Global Sisters Report-Africa

25/07/2024

Environmental activists, including Catholic and other faith-based leaders, applauded President Joe Biden's "monumental" impact on climate policy and environmental protections, though some noted ways he fell short.

25/07/2024

As Francis gets some much-needed rest inside Vatican walls ahead of the longest international trip of his papacy in September, three potential future popes are having their own moment in the spotlight.

24/07/2024

Salesian sisters in Zambia take in girls from the country's most feared slum, pulling them out of addiction and offering them a home while providing vocational training to them and a wider vulnerable population.

22/07/2024

The president's announcement brings to an end several weeks of speculation about his political future, including both his viability in the November election and his ability to serve another four years in the White House.

22/07/2024

Sisters and clergy attending meetings assessing the United Nations' sustainable development goals affirmed the progress they see in small-scale projects. However, they say the 2030 deadline is not realistic.

15/07/2024

The Vatican on July 14 expressed "concern" over the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump and said the attack "wounds people and democracy, causing suffering and death."

11/07/2024

Q&A with Sr. Maria João Prudência, serving 6 years in Angola, now in Mozambique.

Sr. Maria João Prudência arrived in Mozambique in December 2023 after a six-year mission in Angola. As one of Our Lady of Fatima's Sisters of Reparation, she is "always ready to go wherever my superiors send me."

02/07/2024

A Catholic sister brings a message of peace to rebels and solidarity to the displaced in the war-ravaged region of Ituri, in the Bunia Diocese in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Servant of Jesus Sr. Angèle Gapio brings a message of peace to rebels and solidarity to the displaced in the war-ravaged region of Ituri, in the Bunia Diocese in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

02/07/2024

As Cameroon grapples with the devastating effects of the Anglophone Crisis, Sr. Janefrancis Kinyuy is defying all odds to provide education and a home to hundreds of displaced and orphaned children in this northwest town, 350 miles from Yaoundé, the country's capital.

Amid the devastating effects of the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon, Sr. Janefrancis Kinyuy struggles to balance keeping children safe, providing education, and being the hope needed for society.

27/06/2024

After the severe cyclonic storm Remal made landfall in Bangladesh, May 26-27, more than a dozen people died, with the heavy rain and strong winds affecting about 3.7 million. During this natural disaster — as well as another severe storm that struck in April — the Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions Sisters arranged shelter and provided food in their school for people in the southern Bangladeshi village of Bagerhat, one of the areas most prone to such calamities.

Locals took refuge in sister-run schools after severe storms in May and April destroyed their homes, with sisters offering food and support in the aftermath.

26/06/2024

Kenya bishops plead for calm amid storming of parliament, deaths and injuries.

The Kenyan capital descended into chaos June 25 as protests over legislation dubbed a finance bill left several dead and dozens injured. The country's bishops called for peace and urged the president not to accede to the measure aimed at raising revenue by levying additional taxes.

24/06/2024

Catholic sisters from the West African countries of Ghana and Nigeria, along with their counterparts from the Central African nation of Cameroon, have shared their perspectives on the situation of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Africa.

During a webinar organized for World Refugee Day on June 20, the sisters emphasized the need for African governments to create opportunities for refugees to express themselves. They suggested implementing programs that recognize their skills and empower them to showcase their potential.

24/06/2024

Dozens of sisters from the Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya gathered June 14 in Nairobi for the launch of a media-training project, the Communication Network for Catholic Sisters.

The project empowers sisters working in their ministries to tell their own stories through media such as print, broadcast and digital.

Dozens of sisters from the Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya gathered June 14 in Nairobi for the launch of a media-training project, the Communication Network for Catholic Sisters.

22/06/2024

National Catholic Reporter, Global Sisters Report and EarthBeat won 44 honors in 33 categories at the 2024 Catholic Media Awards.

21/06/2024

May her soul RIP: Curtains fall on Sr. Ida Lagonegro, an Italian nun who made Pope Francis' vestments during his visit to Kenya in Nov. 2015.

When the Vatican confirmed that the Holy Father would visit Kenya, women from the Dolly Craft Center in Nairobi asked to celebrate the pope with three handmade vestments.

The Vatican approved the request, and the women began to sew.

