Catholic congregations in Massachusetts are mourning the unexpected death of a priest, originally from Nigeria, who recently ...

A Roman Catholic priest who spent years brokering peace among warring groups in the Central African Republic has been mourned ...

In the April 29 statement, the bishops underscored the need for authorities in South Africa to protect human life. Father Paul Tatu Mothobi, a member the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (CSS/ ...

Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, at Cape Town’s city hall on Feb. 6, 2025. (Credit: Nardus Engelbrecht/AP.) Listen YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – One Catholic leader in Africa says U.S. President ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Sexual abuse by Catholic priests is a scourge in Africa as well as the Western countries where scandals have badly hurt the Vatican's image, a leading African Catholic ...

Father James Burasa, who grew up in refugee camp, received honorary doctorate from King’s College at commencement ceremonies last week. Amid all of the activity and attention surrounding last week’s ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — In the greatest rebuke yet to Pope Francis, the Catholic bishops of Africa and Madagascar issued a unified statement Thursday refusing to follow his declaration allowing priests to ...

African Catholic priests, and those from Madagascar, rebuked Pope Francis’ approval of same-sex couples being blessed by the Catholic Church on Thursday, saying they refuse to follow the pontiff’s ...

On a hillside in Kisii, western Kenya, the congregation of St Peter’s church convened for a special mass on January 7th. “In the Russian calendar…today is Christmas Day,” says Hezekiah Johnson Otara, ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Sexual abuse by Catholic priests is a scourge in Africa as well as the Western countries where scandals have badly hurt the Vatican's image, a leading African Catholic ...