Africa

As African bishops continue to back Pope Leo XIV over the excommunication of the SSPX, the traditionalist group in Kenya rejected the schismatic tag as it moved to assure followers of its Roman Catholic identity.

Much has been done to mitigate rates of HIV and AIDS, but more work remains as children are still vulnerable to the virus and the disease it causes.

A Catholic priest working for peace and reconciliation in the Central African Republic was killed by armed men near his residence in the town of Zemio on June 29.

Ethiopia adopted Christianity as its state religion in 330. It is now home to 77.5 million Christians, about 67 per cent of its total population.

As xenophobic attacks continued to unfold in South Africa, Catholic bishops in Africa urged the government to quickly tame the violence, amid reports of deaths and injuries.

A Catholic church in northern Mozambique was targeted in an attack by the Islamic State group that has carried out attacks against Christians and Muslims in the country since 2017.

As the dust begins to settle following the April 15-18 visit of Pope Leo XIV to Cameroon, Church leaders in the Central African nation believe the pontiff's journey has created a "kairos" moment of grace in a country longing for peace.

On his last day in Equatorial Guinea, Pope Leo XIV reminded Catholics in the country to seek strength, justice and hope from the Gospel and the sacraments.

Catholic bishops in Sudan and South Sudan have expressed distress at the brutal killing of nearly 178 people in northern South Sudan on March 2.

Nigeria is facing "a terrifying crisis of religious violence," the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said in its 2026 annual report, released March 4.