Upcoming Plenary of Catholic Bishops in Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe

Sep 16, 2025

Members of the Bishops' Conference of Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe (CEAST) are set to gather from Wednesday, September 17, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Muxima in Angola’s Catholic Diocese of Viana for their Ordinary Annual Plenary Assembly. 

Members of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC). Credit: GCBC

Illegal Mining “cancer in Ghana’s national soul”, Catholic Bishops Lament, Call for State of Emergency in Mining Zones

Sep 16, 2025

Ghana’s Catholic Bishops have reiterated their concern about the spread of illegal mining in the country and urged the government to declare a state of emergency in “mining zones” as a step toward addressing the perennial challenge that has attracted condemnation from other Church institutions.

Silvia Toma before participating in the vigil with Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 15, 2025. / Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News

Jubilee of Consolation: Mother Who Lost Her Only Son Never Reproached God for Anything

Sep 16, 2025

Silvia Toma has a scar on her soul: Four years ago she buried her 34-year-old only son, who had two little daughters.

Flowers are seen on Sept. 3, 2025, outside the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, where a shooter killed two children and injured 21 other people on Aug. 27, 2025. / Credit: Alex Wroblewski/Getty

Parents of Annunciation Shooting Victim Say Daughter’s Progress is a "miracle"

Sep 16, 2025

The parents of 12-year-old Sophia Forchas, who was shot in the head during the Annunciation Catholic School shooting, say her progress has been “miraculous.”

Marian shrine in Mariamabad, Pakistan. / Credit: Agenzia Fides, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Catholic Father Murdered While on Pilgrimage to Marian Shrine in Pakistan

Sep 16, 2025

Men on motorcycles murdered a father and injured a 16-year-old boy while they were taking part in a pilgrimage to a Marian shrine in Mariamabad, Pakistan.

Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji. Credit: Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN)

Nigeria Now Full of “fear, flight and funerals”: Catholic Bishops’ Conference President

Sep 15, 2025

Nigeria is “sinking in many fronts”, the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has said, lamenting that apart from economic hardships that Nigerians are grappling with, many communities in the West African nation have been thrown into perpetual mourning owing to unending insecurity.

Credit: CSW

UK-Based Christian Entity Denounces Targeting of Women and Children as Violence Rages On in Sudan

Sep 15, 2025

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), the UK-based human rights organization that specializes in religious freedom and works on behalf of those persecuted for their Christian beliefs, has decried increasing atrocities against women and children in Sudan as the country’s civil war in its third-year rages on.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates the prayer vigil for the Jubilee of Consolation on Sept. 15, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Where Pain is Deep, Hope in Jesus Must be Stronger: Pope Leo XIV at Jubilee of Consolation

Sep 15, 2025

With a call to trust that Jesus is the one who dries the tears of those who suffer, Pope Leo XIV celebrated the prayer vigil for the Jubilee of Consolation on Monday.

Credit: Mill Hill Missionaries (MHM)

Kenyan Catholic Bishop Lauds Mill Hill Members Choosing Hostile Missions for Evangelization

Sep 15, 2025

Members of the Mill Hill Missionaries (MHM) go to lands where they risk their own life for the kingdom of God, Bishop John Oballa Owaa of the Catholic Diocese of Ngong in Kenya has said. 

Pope Leo XIV is pictured here with his Augustinian brothers in Rome on Sept. 15, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Augustinian Foundation Worldwide

Pope Leo XIV Meets with his Augustinian Brothers in Rome

Sep 15, 2025

Pope Leo XIV on Monday received the participants of the general chapter of the Order of St. Augustine, with whom he said he felt “at home.”

Lieutenant Colonel Onyinyechi Apollonia Anele. Credit: ACI Africa

“I am not ashamed of my faith”: Nigerian Army’s First Female Spokesperson Attributes Success to Holy Rosary Devotion

Sep 14, 2025

Lieutenant Colonel Onyinyechi Apollonia Anele, the first woman to serve as Director of Public Relations in the Nigerian Army’s 162-year history, has attributed her strength and guidance in service to her Catholic faith and especially devotion to the Holy Rosary.

The Regional Executive Secretary of Caritas Africa, Lucy Afandi Esipila. Credit: Catholic Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe

Sustainability “not just financial”: Caritas Africa Official Calls for Spiritual Growth at Lusophone Forum

Sep 14, 2025

The Regional Executive Secretary of Caritas Africa has underscored the vital role of Caritas organizations in Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) Africa in sustaining the Catholic Church’s charitable mission, stressing the importance of spiritual growth in both countries.

Pope Leo XIV at a window of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, leading pilgrims in reciting the Angelus, on September 14, 2025, the pope's 70th birthday. / Vatican Media

"I give thanks to the Lord and to my parents": Pope Leo XIV Marks 70th Birthday at Sunday Angelus

Sep 14, 2025

On Sunday, his 70th birthday, Pope Leo XIV presided at the recitation of the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square. The pope was visibly moved when musical groups in the square played “Happy Birthday,” a gesture greeted with applause, cheers, and the waving of signs bearing messages of gratitude and blessing.

Pope Leo XIV presides over an ecumenical commemoration of the martyrs and witnesses of faith of the 21st century at Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on September 14, 2025. / Elias Turl

"No one can silence their voice": Pope Leo XIV Honors Modern Martyrs at Ecumenical Service

Sep 14, 2025

Pope Leo XIV led an ecumenical commemoration of the martyrs and witnesses of faith of the 21st century at Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday, stressing that “even though they have been killed in body, no one can silence their voice or erase the love they have shown.”

Illuminated drones reproduce Michelangelo's "Pietà" over St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on September 14, 2025. / Courtney Mares

Vatican Lights Up With Drone Show at Historic "Grace for the World" Concert

Sep 14, 2025

St. Peter’s Square became the stage for an unprecedented spectacle on Saturday night, involving more than 3,000 illuminated drones.

Pope Leo XIV waves at the crowds of people who braved a rainy morning for the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

"Happy birthday, Pope Leo!": EWTN Viewers Around the World Share Songs, Prayers

Sep 14, 2025

Here are some of the ways millions across the globe are celebrating Pope Leo XIV’s 70th birthday.   

Dr. Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila the speaker of Namibia's National Assembly addressing women at the the National Conference marking their 25th Anniversary on Saturday, September 6. Credit: Namibia's National Assembly Facebook page.

Catholic Women in Namibia Lauded for Boosting Government Efforts towards Child Care

Sep 13, 2025

The Namibian government has commended Catholic women in the country for advancing the country’s policies on safeguarding minors and for complementing government efforts to address gender-based violence and promote equality.

Late Archbishop Emmanuel Kataliko. Credit: Catholic Diocese of Butembo-Beni

Congolese Catholic Diocese Announces Weeklong Commemoration of Bishop’s 25th Death Anniversary

Sep 13, 2025

The Catholic Diocese of Butembo-Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has announced a week of activities to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the passing on of Archbishop Emmanuel Kataliko, remembered as the second Bishop of the Congolese Episcopal See.