Africa

In Nigeria on Sunday, terrorists burst into a church in the local government area of Kankara, Katsina State, kidnapping five worshippers

It is painful to write so frequently about the violence that is taking place in Congo against the Catholic Church and civilians, and which yesterday saw 17 people perish

Missionary action in Africa is almost never simple, but in some areas it proves to be really complicated and dangerous: this is the case, for example, in the desert region of Saheel

We are at the end of 1856, a year that we can call the foundation year of the SMA (African Missions Society) because of the choices, activities, documents, events and testimonies that accompanied it

Catholics and other Christians in Congo took to the streets Dec. 4 to protest increasing violence, often caused when neighboring countries seek the nation’s valuable minerals

Migratory flows from Africa are registering an increasing number of women, according to a conference organised by OCADES, the Caritas of Burkina Faso

Being missionaries and peace workers in Congo is becoming increasingly difficult: news has just reached us of yet another kidnapping, this time of two women activists organising a peace march

After the first week of the UN Climate Conference COP27 ended, senior African Church leaders and Catholic organisations concerned about climate change celebrated a joint meeting to pray and discern practical actions to advocate for climate…

COP27 / The theme raised by the African Bishops, the one that links climate justice to earth justice, is in fact global and certainly involves the peoples of Africa, but also many areas of Asia and South America

In Ghana an explicit stance of the bishops, who in a statement issued by the Bishops' Conference openly support the two proposed laws to abolish the death penalty