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Members of the Lebanese Catholic diaspora hope the new pontiff will continue his papal predecessors’ solidarity with the Middle East’s most Christian country.
The Hungarian Ambassador in Kenya has urged the second graduating class of Tangaza University (TU) to let their faith guide them in the fast-changing, technology-driven world.
Pope Leo XIV had lunch on Sunday with more than 1,300 people experiencing poverty and social exclusion, gathering with them in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall for a festive meal marking the World Day of the Poor.
Celebrating Mass for the Jubilee of the Poor on the Ninth World Day of the Poor, Pope Leo XIV urged Christians not to retreat into a closed or “religious” world of their own, but to help make human society “a space of fraternity and dignity for all, without exception.”
The establishment of a School of Nursing at the 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), is “a historic milestone”, the Vice Chancellor has said.
Members of the Zambia Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCCB) have condemned the violence that disrupted President Hakainde Hichilema’s address at Chiwempala Market in Chingola, and expressed alarm over calls for the return of factional and loyalist network politics by ruling party officials.
Pope Leo XIV told representatives of the global film industry on Saturday that cinema is far more than entertainment, calling it a vehicle capable of expressing humanity’s deepest spiritual search and its longing for the infinite.
“Santo Subito!” will follow Father Joseph Murolo, an American priest asked by the Vatican to serve as the “devil’s advocate” in the investigation of Pope John Paul II’s life.
Members of the Sudan and South Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SSS-CBC) have expressed their dismay at the ongoing fighting in both countries, noting that dialogue does not seem to be working to resolve the conflicts.
Theologians at the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network (PACTPAN) have issued a pastoral advisory to members of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), reminding them to be careful about how they engage with politics while carrying out the Church’s prophetic mission.
The Local Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of Bagamoyo in Tanzania has denounced the extrajudicial killings connected to the country’s disputed October 29 general elections, stressing that those suspected of breaking the law should be allowed to go through legal processes instead of being killed unlawfully.
Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) have paid tribute to Bishop Philip Sulumeti, the founding Local Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of Kakamega, praising him as a faithful servant of the Church and a key advocate for constitutional reforms in Kenya.
Pope Leo XIV on Friday urged academics to “think the faith” in order to confront what he called an increasingly pervasive “cultural emptiness.”
Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) have urged the people of God in Kenya, especially the youths, to participate in the ongoing accelerated voter registration, calling it a crucial opportunity to shape the East African nation’s direction in the next general elections scheduled for August 2027.
The founder of the Positive Psychology Association of Kenya (PPAK) has said that the Character Coaches’ Training realized in three phases is designed to enhance the essential conversations that parents and guardians of young people under 30 need to have with their children about what he describes as “non-negotiable values.”
Members of the Together for a New Africa (T4NA), a network started by former students of the Italy-based Sophia University Institute, have pledged to promote peace, justice, and human dignity in Africa, recognizing their shared responsibility to uphold fairness and prevent conflict.
Catholic Bishops in Ghana have expressed their closeness with victims of a Wednesday, November 12 stampede at the El-Wak Stadium in Accra that left six people dead and several others injured during a Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) recruitment exercise.
Pope Leo XIV during an address at the Vatican on Thursday called for the “prudent” evaluation of supernatural phenomena to avoid falling into superstition.
Pope Leo XIV received on Nov. 13 Rolando Álvarez, the exiled bishop of Matagalpa and apostolic administrator of Estelí in Nicaragua.
The Apostolic Nuncio in South Sudan has encouraged members of the Sudan and South Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SSS-CBC) to help the people of God under their pastoral care form “a new habit of mind” that would break the cycle of violence responsible for “death and displacement” in the two neighbouring countries.