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Telley Sadia, CAFOD’s Country Representative for Sudan. Credit: CAFOD

Why It’s Costly for Catholic Entities in War-Torn Sudan to Engage in Peacebuilding Initiatives

Aug 26, 2025

Catholic entities in Sudan where there is heavy fighting are intervening with caution, an official at the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) has said, noting that the Church is especially keen not to engage in any peace-building initiatives that might be misinterpreted as the war rages on.

Members of the Bamenda Provincial Episcopal Conference (BAPEC). Credit: Mamfe Diocese/Buea Diocese

Voting “an act of grave moral responsibility”: Catholic Bishops of Cameroon’s Bamenda Province to Electorate

Aug 26, 2025

Catholic Bishops of Cameroon’s Bamenda Provincial Episcopal Conference (BAPEC) have emphasized the need for the electorate to actively participate in their country’s presidential election scheduled for October 12.

Sr. Francisca Ngozi Uti, named the laureate of the 2024 Opus Prize, a $1.2 million award recognizing transformative humanitarian work. Credit: Santa Clara University (SCU)

“It has helped us a lot”: Nigerian Catholic Sister on 2024 Opus Prize Impact on Apostolate with Vulnerable Girls, Women

Aug 26, 2025

The 2024 Opus Prize of US$1 million has had significant impact on the apostolate of Sr. Francisca Ngozi Uti, the laureate of the award that recognizes transformative humanitarian work.

Credit: Communication Network for Catholic Sisters (CNCS) in Kenya

“Allow people to tell their stories”: Content Producers at Communication Network for Catholic Sisters in Kenya Told

Aug 26, 2025

Content producers at the Communication Network for Catholic Sisters (CNCS) in Kenya, an information service of the Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya (AOSK), have been urged to let people tell their own stories, and for them to only be “carriers” of the voices of their information sources.

Credit: Communication Network for Catholic Sisters (CNCS) in Kenya

In Launched Strategic Plan, Catholic Sisters in Kenya to Engage in “income-generating media services” to Raise Funds

Aug 25, 2025

The five-year Strategic Plan that the Communication Network for Catholic Sisters (CNCS) in Kenya launched on August 23 provides for the Nairobi-headquartered entity to continue providing media services to raise funds for the entity of the Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya (AOSK), the Director of CNCS has said. 

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Angola’s Menongue Diocese Golden Jubilee: Local Ordinary Hails Growth in Vocations, Missionary Presence

Aug 25, 2025

Bishop Leopoldo Ndakalako of the Catholic Diocese of Menongue in Angola has hailed the pastoral and missionary growth in his Episcopal See over the past five decades and noted an increase in vocations to Priestly and Religious Life.

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“Take your destiny into your hands”: Ivorian Catholic Bishop to Youths at Conclusion of National Youth Day

Aug 25, 2025

The President of the Episcopal Conference of Ivory Coast (CECCI) has urged young people in the West African nation to take full responsibility for their lives, their faith, and their role in society.

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Kenyan Catholic Bishop Remembers Fr. John Kaiser, Murdered 25 Years Ago, as “moral conscience” of Church, Nation

Aug 25, 2025

Fr. John Anthony Kaiser, the American-born member of the Mill Hill Missionaries (MHM), whose lifeless body was found along Kenya’s Nakuru-Nairobi highway on 23 August 2000 stood out as “a moral conscience” of the Church and Kenyan society, Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe has said.

Credit: Sr. Elizabete Corazza

Brazilian Catholic Priest on Visit to Angola with Relics of Blessed Carlo Acutis Says “Holiness possible for everyone”

Aug 25, 2025

The Spiritual Director of the Association of Devotees of Blessed Carlo Acutis has encouraged Angola’s youths to embrace holiness as a concrete and achievable goal. 

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Angola’s Catholic Bishops Deny Involvement in Civil Society’s Call to Cancel Angola–Argentina Friendly Match

Aug 25, 2025

Members of the Bishops' Conference of Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe (CEAST) have distanced themselves from a civil society appeal to cancel the planned Angola–Argentina friendly football match, scheduled for November.

