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Synod organizer Cardinal Hollerich: Catholic Church in Africa ‘not afraid to speak’
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, relator general of Synod on Synodality, speaks to the media on June 20, 2023, at the temporary…
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Catholics in Africa want Nigeria withdrawn from ‘pro-LGBT, pro-abortion’ Samoa agreement
A map of Nigeria. / Credit: Shutterstock ACI Africa, Jul 12, 2024 / 14:25 pm (CNA). Catholic activists under the…
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Bishops in East Africa commit to creating ‘safe, nurturing church environment’ for minors
Members of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) during a July 4, 2024, press conference. /…
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Priest shot dead in South Africa; Catholic bishops there decry ‘pandemic’ of murder
Father Paul Tatu Mothobi, a member the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (CSS/ Stigmatines) and former Media and Communications Officer…
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Catechist kidnapped and murdered in Burkina Faso, West Africa
null / Credit: Peter Hermes Furian via Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 19, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). The pontifical…
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Christian leaders in Africa mark 30 years since Rwandan genocide
null / Credit: Elisa Finocchiaro via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) ACI Africa, Apr 17, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Members…
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Attack on Coptic monastery in South Africa takes lives of three monks
The Coptic Orthodox Church said Pope Tawadros II is aware of the attack that happened March 12, 2024, in the…
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German bishops to Church in Africa: Initiate canonization of German martyrs
German martyrs who gave their lives in the service of the Gospel in Africa. Clockwise from top left to bottom…
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Pope Francis: Small ideological groups oppose same-sex blessings; Africa a ‘special case’
Pope Francis meets with members of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) on Friday, Jan. 26,…
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Resistance to same-sex blessings grows in Africa, but bishops are divided globally
Members of the Episcopal Conference of Ivory Coast (CECCI). / Credit: CECCI Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 3, 2024 / 17:40…
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