Taking the Catholic Pulse

John Allen Jr.
Support Us
About Us

© 2026 Crux Now Media, LLC

Privacy & Cookie Policy

Taking the Catholic Pulse

About Crux
Contact Us
Advertising
Videos
Support Us

Podcast:

Quick Links

Currents News
Magisterium
Vulgate
VMR Communications
DeSales Media Group in the Diocese of Brooklyn

Latest

Consistory documents show cardinals cautious at start of Leo XIV’s reign

Tag: Africa bishops | Crux

Africa bishops

A man with his wife and two of his brides walk, during mass Easter weddings for 3,000 people, some polygamous, at the International Pentecost Holiness Church in Heidelberg, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Credit: Themba Hadebe/AP.)

With address of polygamy, Vatican flunks early test of synodality

Nov 26, 2025
Charles Collins

Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto, Nigeria, with priests. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

African bishop slams ‘outdated, biased’ global finance system

Jul 3, 2025
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Opposition leaders campaign in Lome, Togo, on Feb. 20, 2020. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Togo bishops warn change to constitution causing ‘fear’ in African nation

Jun 6, 2025
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV waves to the faithful in St. Peter’s Square shortly after his election on May 8, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Church in Africa welcomes Pope Leo XIV

May 9, 2025
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Standing by a mural of Pope Francis on a church, traffic police direct vehicles to get off the road as a government vehicle convoy passes through Juba, South Sudan, Feb. 2, 2023. (Credit: Ben Curtis/AP.)

Bishops in Africa say they don’t want a Pope like Francis; we want a Pope like Christ

May 5, 2025
Ngala Killian Chimtom

In this video frame grab, people assist victims after two explosions hit a meeting of M23 rebel group leaders and residents in Bukavu, eastern Congo, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Credit: Janvier Barhahiga/AP.)

Bishops express concern Congo’s war could unravel into a regional conflict

Mar 4, 2025
Ngala Killian Chimtom

People protest against economic hardship in Lagos, Nigeria, on Oct. 1, 2024. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Nigerian bishop call on Catholics to be more engaged in African politics

Feb 3, 2025
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Congestion at a market in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. (Credit: Wikipedia.)

Ivory Coast bishops urge transparent election ahead of October 25 presidential poll

Jan 31, 2025
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa gestures during his inauguration ceremony at the National Sports Stadium in the capital, Harare, on Sept. 4 2023. (Credit: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP.)

Christian leaders in Zimbabwe oppose plans to drop term limits for president

Jan 25, 2025
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda, Cameroon, speaks at a press briefing about the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Oct. 22, 2024. (Credit: Lola Gomez/CNS.)

Cameroon archbishop says synodality key to growth of Church in Africa

Jan 14, 2025
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Latest Stories

Consistory documents show cardinals cautious at start of Leo XIV’s reign

Jan 19
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV: Angelus appeals for peace in DRC, relief for victims of flooding in southern Africa

Jan 18
Crux Staff

Bishop details humanitarian crisis in remote area of CAR, top cardinal signals security progress

Jan 18
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Mexican priest moves to undisclosed location after death threats in Guerrero

Jan 16
Eduardo Campos Lima