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CRS official sees wins in Ebola fight, but there's 'a lot more to do'
By Beth Griffin | Catholic News Service RYE, N.Y. -- Catholic organizations and dioceses in the United States have responded to the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa with both generosity and extreme...
View ArticleNigerian prelate: Church tries to keep Boko Haram victims from despair
Simon Caldwell | Catholic News Service MANCHESTER, England -- What do Nigerian Church leaders say to a woman who, pregnant and fleeing Boko Haram extremists, realizes that she is not physically...
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Student from Nairobi slums connects with Chaminade
Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Wearing a white uniform shirt with an airline pilot's insignia, Maurice Otieno Nyangoro paced nervously on the big stage at the Skip Viragh...
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Comboni priest hopes pope's visit will stop violence in Central African Republic
Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- A Comboni missionary in the Central Africa Republic, recounting the violence taking place around his parish in the capital, expressed hope that Pope Francis'...
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Honor your martyrs by putting faith into action, pope tells Ugandans
Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service KAMPALA, Uganda -- As Pope Francis encouraged Ugandan Christians to draw inspiration from the 19th-century Ugandan Martyrs, he carried with him graphic images of...
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At Bangui mosque and Mass, pope prays for 'salam,' peace
Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service BANGUI, Central African Republic — Pope Francis ended his visit to the violence-torn Central African Republic with cries for peace and pleas for a mercy that seeks...
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POPE'S MESSAGE | Missionary spirit means giving witness, not proselytizing
Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Missionary spirit is manifested by preaching love, humanity and faith through one's witness and not through proselytism, Pope Francis said....
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South Sudan bishop urges peace, condemns attack on nuns
Bronwen Dachs | Catholic News Service YAMBIO, South Sudan -- An attack on religious sisters at a teacher training college in South Sudan has shaken and saddened the Church, a Church leader said, while...
View ArticleStable elections in Central African Republic bring chance of peace
Jonathan Luxmoore | Catholic News Service OXFORD, England — The head of the Central African Republic bishops' conference said the country's new president has a "real chance" of restoring peace and...
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Massive task lies ahead for NFP educator in Africa
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker As the only Creighton Model FertilityCare educator on the continent of Africa, Ayodele Shonubi knows she has a massive task ahead of...
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Joy marks Comboni priest’s 50,000 miles on a bike in Africa
Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 A gun pointed at his head by soldiers. Three years spent in a refugee camp, living in a grass-roof hut and serving 100,000 people in 54...
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Project successful in funding clean-water wells in Africa
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Franciscan Father Jean-Marie Mufeji's parish of 25 villages in the Democratic Republic of Congo covers about 1,930 square miles. Many of...
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Pope tells Egypt's religious leaders to unmask violence
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service CAIRO — Calling his visit to Egypt a journey of "unity and fraternity," Pope Francis launched a powerful call to the nation's religious leaders to expose...
View ArticleChurches attacked, crisis worsens in Central African Republic
By Jonathan Luxmoore | Catholic News Service OXFORD, England — A Catholic aid worker warned of a worsening crisis in the Central African Republic, as church centers are attacked and more armed groups...
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For 20 million people, conflict added to drought means no food to eat
By Bronwen Dachs | Catholic News Service Conflict and drought are threatening more than 20 million people in four countries with the prospect of famine, and the U.N. has called this food crisis the...
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