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Fr. Thomas Oyode, the Rector of the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Auchi who was abducted on October 27 has regained his freedom.
Members of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (CEM) have appealed for peace, tolerance, and respect for life amid violence that erupted following the contested October 9 elections in the southern African country surges.
Bishop Philippe Nkiere Keana, the third Catholic Bishop of Inongo Diocese in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has passed on after an illness. He was aged 86.
Here is a roundup of abortion policy-related news this week.
Human rights foundation, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), has expressed concern that the prolonged court proceedings surrounding the 16 children who were taken from Du Merci Centres in Nigeria’s Kano State about five year ago is increasing the children’s trauma.
The Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has partnered with GEI Power Limited, a Zambian Energy Company dealing with sustainable renewable energy projects, to promote sustainable energy and ‘clean cooking solutions” across Catholic institutions and parishes in the country.
Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi of Tanzania’s Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam has called for integrity in the voting process, urging that only eligible citizens be allowed to vote and that each vote cast be a “legitimate vote.”
The President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has condemned the growing rate of involvement of young people in crimes promoted by the “excessive” consumption of “hard drugs” in Nigeria.
“We wish him great wisdom, because this is the main virtue of rulers according to the Bible,” Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said at an event in Rome.
The pontiff introduced Father George Jacob Koovakad to the world in 2021 as someone who is “always smiling.”
St. Engelbert, was born in Berg around the year 1185 to Engelbert, Count of Berg and Margaret, daughter of the Count of Gelderland. He studied at the cathedral school of Cologne and, while still a boy, was made provost of the churches of St. George and St. Severin at Cologne and of St. Mary's at Aachen, as it was a common abuse in the Church at the time to appoint the children of nobles to such positions.
Donald Trump, the President-elect of the United States of America (U.S.), will need “more than” Solomon’s wisdom to facilitate healing among Americans following what had been widely described as a closely contested election.
Right at the forefront of the war against Islamist attacks in Burkina Faso are Catechists who are ready to give their lives for the safety of Christians in the West African country where persecution is reported to be highest in the world.
Pope Francis has appointed the Superior General of the Religious Institute of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (MCCJ) Auxiliary Bishop of Ethiopia’s Catholic Archdiocese of Addis Ababa that is under the pastoral care of Berhaneyesus Demerew Cardinal Souraphiel.
In a statement posted to the USCCB’s website, conference president Archbishop Timothy Broglio congratulated Trump on his victory.
Trump secured a wide electoral and popular vote victory over Harris, with multiple news networks calling the race for the Republican president-elect.
“I wished to greet the Virgen de los Desamparados,” the pope told the crowds of pilgrims at the Vatican after placing a white rose before her statue.
The Diocesan Administrator of the Catholic Diocese of Bafatá in Guinea Bissau has called on politicians and other government stakeholders in the tropical country on West Africa’s Atlantic coast to pay attention to the plight of the people, who he said are crying for help.