Wednesday 04 October |

Saint of the Day: St. Francis of Assisi

Africa

Speaker at UN General Assembly

John Burger

Head of worldwide Catholic charity attends UN General Assembly

Cape Town, South Africa

I.Media

Future Cardinal Stephen Brislin: a discreet but active pastor

tanzania map

I.Media

Future Cardinal Protase Rugambwa, a Tanzanian with Roman experience

Daniel Esparza

MET Museum will host a Byzantine Africa exhibition

Pope-Francis-holy-mass-at-the-John-Garang-Mausoleum-in-Juba-South-Sudan-AFP

I.Media

3 New cardinals for Africa: 14% of College, 19% of world’s Catholics

LGBTQ flag on Methodist church

J-P Mauro

United Methodist Church loses 20% of US parishes in ongoing schism

Carol McBrady AFCZ Zambia

Theresa Civantos Barber

“Like a Mother Teresa”: Priest recounts one woman’s heroism

Uganda-security-forces-are-seen-standing-at-the-premises-of-an-attack-in-Mpondwe-Lhubiriha-Secondary-School-Uganda

Ngala Killian Chimtom

Dozens of children massacred in Ugandan school, Pope asks prayers for victims of “brutal attack”

Mass burial of Fulani victims

John Burger

13 Parishes closed in Nigeria – but not for lack of parishioners

Action-for-children-Zambia-Carol-McBrady

Theresa Civantos Barber

This woman gives a family life to homeless kids in Zambia

Bishop-Emeritus-of-El-Obeid-Macram-Gassis-Sudan

John Burger

Champion for Sudanese Christians, Bishop Macram Gassis, dies at 84

Fridolin Ambongo Besungu

I.Media

When education is more about money than students

Theresa Civantos Barber

She longed for a child; God gave her hundreds

Pope Francis speaks to African children from many countries at an audience at Paul VI Audience Hall

I.Media

Pope Francis encourages the “big dreams” of Africa’s youth

SUDANESE REPRESENTATIVES SIGN TRUCE

John Burger

Pope asks prayers for Sudan as ceasefire effort begins

man prison hands

J-P Mauro

Report: 53% rise in global executions since 2022

SUDAN CONFLICT

John Burger

Caritas leaders plead with G-7: Don’t forget struggling Africa

Nigeria map with flag

John Burger

Herdsmen in Nigeria attacking villages before change of government

Daniel Esparza

Ancient Christian paintings discovered in medieval African churches

Daniel Esparza

An ancient Nubian cathedral is preserved in Warsaw

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