In a statement shared with the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), Bishop Sipuka criticized the lack of accountability. “I notice that the news focuses on the government ...

Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903) wrote thirteen encyclicals on the rosary, and twentieth-century popes have been its most ardent promoters, both in their writings and by their personal example. Perhaps no ...

The Rosary Beads The physical "rosary" is not a Christian invention. It was, and is, essentially a tallying device, known in Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam. It has had the same function in Christianity ...

To make your African-inspired seed bead jewelry feel more authentic, it's important to get your materials from the right places. Look for vendors who sell traditional African beads made from glass ...

(Editor’s note: This article is part of an ongoing series on research about multi-cultural parishes that Marti Jewell and Dan Ebener conducted for the Catholic Leadership Institute.) As part of our ...

WEST AFRICA has long been a source of booze. In Yoruba mythology Obatala, a deity sent to create humans, stumbled on palm wine and fell into a drunken slumber before completing the task.

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror ...

The report shows that 11 priests and religious were kidnapped in the African nation in 2024 ... and Coordinating Servant of Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network (PACTPAN ...

This year, the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., is taking place on Jan. 24. Ahead of the march, the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops is inviting the faithful to take part in its ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been retrieved from a discontinued gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water supplies for months, in what trade unions called a “horrific ...

She handed me a set of Rosary beads adorned with little cowboy boots separated by tiny turquoise and silver beads. She explained that ‘MacKenzie’ and her “Marian army” had made them to ...