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UK court orders forced abortion for disabled Nigerian woman

A British judge has authorized doctors to perform an abortion on a pregnant Catholic woman with developmental disabilities and a mood disorder, despite the objections of the woman’s mother and the woman herself. The woman is 22 weeks pregnant.

People attending Mass with Pope Francis at the Catholic Sanctuary of the Martyrs, Namugongo, Uganda, Nov. 28, 2015. / Martha Calderon/CNA

African fertility rates are falling - but not fast enough for some Western groups

Despite recent disparaging Western commentary on high African birth rates, fertility rates on the continent are normal when viewed in the context of development, new data analysis from the Institute for Family Studies shows.

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Today, June 24, We Celebrate The Nativity of St. John the Baptist

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Catholic Peace Organization Calls for Dialogue to End Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis

Trocaire supports hygiene and sanitation projects in Mabukulu Village in Eastern DR Congo./ Credit: Garry Walsh/Trocaire /

Bishops in Ireland Offer Financial Support to Victims of DR Congo’s Volcanic Eruption

Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International offers a a sturdy four-wheel-drive vehicle to the members of the Franciscan Capuchin Friars (OFM Cap) serving in Ghana's Jasikan Diocese/ Credit: ACN /

Catholic Charity Donates Towards Primary Evangelization in Ghana’s Remote Villages

A poster announcing the June 22-24 Webinar on Food Sovereignty in Sub-Saharan Africa. Credit: JENA /

Transforming Africa’s Food Systems “not only possibility, also a necessity”: Jesuit Priest

Salesian water project at St. John Bosco Parish in Namibia's Apostolic Vicariate of Rundu/ Credit: Salesian Missions /

Salesian Missionaries Facilitate Water Project in Namibia’s Rundu Apostolic Vicariate

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Bishop Matthew Remijio Adam, Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Rumbek welcomed upon his arrival in Rumbek. Credit Courtesy Photo /

In Maiden Visit of South Sudanese Diocese, Apostolic Administrator Urges “reflection”

World Refugee Day T-shirts and food hampers provided by the SACBC Migrants and Refugee Office in collaboration with UNHCR for participants in the event held at Christ the King Cathedral of South Africa's Johannesburg Archdiocese on 20 June 2021/ Credit: Sheila Pires/Radio Veritas South Africa /

Southern Africa Bishops Decry Continued Exclusion of Refugees in COVID-19 Programs

Archbishop Anthony Muheria of Kenya’s Nyeri Archdiocese during the Church and Politics Summit 202/Credit: Courtesy Photo /

“Only faith can recover lost politics, restore humanity in politics”: Kenyan Archbishop

Agenda of the June 16 webinar organized by the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC)/ Credit: Courtesy Photo /

Rise, Reclaim Your Continent, Young Africans Told on the Day of the African Child

A young man the to seedlings inside a refugee camp in Mozambique's Archdiocese of Nampula/ Credit: Denis Hurley Peace Institute /

Catholic Peace Entity Links Africa’s Growing Refugee Crisis to Craze for Natural Resources

Tigrayan Highlands in northern Ethiopia/ Credit:Trocaire /

Agony as Ethiopians Spend Days in Long Queues to Get Water: Catholic Charity

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Ahead of Ethiopia’s General Elections, Bishops Say Citizens “desire an upright leader”

Bishop Joseph Mbatia (right) receiving a donation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from Equity bank, a Kenya-based financial institution/ Credit: Courtesy Photo /

Kenyan Catholic Mission Hospitals “straining” to Contain Pandemic amid Government Neglect

Members of the Episcopal Conference of Burkina-Niger (CEBN)/Credit: Fr. Paul Dah /

Security Forces in Burkina Faso, Niger Urged to Work Toward Restoring Previous Optimism

Fr. Abba Petros Abraha with students of the Don Bosco Technical School in Dekemhare, Eritrea/Credit: Salesian Missions /

Salesian Entity Facilitates Self-Sustainability Initiatives for Catholic School in Eritrea

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