After surviving a life-threatening fire, Father David Obeng Paintsil called the rosary “a really powerful prayer.” ...

Father John Inalegwu Otache, the priest abducted on 13 October along the Otobi Amejo–Ajegbe road, in the local government ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A Catholic priest and psychotherapist who provides protection and treatment for abused children has spoken out about sexual abuse in the Church in Africa, and the silence that goes ...

The Catholic Church has 407,421 priests, 425 more than the previous year. Africa and Asia are driving this growth, while ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Sexual abuse by Catholic priests is a scourge in Africa as well as the Western countries where scandals have badly hurt the Vatican's image, a leading African Catholic ...

Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, at Cape Town’s city hall on Feb. 6, 2025. (Credit: Nardus Engelbrecht/AP.) Listen YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – One Catholic leader in Africa says U.S. President ...

The report, compiled by Luca Mainoldi from the latest Statistical Yearbook of the Church, presents a picture of simultaneous ...

STORY: In Lagos, Nigeria, an app fusing tradition and technology hopes to redefine spiritual practises. Thirty-two-year-old Olawole Olakunle, an Ifa priest, has founded the web-based platform, Priests ...

African Catholic priests, and those from Madagascar, rebuked Pope Francis’ approval of same-sex couples being blessed by the Catholic Church on Thursday, saying they refuse to follow the pontiff’s ...

Denu (V/R), Dec. 28, GNA – Torgbui Honu II, President of CNCVB–RACINE Vodou Ghana, has called on African traditional priests and spiritual leaders to unite and collaborate to promote the dignity, ...

In the April 29 statement, the bishops underscored the need for authorities in South Africa to protect human life. Father Paul Tatu Mothobi, a member the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (CSS/ ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Sexual abuse by Catholic priests is a scourge in Africa as well as the Western countries where scandals have badly hurt the Vatican's image, a leading African Catholic ...