His research interests span several fields, including religion and politics, human rights law, environmental law, interreligious dialogue (especially Muslim-Christian relations), artificial intelligence, and ethics.
Fr. Mutelo has contributed significantly to scholarly literature. He is the author of Muslim Organizations in South Africa: Political Role Post-1948 (2023) and the editor of Human Rights in Southern Africa: Theory and Practice (2024), with further editorial work on volumes addressing social vulnerabilities in the region.
In addition to his role at Arrupe Jesuit University, Fr. Mutelo also serves as an associate lecturer at Domuni Universitas in Toulouse, France, further extending his academic reach beyond Zimbabwe.
Sr. Anne Béatrice Faye
Sr. Faye is a Senegalese Catholic Religious Sister and academic, belonging to the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Castres (C.I.C).
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She is widely recognized for her work as a professor of philosophy, theologian, and leader in Church formation and synodal engagement in Senegal and across Africa.
Sr Faye studied philosophy at the Catholic Faculties of Kinshasa in DRC and later earned a Doctorate in Philosophy from Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal, completing her doctoral work in 2005.
As a philosopher, she has been deeply engaged in questions concerning the promotion of women within the African context and participates actively in scholarly and theological networks across the continent.
In her professional roles, Sr. Faye has served as a professor of philosophy at the Centre Saint Augustin in Dakar (Senegal) as well as at the Ecumenical Institute of Theology Al Mowafaqa in Rabat (Morocco).
She is also involved in continental academic collaboration, including work with the African Group for Research in Intercultural Philosophy (GARPI), and was a member of the Academic Council of the Ecumenical Institute Al Mowafaqa.
Beyond her academic teaching, Sr. Faye has been deeply involved in synodal initiatives within the Catholic Church.
After participating in the global Synod on Synodality sessions in Rome (2021–2024), she spearheaded the “École de Synodalité” (School of Synodality) in Dakar, Senegal, an innovative program of formation that fosters listening, shared discernment, and participative mission among local Church communities in preparation for the synodal process.
Her leadership and insight into synodality and Church life have also been recognized internationally. She has been featured as a member of the Vatican’s Commission of Theologians for the Synod, contributing theological perspectives on the ongoing synodal process in the global Catholic community.
In July last year, Pope Leo XIV also appointed 22 new members to the Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, three of whom were from Africa, serving as Catholic Bishops in Kenya, South Africa, and Burkina Faso.
The Bishops appointed included Bishop Willybard Kitogho Lagho of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Malindi, Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka of South Africa’s Mthatha Catholic Diocese, and Bishop Ollo Modeste Kambou of Gaoua Catholic Diocese in Burkina Faso.
Silas Mwale Isenjia is a Kenyan journalist with a great zeal and interest for Catholic Church related communication. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics, Media and Communication from Moi University in Kenya. Silas has vast experience in the Media production industry. He currently works as a Journalist for ACI Africa.
