Articles on this issue "Africa"
Catholic media personnel in Africa started off this month with an affirmation of the need for a continent-wide Catholic news service. The call was heard, and an all-Africa Church news agency …
read moreA group of bishops and other Church officials from Africa are making a tour to visit European political leaders and promote Africa-centered strategies ahead of the Millennium Development Goals …
read moreWhen Comboni Missionary Giuseppe Franzelli, a native of Roccafranca, Italy, was told that Pope John Paul II wanted him to be a bishop in Uganda, his immediate response was, "No. Get somebody …
read moreThe Missionaries of Africa, better known as the "White Fathers," elected their first African superior general, Father Richard Baawobr, 51, native of Ghana. The priest, who was elected Monday …
read moreThe World Synod of Bishops special assembly for Africa concluded last October with 57 propositions. A meeting next week in Africa is to focus on ensuring the implementation of those goals. …
read moreFour months after the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, a Rwandan Salesian who participated as an expert is reflecting on the results and the response. Father Aimable …
read moreBishops, too, have crosses they do not want to carry. But Lent is a time to remember that Christians are people of hope, according to prelates of Southern Africa. In the Lenten appeal for this …
read moreThe Church in Europe has a lot to learn from its southern neighbor -- and discussions last month at the synod on Africa highlighted some of those lessons, according to the leader of the …
read moreHere are Nos. 51-57 of the 57 propositions that were published unofficially Oct. 24 by the synod press office at the conclusion of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of …
read moreHere are Nos. 41-50 of the 57 propositions that were published unofficially Saturday by the synod press office at the conclusion of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of …
read moreHere are Nos. 31-40 of the 57 propositions that were published unofficially Saturday by the synod press office at the conclusion of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of …
read moreIn Rome, Oct. 28, 2009, began like any other day, with the usual city rackets of horns, sirens and motors. On this same day in A.D. 312, Romans awoke to a much different sound: the clanging of …
read moreHere are Nos. 21-30 of the 57 propositions that were published unofficially Saturday by the synod press office at the conclusion of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of …
read moreThere are some human rights that just can't wait, says the new undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry, who hails from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Monsignor …
read moreHere are Nos. 11-20 of the 57 propositions that were published unofficially Saturday by the synod press office at the conclusion of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of …
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