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Bishop Kussala was referencing the protracted civil conflict in South Sudan compounded by economic woes and drought, which according to Mercy Corps, a global humanitarian organization, has caused massive displacement, raging violence and dire food shortages with over seven million people, about two-thirds of the population, in need of humanitarian aid.

Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lilongwe, George Desmond Tambala, has urged all Catholic faithful to use social media prudently and only to the glory of God and His Church.

Bishop Sithemebele Sipuka, the 1st Vice President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has explained the focus of the upcoming plenary in Accra Ghana is security in the region.

In his homily during the opening Mass of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) 20th Plenary Assembly held at Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Cardinal Tagle opined that the present-day global conflicts and divisions and lack of care for the environment have contributed to a state of helplessness in the world.

In his address during the Mass held at the Dr John Garang Mausoleum, Juba, and presided by His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State on June 7, President Salva Kiir Mayardit reiterated that he will never allow South Sudan to return to war again.

In his homily, during the public Mass held at Dr John Garang Mausoleum, Juba, and attended by the top leadership in the country led by President Salva Kiir Mayardit, Cardinal Parolin urged the people to reflect on their path of darkness, and “seek to be clothed in light.”

In his address to the media and while representing the Catholic bishops in Kenya in their weekly exhortation messages aimed at sensitizing individuals, communities, and the whole nation on the need for tolerance and accommodating divergent political views and affiliations toward the August 2022 General Elections. Bishop Obanyi exhorted that “the entire elections process is anchored on the law. Everyone in this process, the candidates and the electorate are active players. They must all follow ...

The Second Biannual Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society and Pastoral Life will be held from July 19 to 22 in Nairobi, Kenya, under the theme “Walking Together for a Vital Church in Africa and in the World”.

The approval of the aforementioned provision was occasioned in an audience granted on February 7, 2022, to the Cardinal Prefect, João Braz Cardinal de Aviz and Archbishop Secretary, José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M., of the Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life.

The Episcopal Conference of Togo (CET) meeting in Lomé from June 14 to 17, for the Second Ordinary Session for the year 2022, will receive in audience the National Synodal Consultation Team and Rectors of Major Seminaries for the 2021-2022 academic reports