Pope Benedict XVI called for conversion of heart in his address before praying the angelus on Sunday. Earlier, the Holy Father visited one the parishes in Rome. Click on the speaker to listen to the report... ...»
The bishops of Uganda are presently in Rome for their week-long Ad Limina visit which began on Monday. Pope Benedict XVI addressed all the bishops on Friday... Listen to this report by Chris Altieri.
Pope Benedict appealed for an end to sectarian violence in Iraq and solidarity for earthquake victims in Chile during the Angelus on Sunday. Listen to this report on the Angelus... ...»
Pope Benedict XVI prayed on Sunday that the Lenten season may draw us closer to the Lord in prayer and prepare us to celebrate worthily his victory over sin and death at Easter. The Pope said in the Gospel of the first Sunday of Lent, the Church invites us to contemplate Christ’s victory over temptation and to imitate his complete obedience to the Father’s will. The Holy ...»
Benedict XVI assured the poor on Sunday of the love that the Church has for them, stating that it will not abandon them. The Holy Father was speaking during his visit to the Caritas Hostel at Rome’s Termini station, which provides a place for the city’s destitute to stay until they can get back on their feet. The visit was before the Pope’s Angelus address, the last one ...»
At the general Audience on Wednesday, Pope Benedict XVI used the example of St. Anthony of Padua to call for the cultivation of interior riches and sensitivity to the needs of the poor. In this year for the priest, the pope prayed that all preachers will communicate a burning love for Christ. This was what he said in English... ...»
Pope Benedict XVI appealed for greater respect for life during the angelus on Sunday, saying, “No one is master of his own life, but all of us are called to preserve and respect life, from the moment of conception until its natural end.”
And for the third consecutive time in a week, the pope also spoke of how the economic crisis is hurting especially the poor and affecting ...»
Pope Benedict invited seminarians and priests on Wednesday to cultivate the spiritual value of their studies, in this year of the priest, by following the example of St. Dominic. This was what he said in English...
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today I wish to speak of the great contribution made by Saint Dominic to the renewal of the Church in the Middle Ages. As a priest of the ...»
The bishops of Uganda on Monday began their Ad limina visit. The visit will end on March 8. Listen to Bishop Giuseppe Franzelli of Lira Diocese... ...»
Fr. Gaspar Masilamani of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary or Claretians shares with us further on his experience as a missionary ...»
My guest in this edition of the 'African Synod: The Church Alive in Africa Today' is Fr. Gaspar Masilamani of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate ...»
The new year has seen a series of attacks against Christians especially in north Africa. In their message at the end of the Second African Synod in ...»
In today's Family Feature Sr. Rose Nwosu, provincial of the Africa province of the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus, in the third and final part of ...»
May all scholars, in a sincere search for the truth, arrive at an understaning of the one true God: The General Prayer Intention of the Church for February.
The general prayer intention of the Church for the month of February is that scholars and intellectuals, by means of a sincere search for the truth,...»
Christian Unity. a pastoral priority for Pope Benedict, is the theme of the Missionary Prayer Intention for January.
The week of prayer for Christian Unity will be celebrated from Monday January 18th until the feast of the conversion of St Paul, January...»
Becoming a Jesuit, Nigerian Fr. Orobator saw that the Church is truly universal.
In this edition of the Good Shepherd, Nigerian Jesuit, Fr. Emmanuel Orobator, now the provincial of the East Africa province of the Society of Jesus,...»
The prayer of Pope Benedict for the special assembly of the Synod of bishops for Africa.
With this prayer the Holy Father is asking us all to pray with Our Lady for the work of the special assembly of bishops for Africa, taking place...»
Click on the interactive map to find out more about Africa and the Special Assembly of Bishops for Africa !
Over on the left hand side of this home page the small, colour ful map of Africa is actually a resource tool to find out more about Africa, by...»
THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE POST SYNODAL COUNCIL FOR AFRICA
THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE POST SYNODAL COUNCIL FOR AFRICA:
The Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops archbishop Nicola Eterovic announced the...»
Inter-religious dialogue in Zanzibar with Bishop Shao.
Bishop Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao was one of the delegates of the Bishops conference of Tanzania at the second special assembly of Bishops for Africa...»
End discrimination: Embrace diversity - Human Rights Day 2009
The theme for Human Rights Day 2009, observed on December 10th was Embrace diversity and end discrimination. Sr Elizabeth Mgbaramuko has prepared...»
A call to transmit the social teachings of the Church by the AMECEA bishops following the African Synod.
In the final days of the special assembly of bishops for Africa the Synod fathers asked that the social teachings of the Church be made more widely...»
Mount Kilimanjaro's glaciers have lost 85% of the ice they had in 1912.
UN climate negotiators who met in Barcelona this week discussed a formula for securing agreement among 192 nations on tackling climate change ahead...»
