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Facing Deportation, Nigerian Catholic Sister in south Texas Speaks Out
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (844+ words) Texas, 24 July, 2026 / 10:31 PM Sister Leticia Ugboaja, the Catholic nun and nurse who was briefly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in south Texas in June, made her first public remarks after what she described as weeks of “stress,…...
Transalpine Redemptorists in Scotland Perform Illicit Consecration of Bishop in Spite of Warnings of Schism
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (340+ words) Papa Stronsay, 25 July, 2026 / 7:00 PM A sedevacantist group of monks in Scotland hosted an illicit consecration of a “bishop” on July 25 in spite of repeated warnings that doing so would constitute a schismatic act and a break from the Catholic Church....
Vatican Weighing Papal Trip to Ukraine
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (960+ words) ACI Prensa Staff, 24 July, 2026 / 11:30 pm (ACI Africa). The Vatican will study the conditions needed for a possible trip by Pope Leo XIV to Ukraine, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher said following a six-day pastoral and diplomatic mission to the war-torn country....
Catholic Archbishop in Congo-Brazzaville Issues New Liturgical, Pastoral Directives to Strengthen Ecclesial Discipline
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (742+ words) Brazzaville, 24 July, 2026 / 3:17 pm (ACI Africa). Archbishop Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou of the Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) has issued new liturgical, pastoral, and ecclesiastical discipline directives aimed at promoting the dignified celebration of the liturgy, strengthening…...
“What a joy for us”: Catholic Archbishop Celebrates Malawi’s 125 Years of Evangelization
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (1119+ words) Nairobi, 24 July, 2026 / 5:25 pm (ACI Africa). As the Catholic Church in Malawi prepares to celebrate 125 years since the arrival of the first Catholic missionaries, the Local Ordinary of the Catholic Archdiocese of Blantyre has described the milestone as a moment of…...
Cardinal Otunga Sainthood Cause: AMECEA Urged to Join Prayers for Beatification of Servant of God in Kenya
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (709+ words) Nairobi, 24 July, 2026 / 7:20 pm (ACI Africa). Members of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) gathered for their 21st plenary Assembly have been urged to join the Church in Kenya in praying for the beatification of the country’s first…...
Discern God’s Voice amid “many other voices,” Catholic Bishop in Angola Urges Christians
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (565+ words) Benguela, 23 July, 2026 / 12:40 pm (ACI Africa). Bishop António Francisco Jaca of Angola’s Catholic Diocese of Benguela has challenged Christians to cultivate authentic spiritual discernment in a world filled with competing voices, saying only those who recognize God's call can faithfully live…...
Church Must Move Beyond Speaking About Young People to Making Them Partners in Mission: Ethiopian Archbishop
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (693+ words) Nairobi, 23 July, 2026 / 4:45 PM The Catholic Church in Eastern Africa must move beyond discussing young people as a pastoral concern and instead recognize them as active participants in the Church's mission, governance, and discernment, Archbishop Abune Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie has said....
Catholic Prison Outreach in Nigeria Secures Release of 35 Inmates: “We decided to give them justice”
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (994+ words) By Abah Anthony John Abuja, 24 July, 2026 / 2:40 pm (ACI Africa). A Nigerian Catholic official has recounted how a prison outreach inspired by the Gospel's call to mercy and compassion led to the release of 35 inmates who had spent years in detention…...
AMECEA Urged to Harness Church’s Expertise to Influence Policies Affecting Youths
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (730+ words) Nairobi, 24 July, 2026 / 6:24 pm (ACI Africa). The President of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) has appealed to Catholic Bishops in Eastern Africa to strengthen the Church's advocacy role by mobilizing its vast professional expertise to…...