For the Catholic Church in South Africa, June 16 transcends historical remembrance; it stands as a living symbol of the ...

Recent years have seen Catholicism’s geographic balance increasingly shift toward the global south. As the church’s College of Cardinals convenes on May 7 in Rome to choose Francis ...

Africa is already leading the Catholic Church in many regards. Most just don’t know it." This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Christianity is booming in Africa.

The Catholic church in Africa – despite its exponential growth – is still treated as a “mission territory”, in need of institutional, theological, pastoral and material support from Rome.

Most widely known of South African ministers was Andrew Murray (1828–1917), Scotch Presbyterian who preached in Dutch Reformed churches. Sixty-five per cent of South Africa’s 15,000,000 ...

CNA Staff, May 28, 2025 / 13:21 pm. South African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier this week said the Catholic Church can lead in helping overcome decades of apartheid and racial divide that continue to ...

Sunday service at a Roman Catholic church in Juba, South Sudan, last year. About a fifth of Africa’s population, roughly 280 million people, are Catholic.