Watch Night, also known as Freedom’s Eve, is a sacred New Year’s Eve tradition in Black communities rooted in Christian worship and remembrance of Dec. 31, 1862, when enslaved and free African ...
The letter, issued Jan. 11, was written by Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). Cardinal Ambongo said that the letter is a ...
Cardinal Stephen Brislin, the spokesperson for the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, said that the conference “has taken a slightly different stand from the rest of Africa” on the Vatican ...
Pope Francis has addressed criticism over his consent to priests to bless same-sex couples, saying the pushback from African bishops was “a special case” influenced by culture. The Symposium of ...