Tag: Africa

YAOUNDE, Cameroon -- As the dust begins to settle following the April 15-18 visit of Pope Leo XIV to Cameroon, Church leaders in the...

On his last day in Equatorial Guinea, Pope Leo XIV reminded Catholics in the country to seek strength, justice and hope from the Gospel...

KILAMBA, Angola -- Pope Leo XIV celebrated an outdoor Mass for an estimated 100,000 Catholics in Angola on Sunday, April 19, urging the faithful...

ALGIERS -- Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria on the morning of April 13, becoming the first pope to make an apostolic journey to...

ROME -- Pope Leo XIV will begin his first apostolic journey to Africa on April 13, traveling more than 11,000 miles over 11 days...

ROME -- Pope Leo XIV will travel to six countries over the next four months, including a 10-day tour of Africa and trips to...

In the heart of southern Africa, more than 200 catechists -- many of them laywomen -- are now equipped to share the Catholic faith,...

NAIROBI, Kenya -- When Pope Francis released his apostolic exhortation "Laudate Deum" ("Praise God") Oct. 4, its message echoed loudly across Africa, where millions...

NAIROBI, Kenya-- Eritrean authorities are continuing to detain Catholic Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim of Segheneity, who was arrested at the Asmara International Airport Oct....

CAPE TOWN, South Africa  -- In Sudan's Nuba Mountains and in neighboring South Sudan, mass vaccination against COVID-19 is so far off that it...