Tag: Africa

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...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The presence in the United States of about 3,000 priests and religious from countries in Africa is a great contribution...

PEAPACK, N.J. —Cardinal Edwin F. O'Brien told Catholics gathered for Mass and a symposium in the Metuchen Diocese that “the enormity of today’s modern...

Catholic News Service Conflict and drought are threatening more than 20 million people in four countries with the prospect of famine, and the U.N. has...

Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace met with the country’s top diplomat, Rex Tillerson,...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI urged the international community to address the problems of poverty and malnutrition in Africa's Sahel region. "The...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- In his document on the church in Africa, Pope Benedict XVI addressed the educational crisis on the continent, calling...

COTONOU, Benin -- On a three-day visit to Benin, Pope Benedict XVI urged African Catholics to witness the hope of the Gospel in their...

COTONOU, Benin -- Arriving in Benin for a three-day visit, Pope Benedict XVI urged the African continent to protect its ancient values in the...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI is making his second trip as pope to Africa in mid-November, spending three days in Benin...