NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — As calls for decolonization and reparations for the transatlantic slave trade gain momentum globally, African church leaders, theologians and religious scholars gathered June ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Catholic Church leaders in Africa remember Francis as a pontiff who kept the continent close to his heart, advocating for its poor and the marginalized. NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — ...

I’M KAREN HOLMES WARD TODAY ON CITYLINE THREE NEW BOOKS THAT DISCUSS THE CHANGING INFLUENCE OF THE BLACK CHURCH, HOW A CONGREGATION HELPED HEAL A COMMUNITY, AND A THEOLOGICAL AND BIOETHICAL APPROACH ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – The third Pan-African Catholic Jubilee on Theology, Society, and Pastoral Life opens August 5 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, under the theme “Journeying Together in Hope as a Church ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A leading Catholic nun in Africa has made the case for economic justice, urging the Catholic Church in Africa to use the Lenten period to “engage in economic decolonization, ...

The Catholic church faces a fundamental question as it prepares to elect a new pope. That is, whether to go back to a monarchical papacy with its pomp and pageantry, or to build on the momentum begun ...

In a candid and wide-ranging interview with ADEOLA OGUNLADE, the Primate of the African Church, His Eminence Julius Osayande Olayinka Abbe, addressed head-on the deepening crisis rocking the historic ...

Pope Francis’ more than 12-year pontificate — characterized by an emphasis on mercy and compassion, the need to care for creation, and attention to the marginalized and “peripheries” of the Church and ...

African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, religious observers say, with the late pontiff’s mission of hope and mercy inspiring fervor among the continent’s young people in visits to nations ...

Associated Press Sunday, April 20, 2025 2:00 p.m. | Sunday, April 20, 2025 2:00 p.m. JOHANNESBURG — A Pentecostal church in South Africa celebrated Easter Sunday with mass wedding ceremonies for ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — At a three-day conference, African theologians and scholars considered how colonizing countries can make amends for historical wrongs and the place of forgiveness. NAIROBI, ...