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Digital Faith Influencers from 52 African Countries Enrol for Inaugural Formation
All is set for the first cohort of over 100 members of the African Synodal Digital Youth Influencers (ASDYFI) from 52 African countries, who are beginning their six-month formation programme on Thursday, February 1.
Cardinal in Nigeria Urges Participants in Digital Influencers Formation to be Changemakers
Peter Ebere Cardinal Okpaleke has called on members of the African Synodal Digital Youth Influencers (ASDYFI), who are embarking on a six-month formation program to transform the digital spaces where they engage with their peers, and to be agents of change in Africa.
One Year after Meeting with Pope Francis, Young Africans Celebrate Growth
It has been a year since young people in Africa had a virtual dialogue with Pope Francis, where the Holy Father challenged them to keep their roots intact, to never stop dreaming, and to be their own evangelizers.
These are “our priority” Issues at Ongoing Synod in Rome: African Delegate
Four issues affecting the Church in Africa stand out at the ongoing Synod on Synodality conversations. These are the issues that those representing the African continent at the Bishops’ meeting in Rome are focusing on.
Outcomes of Nigeria’s General Election Mirror Country’s Rot: African Catholic Theologian
With the high levels of poverty and corruption in Nigeria, amid increased violence and persecution of Christians, the west African country is always getting the leaders that mirror its rottenness, a leading African Catholic Theologian has said.
Muslim Leaders Challenged to Play Role in Ending Christian Persecution in Nigeria
Christian religious leaders continue to play their role in ensuring that the violence in Nigeria does not transition into a religious war, a Catholic Theologian has said, and challenged Muslim leaders to condemn extremism in the West African nation.
University Students in Kenya Share Progress Three Months after Dialogue with Pope Francis
A section of young people from Catholic Universities in Kenya who participated in the virtual dialogue with Pope Francis last November have shared about the progress realized from the responses of the Holy Father concerning various issues including politics in the country.
Time to “leave the scene”, Warring South Sudanese Politicians Told after Ecumenical Visit
A Catholic Theologian has called on political rivals in South Sudan to either commit to working with Pope Francis in ending the conflict in the East-Central African nation or to leave politics altogether for better leaders committed to working towards peace in the country.
“It's not war”: African Theologians on Church Involvement in National Politics
Involvement of the Church in the politics of a country should not always be adversarial, seeking to always oppose the running of governments, Catholic Theologians have said.
Catholic Theologians Foresee Year of “good surprises” for Africa in 2023
The growing population of the youth in Africa, the continent’s increasing percentage of Christians, as well as its vastness of resources, signals better days ahead for African countries, two Catholic Theologians have said.
Strive “for your future”, Pope Francis to Youth in Africa, Warns against Enslavement
Pope Francis has urged young people in Africa to work towards their future, ensuring that they “stay alive”.
Inside Pope Francis’ Envisioned Two-hour Dialogue with Catholic Youth in Africa
Everything is set for the November 1 dialogue between Pope Francis and young people drawn from various Catholic universities from African countries.
African Students to Seek Solidarity with Pope Francis in Tackling Challenges of Youth
The envisioned dialogue between Pope Francis and young people from Catholic institutions of higher learning in Africa is not a moment to lament about the ills of the continent, but an opportunity to seek the Holy Father’s solidarity with the African youth in their daily struggles, an official at the planned Papal engagement has said.
Catholic Nun in Kenya Calls for Aligning Formation Programs “to the signs of the times”
There is need to revise formation programs for women and men joining Religious Orders and Societies of Apostolic Life, aligning them to contemporary times of Christian living, a Catholic Nun in Kenya has said.
More Protestants in Congress on Theology Mean “a more fruitful dialogue”: Baptist Minister
Inviting more Protestant Christians in future Pan-African Catholic Congresses on Theology, Society, and Pastoral Life would expand participants’ perspectives, boiling down to “a more fruitful dialogue”, a Baptist Minister who participated in the July 19-22 Congress in Nairobi has said.
“Agents of evangelization should be theologically formed within African context”: Priest
There is need to prepare those involved in evangelization in Africa in theological studies that are relevant for their ministry among the people of God on the continent, a Ghanaian Catholic Priest has said.
Pope Francis Lauds Nairobi Congress on Theology as “a sign of an outgoing African Church”
Pope Francis has expressed his delight about the ongoing second biannual Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society, and Pastoral Life, which members of the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network (PACTPAN) organized in Nairobi, Kenya.
Planned Pan-African Congress on Theology to Focus “on what it means to be a vital church”
The Pan-African Congress on Theology that members of the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network (PACTPAN) have organized this month is set to focus on the meaning of being “vital church” and Synodality among other issues in Africa and the whole world, an official of the entity involved in convening the Congress has said.
