Fredrick Nzwili writes for OSV News from Nairobi, Kenya.
Catholic bishops in Kenya have criticized what they see as government interference in schools and hospitals owned by the church, while underlining their right to manage the institutions.
The bishops spoke at a news conference in Nairobi on April 11, where they addressed
As Rwanda marks 30 years since the 1994 genocide, the Catholic bishops in the country have expressed their closeness to survivors of the killings, while urging those convicted of crimes to seek forgiveness.
The bishops spoke as the East African nation of 14
As minerals fuel deadly conflicts in Africa, a leading cardinal urged local churches to ensure that Africa's abundant resources contribute to the benefit of its populations instead of hurting them.
Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa, president of the Symposium of the Episcopal
Three Egyptian Coptic monks of the Coptic Orthodox Archdiocese of South Africa were brutally murdered March 12 in their monastery in Cullinan, a small town in Gauteng province, about 18 miles east of the capital, Pretoria.
According to a March 13 statement from
A Catholic bishop in Kenya urged wider discussions on homosexuality, as some religious leaders demand a crackdown on LGBTQ activities in the East African nation.
Christian and Muslim leaders Feb. 1 urged Kenya's president to take a strong stand against homosexuality to protect
Paul Mackenzie, the self-proclaimed Kenyan pastor who shocked the country and the world after he drove his followers into mass "starvation suicide," has been charged with murder and terrorism.
On Jan. 17, Mackenzie, the leader and founder of the Good News International Church,
On Jan. 9 Congo’s constitutional court upheld the results of December’s election that declared President Félix Tshisekedi the winner, rejecting a petition by an opposition candidate to annul the vote.
Tshisekedi later told his supporters in Kinshasa, the capital, that he would govern
KINSHASA, Congo (OSV News) -- An elderly Salesian missionary priest was killed Dec. 12 in Congo under unclear circumstances. Father Léopold (Pol) Feyen, 82, was found dead in his room in Masina, a municipality in the province of the capital, Kinshasa. Some
Ahead of COP28, the U.N. climate change conference, Catholic leaders in Africa called for decisive action against climate change, as churches and agencies moved to aid people affected by floods. The flooding -- linked to the El Niño phenomenon caused by warming
NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) -- As the synod discussing the future of the Catholic Church wraps up in Rome, bishops from Africa reiterated their support for church teaching on homosexuality and their opposition to homosexual acts, a topic that appeared in synodal