Credit: Communication Network for Catholic Sisters (CNCS) in Kenya

Amid Rampant Misinformation, Content Producers at Kenya-based Sisters’ Media Reminded of “urgency” for Authentic Stories

Aug 25, 2025

At the August 23 unveiling of the five-year Strategic Plan of the Communication Network for Catholic Sisters (CNCS) in Kenya, content producers at the media service of the Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya (AOSK) have been urged to ensure they publish authentic stories to counter rampant misinformation and disinformation.

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To Resolve Impasse on Burial of Zambia’s Immediate Former President, Church Leaders Call for “sincere” Dialogue

Aug 25, 2025

Church leaders in Zambia have urged the government to initiate “immediate and sincere” dialogue to resolve the impasse surrounding the burial of the country’s immediate former President, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, who passed on July 5.

Bishop Emílio Sumbelelo of the Catholic Diocese of Viana in Angola. Credit: Catholic Diocese of Viana

Angolan Bishop Cautions against Indifference, Emphasizes Love, Justice in “concrete commitment, effective solidarity”

Aug 25, 2025

Bishop Emílio Sumbelelo of the Catholic Diocese of Viana in Angola has cautioned the people in the Southern African nation against indifference to the plight of others and emphasized the need for fraternal love and the fostering of justice.

Telley Sadia, CAFOD’s Country Representative for Sudan. Credit: CAFOD

CAFOD Fights Accessibility Challenges to Save Sudan War Victims from Cholera Devastation

Aug 24, 2025

The current cholera devastation in Sudan, especially in the country’s Darfur region is taking a toll on the population already battered by the world’s worst humanitarian crisis following two years of heavy fighting between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

Bishop Barthélemy Yaouda Hourgo of the Catholic Diocese of Yagoua in Cameroon. Credit: Yagoua Diocese

Ahead of Cameroon’s October Presidential Poll, Yagoua Catholic Diocese Directs Daily Angelus Prayer for Peace

Aug 24, 2025

Bishop Barthélemy Yaouda Hourgo of the Catholic Diocese of Yagoua in Cameroon has directed daily prayer of Angelus and other forms of prayer for peace as the Central African nation approaches October presidential election.

Catholic Bishops in the Ecclesiastical Province of Abuja in Nigeria. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

Nigerians Having “sleepless nights over persistent insecurity”, Bishops in Abuja Province Lament, Call for Action

Aug 24, 2025

Catholic Bishops in the Ecclesiastical Province of Abuja in Nigeria are calling for an immediate action to end persistent insecurity in their Episcopal Sees, a phenomenon they say is causing the people of God in the West African nation “sleepless nights.”

Archbishop Anthony Muheria. Credit ACI Africa

Catholics in Kenya Urged to Embrace Culture of Infant Baptism, to be Faithful to All Sacraments

Aug 24, 2025

The Archbishop of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri has urged the people of God in the East African country to practice all the sacraments of the Church faithfully, and to embrace the habit of getting their children baptized when they are still infants.

Sr. Diana Kanyere. Credit: Catholic Church News Zimbabwe

Align Anti-Trafficking Initiatives with United Nation’s 2030 SDGs, Catholic Nun in Zimbabwe to Church in Africa

Aug 23, 2025

Church efforts to end human trafficking in Africa risk being reactive rather than preventive if the underlying socio-economic vulnerabilities that drive the crime are not addressed, the National Coordinator of Zimbabwe’s Talitha Kum Network has warned.

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Plans Underway for Conclusion of Golden Jubilee Celebrations in Angola’s Catholic Diocese of Menongue

Aug 23, 2025

The Catholic Diocese of Menongue in Angola has unveiled the full program for the conclusion of its Golden Jubilee celebrations, the height of which is the Solemn Festive Mass on Sunday, August 24, at the Shrine of Missombo, on the Mount of the Virgin Mary, Mother of Humanity.

Pope Leo XIV prays during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 13, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican.

In Solidarity with Pope Leo XIV, Catholic Bishops in Nigeria, Cameroon Call for Prayer, Fasting for Victims of Violence

Aug 22, 2025

In response to Pope Leo XIV’s call for a day of fasting and prayer for peace on Friday, August 22, the Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Catholic Bishops in Nigeria and Cameroon have dedicated the day in honour of victims of war and violence.