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AFRICA SYNODAL CONTINENTAL ASSEMBLY Final Communiqué

By |2023-03-07T16:28:43+01:00March 7th, 2023|Africa, News|

AFRICA SYNODAL CONTINENTAL ASSEMBLY Final Communiqué 1-6 March 2023 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia IN AFRICA, THE SYNOD IS ON! Introduction In union with the universal Church, the Church in Africa celebrated the Synodal Continental Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 1st to 6th of March 2023. This Synodal Continental Assembly was organised by the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of

Photos of the participants at the Continental Synodal Assembly for Africa after the closing Mass in St Gabriel Catholic Church, Addis Ababa on Sunday 5th March, 2023

By |2023-03-07T16:09:52+01:00March 7th, 2023|Africa, News|

Somalia: Almost two million children suffering from malnutrition

By |2023-03-03T18:01:04+01:00March 3rd, 2023|Africa, News|

In Somalia, almost two million children are suffering from malnutrition following the effects of the worst drought in forty years. Save the Children are calling for urgent international funding to provide life-saving aid to the country. By Sophie Peeters As a famine continues to ravage Somalia following devasting drought conditions in the country, more than

AGULERI DIOCESE created with Bishop Denis Isizoh as the pioneer Bishop

By |2023-02-12T12:38:26+01:00February 12th, 2023|Africa, Diocese News, News, Nigeria, Onitsha Archdiocese, Vatican|

Breaking news: AGULERI DIOCESE created with Bishop Denis Isizoh as the pioneer Bishop. Installation fixed for 17 March, 2023 - Rev. Fr. Michael Umoh.

‘Well done for carrying your faith with you to foreign land’ – Bishop Kukah commends Nigerian Catholics in Lome

By |2023-02-06T15:19:52+01:00February 6th, 2023|Africa, Diocese News, News, Nigeria, Sokoto Diocese, Vatican|

By Rev. Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh, CSN Upon departing the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where he had gone to welcome Pope Francis, representing the Bishops of the West African Region under the aegis of the Reunion of Episcopal Conferences of West Africa (RECOWA), the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, moved

Pope departs from Juba to Rome, leaving message of hope for peace

By |2023-02-06T08:30:07+01:00February 6th, 2023|Africa, News, Nigeria, Vatican|

The Holy Father Pope Francis concluded three days visit South Sudan with ecumenical prayers on Sunday that marked the end of his six day Apostolic Journey to Africa Thousands of Christians from different denominations attended the Mass at Dr. John Garang Mausoleum where some of them slept away from their homes to ensure they don’t

Cardinal Okpaleke takes Canonical Possession of Church of Martyrs of Uganda, Rome

By |2023-02-06T07:40:42+01:00February 6th, 2023|Africa, Diocese News, Ekwulobia Diocese, News, Nigeria, Vatican|

Cardinal Okpaleke takes Canonical Possession of Church of Martyrs of Uganda, Rome Today, Sunday February 5, 2023 The Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Ekwulobia, His Eminence, Peter Ebere Cardinal Okpaleke, will take Canonical possession of the Church Of Martyrs Of Uganda, Rome. The special ceremony takes place today, Sunday, February 5, 2023 in a concelebrated Holy

Update from Kinshasa by Bishop Kukah: MASS WITH NIGERIAN VIBRANT COMMUNITY IN CONGO

By |2023-02-03T13:16:44+01:00February 3rd, 2023|Africa, News|

Mass with the Nigerian community who have a vibrant church of their own in Kinshasa. I had the Mass of the presentation with them. They were so pleased. The Ambassador sent representatives. A lot of excitement and prayers and anticipation for peaceful elections. Just arrived Lome en route Conakry for Recowa Standing Committee. Will speak

Pope in Congo, Bishop Kukah on episcopal team

By |2023-01-28T05:57:56+01:00January 28th, 2023|Africa, Diocese News, News, Nigeria, Sokoto Diocese, Vatican|

By Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh, CSN Not minding his fragile health, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, will visit the war-torn and violence-ravaging Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan from 31 January to 5 February, 2023, with the sole aim of fostering peace and reconciliation. To this end, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most

Coffin Maker Caught In Hospital Removing Drips From Patients

By |2023-01-12T21:36:43+01:00January 12th, 2023|Africa, News|

Reports say that a 33-year-old man who makes coffins but is having trouble selling them went to a nearby hospital to take the drips off of cholera patients who were being treated there. This is said to have happened in Limbe, a city on the coast of Cameroon’s South-West Region. He didn’t get lucky because

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