"They are our gift to him," Lagonegro of the Dimesse Sisters in Nairobi and the leader of Dolly Craft told Global Sisters Report at the time. "We also made him a rosary with beautiful beads."

📷Stefania Beccaro

21/06/2024

Educating teenage girls in school has always been a challenging experience due to the changes in socio-cultural backgrounds. In Cameroon, it is even more challenging to educate teenage mothers or pregnant girls.
However, Sr. Rosemary Arrah, a member of the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus is making a difference.

Rosemary Arrah Sr. Rosemary Arrah, a member of the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus, holds degrees in theology and education from College of St. Mary Omaha and in special education and educational leadership from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She is a certified positive discipline trainer fo...

17/06/2024

Pope Francis met with President Joe Biden June 14 in a private meeting that took place during the G7 summit of world leaders, just five months before U.S. voters will head to the polls for a presidential election.

17/06/2024

At St. Josephine Bakhita Babies Home in Busia, western Kenya, religious sisters and social workers take in abandoned and orphaned newborns in a region that has seen rising cases of in**st and maternal mortality.

12/06/2024

The Catholic Church in Malawi is mourning the passing of the country’s Vice President, Saulos Chilima, who died in a tragic plane crash alongside nine others on June 10, with many eulogizing the late leader as “a patriotic citizen who served his country with distinction."

Saulos Chilima, 51, died alongside nine others, including the former first lady Shanil Dzimbiri, aboard a military aircraft.

12/06/2024

Roughly 100 sisters came together in Lusaka, Zambia, for a gathering organized by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation's Catholic Sisters Initiative, May 29-31, to collaborate and share best practices.

10/06/2024

Pope Francis once again renewed his call for a cease-fire in Gaza following the rescue of four hostages that led to what officials in Gaza said was the killing of more than 270 Palestinians in an Israeli rescue operation that one European Union diplomat deemed a "massacre."

07/06/2024

Mosquitoes are moving into the mountains of Papua New Guinea and other highland areas. That could be a death sentence for pregnant people.

07/06/2024

Catholics who support Trump say that to vote Democratic would be anathema to their faith and their conservative principles. With a majority of Catholics now trending toward Trump, will the Catholic vote still matter?

05/06/2024

After almost two decades of working in Haiti, Sr. Judy Dohner now helps migrants, many of them from this Caribbean country, who arrive in Florida.

04/06/2024

To celebrate Uganda Martyrs Day, June 3, sisters joined millions of pilgrims across Africa in a trek to the Namugongo Catholic Shrine in Kampala, honoring the dozens of martyrs burned alive in the late 1880s.

03/06/2024

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on June 3, 2024, joined hundreds of thousands of pilgrims at the Uganda Martyrs Shrine of Namugongo in Kampala, Uganda's capital, to mark this year's Martyrs Day celebration. Museveni was joined by his wife Janet and a host of government officials including Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja.

Uganda Martyrs Day is celebrated to honour the 45 Catholic and Anglican martyrs who were burned to death following an order by then King of Buganda Kabaka Mwanga II, between 1885 and 1887 because he was outraged by the conversion of young Ugandan men to Christianity.

03/06/2024

A woman carries her sick child and presents her before Uganda Martyrs' statues in Namugongo in Kampala, Uganda's capital, as she prays for her healing before joining the mass to commemorate the 45 Catholic and Anglican martyrs who were killed on the orders of Kabaka Mwanga II, then King of Buganda, between 1885 and 1887.

03/06/2024

Some of the Catholic sisters attended mass at the Catholic Martyrs' Shrine of Namugongo in Kampala, Uganda's capital, on June 3, during the Martyrs Day celebrations.

Every year, Christians from all walks of life flock to Namugongo to honour the 22 Catholic and 23 Anglican martyrs burned alive between 1885 and 1887 on stern orders of Kabaka Mwanga II, the 31st king of Buganda, who ruled from 1884 until 1888 and from 1889 until 1897.

03/06/2024

Catholic sisters are among millions of pilgrims gathering at Namugongo in Kampala, Uganda’s capital, to celebrate the feast of the Uganda Martyrs.

Uganda Martyrs Day is celebrated every year on June 3 in memory of the 22 Catholic and 23 Anglican martyrs who refused to denounce their faith and were condemned to death by the Kabaka Mwanga II, then King of Buganda, between 1885 and 1887.