23+ hour, 27+ min ago   (773+ words) National Catholic Register, 29 August, 2026 / 3:00 pm (ACI Africa). The practice of surrogacy made national news in August when surrogate mother McKenna West fled to Texas to give birth to a baby after its biological parents requested it be aborted due to…...

3+ hour, 25+ min ago   (345+ words) By EWTN News Staff ACI Prensa Staff, 29 August, 2026 / 2:17 AM Pope Leo XIV on Aug. 29 said bishops of the Eastern Catholic Churches can remove their patriarchs when assembled in synod, though the Holy Father said the pope must still give his…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (455+ words) Vatican, 28 August, 2026 / 11:37 pm (ACI Africa). Pope Leo XIV warned Friday that decisions affecting human life are increasingly being entrusted to machines as he called for ethical safeguards governing artificial intelligence and other digital technologies. "One of the serious problems today…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (692+ words) Bamenda, 27 August, 2026 / 5:07 pm (ACI Africa). Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bamenda in Cameroon has urged Parishes receiving newly donated motorbikes in his Metropolitan See to use them responsibly, and to strengthen outreach to poor and vulnerable…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1026+ words) Nairobi, 27 August, 2026 / 12:42 pm (ACI Africa). Theologians in Africa have embarked on a six-week formation program that seeks to explore priestly life, starting with Nigeria, amid mounting mental health concerns among Catholic Priests. According to organizers, participants in the program, which…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (375+ words) Konongo-Mampong, 26 August, 2026 / 5:25 pm (ACI Africa). Ghana’s Catholic Diocese of Konongo-Mampong has imposed an indefinite canonical suspension a divinis on a Priest of the Diocese for taking a leave of absence and “abandoning his pastoral ministry” without legitimate permission. Bishop John…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (708+ words) Port Louis, 26 August, 2026 / 4:18 pm (ACI Africa). Bishop Jean-Michaël Durhône of the Catholic Diocese of Port-Louis has called for attention to employment discrimination in Mauritius, urging society to confront the issue through truth, listening, discernment and effective legal measures. In his…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (932+ words) Kpalimé, 26 August, 2026 / 5:20 pm (ACI Africa). The Catholic Bishop-elect for the Diocese of Kpalimé in Togo has described his forthcoming Episcopal Ordination as a call rooted in trust in God, closeness to the people and a commitment to walking with the…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (577+ words) Enugu, 25 August, 2026 / 11:13 PM The Catholic Diocese of Enugu in Nigeria has designated 13 churches and other sacred sites across the diocese as pilgrimage centres for the celebration of the special Jubilee of St. Francis of Assisi, which Pope Leo XIV proclaimed…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (720+ words) ACI Prensa Staff, 25 August, 2026 / 7:30 PM The president of the German Bishops' Conference has announced the bylaws for the German Synodal Conference are still under review in Rome. The Synodal Conference is intended to serve as a permanent body implementing the…...