YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – A Cameroonian priest and intellectual has published a ground-breaking book that could potentially change the way African Traditional Religion is perceived by the Catholic Church.

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A leading African cardinal says African cultures and “a certain mentality in the Church” have put women in a disadvantaged position. Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa ...

Apologetics in Africa offers resources to both believers and skeptics where the church remains largely unequipped to respond to attacks on their faith. For most Africans, there is no dichotomy between ...

The Christian church in Africa is undeniably flourishing, with statistics showing a significant increase in the number of Christians across the continent. There were an estimated 734 million ...

IRONDALE, Ala. — Considered by many as the "Cradle of Mankind," the continent of Africa today is now the cradle of the Church’s evangelization. A new package of programs from EWTN aims to go right to ...

When participants gather in Rome at this fall’s Synod on Synodality to reflect how the global Catholic Church can better communicate the saving love of Jesus for all humanity, a vast continental ...

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) — ...

The Catholic Church's conclave to select the next pope will begin May 7, with some wondering if the church will continue down the path of non-European pontiffs by electing an African pope. This ...

The United Methodist Church lost one-fourth of its U.S. churches in a recent schism, with conservatives departing over disputes on sexuality and theology. Now, with the approach of its first major ...

In the commercial capital of Malawi, Pentecostal pastors and churches face fines or removal for making a joyful noise. Loud Pentecostal worship is part of the soundtrack of Africa’s major cities. From ...