The Catholic Archdiocese of Johannesburg is documenting the lives of Domitilla and Danny Hyams, the founders of the NGO ...

It is time for Black Catholics, White Catholics, Brown, and Hispanic Catholics to stand up for the six African Americans on the path to sainthood. They’ve been waiting to be recognized here on Earth ...

By Gina Christian, OSV News Amid severe cuts in U.S. foreign aid, Catholic bishops an ocean apart are advocating for deeper ...

And even now, 22 years later, the pain and anger linger. A movement is under way to have the Vatican declare Daswa South Africa's first saint, but it has stirred concerns that old grudges which should ...

History was made on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square when Pope Leo XIV declared Carlo Acutis, the 15-year-old tech prodigy known as “God’s Influencer”, the first Millennial saint. Acutis, known as “God’s ...

NWELI, South Africa (AP) – Everyone in this poor northern corner of South Africa has a story about Benedict Daswa’s kindness to his neighbors, his schoolteacher colleagues, the young villagers he ...

As the Catholic Church prepares for its May 14 conclave, anticipation surges throughout Africa where many faithful harbor hopes for the first African pope in more than 1,500 years. The possibility ...

Its survival down the centuries is a miracle worthy almost of Francis Xavier, its patron saint. The tiny chapel in Malindi, an ancient port on Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast, is believed to date to the ...

Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention. By Elian Peltier Reporting from Dakar, Senegal When Pope Francis presided ...