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Bishop Ildo Augusto dos Santos Lopes Fortes of the Catholic Diocese of Mindelo has urged Cape Verdean authorities to reduce government expenditure and direct resources toward those most in need.
“The pope is not a quitter,” the Holy Father’s physician told journalists toward the end of a Friday press conference at Gemelli Hospital in Rome.
Here’s the latest news on Pope Francis’ health and hospitalization.
Fr. Cornelius Manzak Damulak, who was abducted on February 6 from the Catholic Diocese of Shendam in Nigeria has successfully escaped captivity, and he is receiving treatment at an “undisclosed” health facility in the country’s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, ACI Africa has established.
The Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has called for “racial reconciliation” in response to ongoing land reform disputes between South Africa and the United States government.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), the UK-based human rights organisation that specialises in religious freedom and works on behalf of those persecuted for their Christian beliefs and for other religious belief or even lack of belief has petitioned the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) Hybrid Joint Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) to address violations of religious freedom and gender-based violence in Sudan.
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, pointed out that concern for the Holy Father’s health “must be kept within limits.”
“Francis is an 88-year-old man who has had a serious problem but who is now undergoing treatment. It’s not a simple treatment and will require time,” the priest said.
Members of the Sudan and South Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SSS-CBC) have acknowledged the need for the Church in the two countries to push for tax exemptions, noting that they need all the money they have for mission work.
Catholic Bishops in Africa have expressed their solidarity and spiritual closeness with Pope Francis as he undergoes medical care at a hospital in Rome.
Challenging situations of life, when handled with God’s grace, can become opportunities for growth, bringing about good, Bishop James Maria Wainaina Kungu of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Murang’a has said.
According to the Feb. 19 communication, medical staff found the pope’s blood tests to show less inflammatory markers. They said his clinical condition is “stationary.”
The Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone has been experiencing a decline in the vocations to the priesthood, an official of the Archdiocese has said, noting that the Archdiocese’s new Minor will motivate more young people to become Priests.
A group of Catholic Bishops from the Central African Republic (CAR) who visited the headquarters of the Pontifical charity foundation, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International in Germany, have appealed to the international community to keep supporting CAR in its fight against insecurity, noting that the country is being sidelined at the continental level.
The poor in the West African nation of Nigeria have been crying to have their basic human needs addressed unsuccessfully and the cries are now “getting louder” by the day, Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of the country’s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has said.
Here’s the latest news on Pope Francis’ health and hospitalization.
The lack of value-based education in Kenyan institutions of learning is behind the widening gap between a small wealthy elite and the much larger impoverished population in the East African nation, Bishop Norman King'oo Wambua of the Catholic Diocese of Machakos in Kenya has said.
Pietro Cardinal Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, has called on Catholics in Burkina Faso to uphold integrity, embrace hope, and foster solidarity as they mark their country’s 125 years of evangelization.
While hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis has received touching letters from inmates who were set to perform for him at a special concert.
Archbishop Zeferino Zeca Martins of the Catholic Archdiocese of Huambo in Angola has called upon the Deacons and Priests he ordained on February 15 to prioritize their friendship with God through prayer.