The Church in Africa is one of the most vibrant and rapidly growing communities in global Catholicism today. The Pontifical Yearbook, in its 2024 edition, reports that Africa accounts for 20% of the world’s Catholics and is characterised by a highly dynamic spread of the Catholic Church. From the Second Vatican Council to the Synods on Africa (1994 and 2009),…
À l’occasion de la XIIIᵉ Assemblée plénière de l’ACERAC (l’Association des conférences épiscopales de l’Afrique centrale) à N’Djamena, le Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga revient sur la synodalité comme chemin partagé, sur l’actualité de l’exhortation Ecclesia in Africa trente ans après sa publication, et sur la mission prophétique de l’Église face aux conflits, aux fragilités sociales et aux signes d’espérance en Afrique…
In his Angelus address on the eve of the celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council on December 7, 2025, Pope Leo reminded the Church that Vatican II remains a living experience—a work of the Spirit whose fruits continue to unfold in unexpected ways. He noted that the Kingdom of God often buds forth…