Formation

Africa is a continent of hope for the Catholic Church. Worldwide, one in every five Catholics now comes from the African continent, as does one in every seven priests and roughly one in every three seminarians. Not surprisingly, therefore, vocations are also on the rise in the Diocese of Tete in northwest Mozambique. Right now, 34 young men from this diocese are currently studying in various seminaries around the country, and another 16 are currently being trained at the propedeutic ...

The apostolic vicariate of Hawassa (Awassa) is in southern Ethiopia and covers a vast region of approximately 45,560 square miles, or roughly one-third the size of Germany. The vicariate is divided into just 20 parishes, each of which covers numerous villages, many of them extremely remote in isolated and inaccessible areas. Some of these villages have a chapel of their own, since the nearest parish church is simply too far away. In most of these small villages, it is only ...