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Caritas Freetown, the development and humanitarian arm of the of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone has completed a training program that was designed to equip a section of the Sierra Leonean police with skills to handle cases of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) they are presented with.
March 22 is the liturgical memorial of Saint Lea of Rome, a fourth-century widow who left her wealth behind, entered consecrated life, and attained great holiness through asceticism and prayer.
The defence team of Fr. John Mathiang Machol, the South Sudanese Catholic Priest, who was convicted and sentenced for the 26 April 2021 shooting of the then Bishop-elect for the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek in South Sudan is set to address journalists on the Priest’s release.
The member of the St. Patrick’s Missionary Society (Kiltegan Fathers) who was killed while preparing for morning Mass at the Cathedral Church of Tzaneen Diocese in South Africa has been eulogized as a friendly and loving person who was easily approachable.
The Holy Father has accepted the retirement of Bishop Joseph Osei-Bonsu from the pastoral care of the Catholic Diocese of Konongo-Mampong in Ghana appointed Mons. John Opoku-Agyemang as his successor.
Maurice Cardinal Piat has invited the new Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Rodrigues in Mauritius not to be afraid in leading the people of God in his Episcopal See.
Bishop Raphael Mweempwa of Zambia’s Monze Diocese has urged Priests to be readily available to attend to the pastoral needs of those they shepherd.
It has been a year since Tropical Cyclone Freddy hit southern Malawi causing a massive destruction of homes, and yet most of those homes have not been repaired, an official of Trócaire, the overseas development agency of the Catholic Bishops of Ireland, has said.
In a bid to promote the core principles of Catholic Social Teaching (CST), the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) has launched a comprehensive course aimed at educating individuals to become advocates and educators of justice and human rights.
Today, the universal church celebrates the feast of St. Nicholas of Flue. During his lifetime, the Swiss saint had 10 children, became a hermit and later prevented a civil war.
Members of the Little Sisters of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus (CST) admitted to the Religious Order at their First Profession have been called upon to maintain a personal relationship with Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist.
The need to foster Christian values that support family life and the fight against injustices in society would be among the priorities of St. Patrick if he were alive today, a Catholic Missionary Priest in Kenya has said.
Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Yola is concerned about the state of the West African nation, where he says people’s livelihoods have been adversely affected amid “galloping inflation” and insecurity.
The decision by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to lift a 2003 ban on the death penalty is retrogressive, the Local Ordinary of the country’s Kinshasa Archdiocese, Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo, has said.
The structural design, the paintings, and the general aesthetics of St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral of the Ethiopian Catholic Eparchy of Emdeber gives off an aura of paradise.
Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone has challenged citizens of the West African nation to treat their abuse of the environment as an “ecological sin”, which must be confessed.
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Not much is known about the life of St. Herbert, other than he was a Hermit of England and a good friend of St. Cuthbert.
Fiducia Supplicans (FS), the declaration by the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith (DDF) permitting the blessing of “same-sex couples” and couples in other “irregular situations”, was perceived as “cultural colonization” in Africa, the President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conference of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has said.
On the occasion of the Solemnity of St. Joseph, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Local Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of Ekwulobia in Nigeria, Peter Ebere Cardinal Okpaleke, has challenged citizens of the West Africa nation to be proactive, working towards resolving the challenges in the country.