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by bcadmin | Nov 10, 2022 | Africa bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Climate change, COP27, Environment Ecology, lead, News, SECAM, United Nations | 0 |
As the U.N climate change conference unfolds in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Catholic bishops in Africa are warning that there cannot be climate justice without land justice.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 31, 2022 | Africa bishops, chad, Church in Africa, lead, News, Sahel | 0 |
An alliance of around 20 rebel groups in Chad has rejected a statement by the Economic Community of Central African States that seems to endorse the Transitional Council – the body governing the country after the demise of President Idriss Deby Itno.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 17, 2022 | Africa bishops, chad, Church in Africa, lead, News, Sahel | 0 |
Bishops in Chad have participated in a walkout of the African country’s National Inclusive Dialogue, claiming the government hasn’t been willing to listen to opposing voices.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 12, 2022 | Africa, Africa bishops, Church in Africa, lead, News, Queen Elizabeth II, United Kingdom | 0 |
Queen Elizabeth II was remembered for “certain lasting values of discipline, hard work, a sense of duty, honesty and meritocracy” by bishops in Africa after her death on Thursday at the age of 96.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 22, 2022 | Africa, Africa bishops, Church in Africa, Laudato Si, lead, News, SECAM | 0 |
Bishops from Africa meeting in Kenya called on governments to take “urgent and ambitious” action to protect biodiversity. This is the first-time prelates from the continent have taken a collective, public stance on climate.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 20, 2022 | Africa bishops, Church in Africa, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Jubilee USA Network, lead, News, SECAM | 0 |
With the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group spring meetings underway, the bishops of Africa are calling for more support from the world’s finance leaders.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 18, 2022 | Africa, Africa bishops, AMECEA, Caritas, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, European union, News | 0 |
More than 100 NGOS said the European Union-African Union partnership failed to improve the lives of rural Africans and needs to put “the dignity and well-being of Africans at the center of policymaking.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 17, 2021 | Africa bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Guinea, News | 0 |
Catholic bishops in Guinea criticized the country’s Sept. 5 military coup and called for the unconditional release of deposed President Alpha Condé as well as all those arrested with him.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 29, 2020 | Africa bishops, Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic, News, SECAM | 0 |
Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar, has urged courage in Africa, as cases of COVID-19 increase amid adoption of containment measures and prayers to defeat the pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 21, 2020 | Africa bishops, Burkina Faso, Catholic Church, Church in Africa, lead, News, Sahel | 0 |
As Burkina Faso gears up for presidential and legislative elections later this year, the Catholic Church is warning the country that a fraudulent election will make the hurt the country’s precarious security situation.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 8, 2020 | Africa bishops, Botswana, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, George Floyd, News | 0 |
In a “farewell letter,” a bishop from Botswana recalled meeting and befriending George Floyd and his family on a visit to the United States.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 5, 2020 | Africa, Africa bishops, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Ghana, Kenya, News, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe | 0 |
Throughout Africa, church officials are working to fight the stigma that comes with the pandemic. But in some areas, people fear death from hunger more than death from COVID-19.
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