The Voice of the suffering in Africa

Archbishop Séamus Patrick Horgan, Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan, has just completed a diplomatic mission through the places in the region most badly affected by the current civil war in Sudan. Over several days, the archbishop expressed Pope Leo’s solidarity and closeness with the Christian community, which has struggled to keep its faith in the midst of the conflict.    Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Fr. Jorge Naranjo, a Spanish missionary with a long track ...

International Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) expresses its deep concern for and solidarity with the families of the victims of a brutal attack carried out on September 8-9 in Ntoyo, in the parish of Saint Joseph of Manguredjipa, in the province of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The attack has been attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). According to local sources close to the charity, the massacre left at least 64 dead, ...

Church property has been vandalized, and so far, authorities have failed to act. Archbishop Inácio Saure of Nampula, Mozambique held a press conference on Wednesday, September 3, to denounce the illegal occupation of Church land by groups of citizens who have built houses on the territory.   The invaded land includes plots on which the female congregation of the Servants of Mary, two seminaries, and the parish of St. John the Baptist in Marrare are located. In at least one of ...

Fr. Augustine Amadu was a friend of Aid to the Church in Need, and his death is a tragic loss for the Church in the Diocese of Kenema and for the whole Church.  A priest was murdered in his parish home on Saturday, August 30, in the Diocese of Kenema, Sierra Leone. Fr. Augustine Amadu was found dead by parishioners following what is believed to have been a robbery.   According to an autopsy, the priest received a heavy blow to the ...

In the ancient Christian nation of Ethiopia, there are nomadic groups who have never heard the Gospel. The Spiritans are working with these communities to spread the Good News and evangelize the culture, which involves dialogue with controversial traditions.  “Every community has its own culture, and of course, their culture is beautiful,” says Fr. Kilimpe Garbicha, speaking about the nomadic Hamar people of the Omo Valley in southwest Ethiopia. Ordained in 2013, Fr. Kilimpe has been the Provincial Superior in ...

According to Mozambican Bishop António Juliasse, the Pope’s message is that no wars should be forgotten.  During his Angelus address on Sunday, August 24, Pope Leo expressed his closeness to the people of Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique. Pope Francis previously referred to the insurgency in Cabo Delgado on several occasions.   “I express my closeness to the people of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, who have become victims of an unsecure and violent situation that continues to cause death and displacement. In ...