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Category: Africa News

Sainthood cause for potential second Nigerian saint underway, Church leader hints

Some two decades after Pope St. John Paul II beatified the first Nigerian, Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi making him the first West African to achieve that feat, a...

Practice worthwhile journalism – Nigeria Bishops to catholic journalists

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria at the 2nd Plenary of the National Association of Diocesan and Religious Directors of Communicators held in Delta state...

Church in Malawi holds day of prayer for peace amidst electoral violence

The Catholic Church in Malawi has sort divine intervention for peace following divisions and unrest occasioned by the disputed May 21 presidential election results in...

How one priest is helping children who’ve escaped slavery in the DRC mines

Fr. Willy Milayi is a Missionary of the Immaculate Conception who lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He works rescuing children who fled the coltan mines and...

Bishop of Gaborone calls for ‘political discernment’ ahead of Botswana’s general elections

As Botswana prepares for its national elections in this month of October, Bishop of the Diocese of Gaborone , Most Rev. Frank Nubuasah, SVD has called on electorates to...

This Burkinabe Jesuit priest is first African to win Ratzinger Prize

Burkina Faso born Jesuit priest, Fr. Paul Béré, is making history as the first ever African to win the Ratzinger Prize, which rewards the work of theologians and...

Why Bishops in Kenya are taking a radical move against corruption

On the eve of the Catholic Church’s launch of a six-month campaign against corruption in Kenya, some Bishops drawn from the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB)...

Baptised and sent: Meet the Kenyan priest connecting with the faithful in extraordinary ways

With barely two days into the Extraordinary Mission Month, Angelus News has sighted a heartwarming picture of a Kenyan Priest connecting with the ordinary people in...

Kenyan Franciscan Friar is first religious brother to Address UN General Assembly

The World’s best Teacher 2019, Kenyan religious brother Peter Tabichi is making history as the first Religious Brother to address a United Nations General Assembly...

New Religious Congregation in Gabon Receives Blessings from Local Ordinary

A newly formed congregation of religious women in Gabon has received blessings from the Bishop of Mouila diocese, Mathieu Madega Lebouakehan who has encouraged spiritual...