Vatican News Africa

10/05/2025

*Pope Leo XIV explains his choice of name:*
"... I chose to take the name Leo XIV. There are different reasons for this, but mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic Encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution. In our own day, the Church offers to everyone the treasury of her social teaching in response to another industrial revolution and to developments in the field of artificial intelligence that pose new challenges for the defence of human dignity, justice and labour."

09/05/2025

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV began his first homily with words in English during Mass in the Sistine Chapel with the College of Cardinals.

21/04/2025

At 9:45 AM on Easter Monday, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, spoke these words at the Casa Santa Marta:

"Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis. At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of His Church. He taught us to live the values of the Gospel with fidelity, courage, and universal love, especially in favor of the poorest and most marginalized. With immense gratitude for his example as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we commend the soul of Pope Francis to the infinite merciful love of the One and Triune God."

PC: Vatican News

15/04/2025

Enjoy a blessed birthday Bishop Tsoke

Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference

06/04/2025

Pope Francis appears in St Peter's Square at the end of the Jubilee of the Sick and the Healthcare World.

As Mass came to an end, the Pope made an unscheduled appearance, telling the assembled pilgrims "Have a good Sunday, and thank you all very much!"

This was the Pope's first public appearance since he left hospital on Sunday March 23.

The Holy See Press Office reports that, before greeting the pilgrims, the Pope passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica and went to confession.

06/04/2025

Pope Francis appears in St Peter's Square at the end of the Jubilee of the Sick and the Healthcare World.

As Mass came to an end, the Pope made an unscheduled appearance, telling the assembled pilgrims "Have a good Sunday, and thank you all very much!"

This was the Pope's first public appearance since he left hospital on Sunday March 23.

The Holy See Press Office reports that, before greeting the pilgrims, the Pope passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica and went to confession.

PC: Vatican News

23/07/2024

Planting Peace in Cameroon – the art exhibition at the Apostolic Nunciature

Last May in an interview the Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon, Archbishop Jose A. Bettencourt said among other things that the

23/07/2024

Cardinal Parolin to Ukraine: ‘Nothing is impossible for God’

The Holy See's Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, gave this comforting reminder on Sunday, 21 July, at the conclusion

16/07/2024

Congratulations to the Church in Nigeria.