The late Bishop Paride Taban Abraham Kenyi, emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of Torit, South Sudan, has been nominated posthumously for the prestigious Opus Prize-an annual faith-based humanitarian award, whose $1 million award and two $100,000 prizes make up one of the world's largest faith-based awards for social entrepreneurship.
Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria, has appealed to the people to support the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu despite the contentious Supreme Court ruling that upheld his election on October 26.
Ahead of the upcoming 50th-anniversary celebrations of the establishment of the Pan-African Episcopal Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS), Rt Rev Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo, the chairman of the African Bishops’ communications committee has averred that preparations for the gathering of are in high gear and the delegates to the four-day jubilee will have an unforgettable experience.
In celebrating 40 years since its establishment in 1984 and its contribution to women’s theological empowerment, Hekima University College (HUC), Nairobi, Kenya, has organized a conference dedicated to women theologians that will take place from March 7 -11, 2024.The theme of the conference is ‘African Women Theologians and Synodality’.
The African Synodality Initiative (ASI), a collaboration of the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar (JCAM), the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa & Madagascar (SECAM) and the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) has organized a post-synodal Zoom webinar titled ‘Walking the Synodal Path: Reflections on the Synod on Synodality – Voices from Africa’.