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Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, pointed out that concern for the Holy Father’s health “must be kept within limits.”
“Francis is an 88-year-old man who has had a serious problem but who is now undergoing treatment. It’s not a simple treatment and will require time,” the priest said.
Members of the Sudan and South Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SSS-CBC) have acknowledged the need for the Church in the two countries to push for tax exemptions, noting that they need all the money they have for mission work.
Catholic Bishops in Africa have expressed their solidarity and spiritual closeness with Pope Francis as he undergoes medical care at a hospital in Rome.
Challenging situations of life, when handled with God’s grace, can become opportunities for growth, bringing about good, Bishop James Maria Wainaina Kungu of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Murang’a has said.
According to the Feb. 19 communication, medical staff found the pope’s blood tests to show less inflammatory markers. They said his clinical condition is “stationary.”
The Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone has been experiencing a decline in the vocations to the priesthood, an official of the Archdiocese has said, noting that the Archdiocese’s new Minor will motivate more young people to become Priests.
A group of Catholic Bishops from the Central African Republic (CAR) who visited the headquarters of the Pontifical charity foundation, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International in Germany, have appealed to the international community to keep supporting CAR in its fight against insecurity, noting that the country is being sidelined at the continental level.
The poor in the West African nation of Nigeria have been crying to have their basic human needs addressed unsuccessfully and the cries are now “getting louder” by the day, Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of the country’s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has said.
Here’s the latest news on Pope Francis’ health and hospitalization.
The lack of value-based education in Kenyan institutions of learning is behind the widening gap between a small wealthy elite and the much larger impoverished population in the East African nation, Bishop Norman King'oo Wambua of the Catholic Diocese of Machakos in Kenya has said.
Pietro Cardinal Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, has called on Catholics in Burkina Faso to uphold integrity, embrace hope, and foster solidarity as they mark their country’s 125 years of evangelization.
While hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis has received touching letters from inmates who were set to perform for him at a special concert.
Archbishop Zeferino Zeca Martins of the Catholic Archdiocese of Huambo in Angola has called upon the Deacons and Priests he ordained on February 15 to prioritize their friendship with God through prayer.
Catholics in most of villages under the pastoral care of Sierra Leone’s Catholic Diocese of Kenema are travelling for up to eight miles (close to 13 kilometres) to get to the nearest place of worship, a member of the Society of African Missions (SMA) has said, acknowledging the hardships in the pastoral region of the West African nation.
Catholic Bishops in Africa have expressed their spiritual solidarity with the people of God suffering the effects of violent conflicts on the continent.
Those at the helm of families have failed in their responsibility of instilling the much-needed values in a section of Nigeria’s youths, who are easily lured into psychological and spiritual manipulations that distance them from appropriate faith practices, the Secretary General of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) has said.
Amid rising corruption cases in Kenyan counties, which have contributed to the country's high global corruption index, the Catholic Church has been called upon to support county assemblies by providing resources and training to combat the issue.
Pope Francis spent a peaceful night and continued his treatment at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, still managing to share a prepared Angelus message.
The economic situation in the West African nation of Nigeria “seems hopeless”, Archbishop Matthew Ishaya Audu of the country’s Catholic Archdiocese of Jos has said.