ACI Africa
ACI Africa (www.aciafricanews.com) is a service of EWTN News Inc. (www.ewtnnews.com) along with Catholic News Agency. It was officially inaugurated on Aug. 17, 2019, as a continental Catholic news agency serving the Church in Africa. Headquartered in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, this media apostolate will strive to tell Africa’s news by providing media coverage of Catholic events on the African continent and giving visibility to the activities of the Church across Africa. The editor-in-chief of ACI Africa is Father Don Bosco Onyalla.
Articles by ACI Africa
Christians in Egypt embark on construction of churches as persecution ebbs
Jun 26, 2024 / 10:30 amChurch projects that had been halted in Egypt when the North African nation was dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood are being resumed.
Malawi’s vice president, a ‘devout Catholic,’ among 10 confirmed dead in plane crash
Jun 11, 2024 / 13:05 pmThe secretary general of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi, Father Valeriano Mtseka, described the late vice president as a “devout Catholic.”
Kenyan pilgrims begin more than 200-mile walk to mark Ugandan Martyrs Day
May 25, 2024 / 08:00 amMillions are expected to arrive at the Namugongo Shrine, the site where St. Charles Lwanga and his companions were burned alive, to celebrate the Ugandan martyrs.
Priest shot dead in South Africa; Catholic bishops there decry ‘pandemic’ of murder
May 2, 2024 / 11:00 amFather Paul Tatu Mothobi, CSS, was found dead of gunshot wounds last weekend in South Africa.
Christian leaders in Africa mark 30 years since Rwandan genocide
Apr 17, 2024 / 07:00 amMembers of the Africa Christian Professionals Forum expressed their solidarity with the people of Rwanda as they remember the 800,000 people killed in the genocide.
Cardinal Sarah says contemporary Church is experiencing ‘temptation of atheism’
Apr 15, 2024 / 13:30 pm“We pretend to be Christian believers and men of faith; we celebrate religious rites, but in fact we live as pagans and unbelievers,” Cardinal Robert Sarah said.
South Sudan bishop: Our people ‘on brink of destitution, slowly perishing’
Mar 11, 2024 / 17:55 pmIn a March 8 letter, Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala described the desperate situation of his people in South Sudan.
Cardinal Sarah cautions against disunity among Christians, says it’s counter-witnessing
Feb 26, 2024 / 18:30 pmDisunity among followers of Christ is counterproductive to the mission of witnessing the Gospel message and evangelization, Cardinal Robert Sarah said recently.
More than a dozen killed in attack on Catholics at Mass in Burkina Faso
Feb 26, 2024 / 12:30 pmAt least 15 Catholics were killed in an attack during Mass on Sunday in the Burkina Faso village of Essakane in the country’s Oudalan province.
British Catholic politician demands justice for Christians killed in Nigeria at Christmas
Jan 22, 2024 / 16:45 pmLord Alton of Liverpool called on the U.K. government to urgently address persecution in Nigeria, starting with last year’s Christmas attacks.
Bishops in Malawi declare ‘blessings for same-sex unions of any kind are not permitted’
Dec 20, 2023 / 12:50 pmBishops in Malawi have prohibited the implementation of the Vatican declaration on the blessing of “same-sex couples” and couples in other “irregular situations.”
Cardinal Sarah addresses First African Congress on liturgy
Dec 10, 2023 / 08:00 amCardinal Robert Sarah recently cautioned against the overuse of cultural elements over Christian ones during liturgical celebrations.
Nigerian bishop: Tens of thousands spent to rescue kidnapped priests, seminarians
Nov 3, 2023 / 14:15 pmMost of the money has been spent rescuing priests, seminarians, and other pastoral caregivers who were kidnapped by various militia groups in the region.
African Jesuit theologian believes synodality work ‘will begin’ after Rome meetings
Oct 20, 2023 / 16:00 pmFather Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator, the dean of the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University, said synodality is about how people live.
Cameroon archbishop: ‘No room for distraction’ for delegates to Synod on Synodality
Sep 27, 2023 / 10:30 am“We are not going to allow ourselves to be distracted by the social media antics,” Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya said.
‘There is sometimes a terrifying silence’ regarding abortions in Africa, priest says
Jun 25, 2023 / 10:00 amFather Apollinaire Cibaka Cikongo of the Democratic Republic of Congo expressed concern about the “general silence” on abortion in Africa.
Nigerian priest freed after torture, hospitalized with ‘deep wounds on his head’
Jun 21, 2023 / 08:00 amFather Marcellus Nwaohuocha, OMI, who was kidnapped on June 17 from Nigeria’s Jos Archdiocese, has been freed.
Visit the Burkina Faso street named in honor of Pope Benedict XVI
Jan 8, 2023 / 10:00 amThe thoroughfare in Ouagadougou is known as Pope Benedict XVI Street.
'Come to our rescue': Nigerian priest to international community after month of captivity
Dec 2, 2021 / 13:05 pmA Nigerian priest who spent more than a month in captivity following his abduction earlier this year has called on the international community to come to the aid of the people of God in Nigeria’s Kaduna State amid heightened insecurity.
Bishop urges international community to promote value of human life after Sudan coup
Oct 27, 2021 / 15:19 pmThe international community must put pressure on Sudan’s military to show respect and value for human life, a Catholic bishop in the country said Tuesday, shortly after a coup.