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Thousands in Sudan Receive Help from Italian NGO Founded by Jesuit Cleric amid Flooding
As Sudan grapples with the effects of the ongoing floods described as the worst in a century, officials of Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI), an Italy-based non-governmental organization (NGO) that was founded by a...
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Caritas Freetown Donates Household Items to Police Officers in Sierra Leone after Inferno
The charity arm of Sierra Leone’s Archdiocese of Freetown has reached out to several families of police officers whose houses were razed down and their properties destroyed following last week’s...
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Malawi’s Chikwama Diocese Launches HIV/AIDS Facility to Tackle Infections
The Catholic Diocese of Chikwawa in Malawi, through its Social Services Directorate, has launched an HIV/AIDS project aimed to reduce infections among children born with the virus and youth living...
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Learners Risk Losing Interpersonal Relationships in Virtual Learning: Cleric in Uganda
Virtual learning, though handy in filling education gaps created by the COVID-19 restrictions across the world, poses the danger of denying learners the important in-person learning and interaction with other...
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Catholic Activist Behind Women Empowerment in South Sudan Bags Global Peace Award
A South Sudanese Catholic female activist who was nominated in July among ten contenders of the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) Award is the overall winner of the institute’s inaugural...
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Bishop in Mozambique Says “Together for Cabo Delgado” Campaign Bearing Fruit
The Bishop of Mozambique’s Pemba Diocese, which covers the crisis-stricken Cabo Delgado Province has, in a news report, acknowledged with appreciation the solidarity campaign dubbed “Together for Cabo Delgado.”
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Catholic Leaders in Ethiopia Request Permanent Residence Permits for Foreign Missionaries
The leadership of the Catholic Church in Ethiopia has reached out to the Government requesting for permanent residence permits for foreign missionaries in the country.
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As Kenya Reports Decline in COVID-19 Cases, Prelate Urges Caution, “fighting courageously”
A Prelate in Kenya is urging caution amid reports of a decline in the daily recorded cases of COVID-19.
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Bishops in DR Congo Want Legislators to Prioritize Public Interest in Ongoing Sessions
Catholic Bishops in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are urging Members of Parliament (MPs) and Senators to prioritize the interests of the Congolese people during their September sessions that...
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Sudan’s Separation of Religion from State a New Beginning of Faith Without Fear: Cleric
The decision by Sudan’s transitional government to separate religion from state after three decades of Islamic rule in Sudan marks a new era of faith in the country, a Church...
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Malawi’s Religious Leaders Contest Proposed Abortion Law, Threaten Unspecified Action
Religious leaders in the Southeastern African nation of Malawi are contesting attempts by the country’s legislators to amend the law and legalize abortion, which they say is “genocide of unborn...
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Prelate in Niger Seeking Aid after Heavy Rains Cause Flooding, Deaths, Displacement
The Archbishop of Niger’s Niamey Archdiocese is seeking support to help “the disaster-stricken population” in his jurisdiction after heavy rains resulted in flooding, deaths of dozens and displacement of thousands.
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Church Leaders in South Africa Demanding Justice for 2018 Listeriosis Outbreak Victims
The leadership of the Justice and Peace Commission (JPC) of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) is demanding justice for more than 2,000 victims of the 2018 Listeriosis Outbreak, an...
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Clerics, Student Bemoan Closure of Eritrea’s 117-Year-Old Italian School in Asmara
Catholic Priests and a former student have bemoaned the closure of the Italian School of Asmara, a government-run international school in Eritrea’s capital, Asmara.
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Monstrance, Lunette Containing Body of Christ Returned to Parish Church in Gabon
The man who desecrated a Parish Church in Gabon, making away with the monstrance and the lunette containing the Body of Christ took them back Tuesday, September 15, the Parish...
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Ivorian Catholic Lay Executives Express Solidarity with Cardinal Following Criticism
Members of the Association of Catholic Lay Executives of Ivory Coast (ACC-CI) have, in a collective statement, expressed their solidarity with Jean-Pierre Cardinal Kutwa who has come under attack from...
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South Africa’s Blessed Daswa, a Model of Forgiveness: Bishop at Beatification Anniversary
At the fifth anniversary of the beatification of Blessed Benedict Daswa, South Africa’s first potential saint, a Bishop in the country has hailed the martyr’s forgiving attitude toward his killers and...
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Prelate Attributes “rampant chaos” in Cameroon to “weakness of government structures”
With the Regional Elections in Cameroon approaching, a Catholic Bishop in the Central African nation has raised concerns about growing tension among political parties amid “rampant chaos,” and attributed the...
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One-Hour Countrywide Silent Prayer Held in South Africa, a Protest against Corruption
Church leaders in South Africa on Tuesday, September 15 took part in a one-hour countrywide silent prayer session to protest against corruption involving COVID-19 funds, which has been described as...
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“Our Parish has been stabbed in the heart”: Parish Priest of Gabon’s Desecrated Church
The Priest in charge of a parish in Gabon’s Libreville Archdiocese has described the September 12 desecration of the Church in which the man involved made away with the monstrance...
