Latest African christianity Podcast Episodes
Is Africa Ready to Lead the Catholic Church?
African Catholic Voices - May 08, 2024 03:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAll the Popes since the Second Vatican Council have sang the praises of African Christianity. Africa is witnessing an exponential growth in the population of Catholics. However, since the publication of Fiducia Supplicans and the rejection of the document by the Symposium of Episcopal Conference...
African Families and the Burden of Sickle Cell Disease
African Catholic Voices - April 01, 2024 19:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDr Jude Dumfeh, an award winning internal medicine and pediatric physician and his wife, Evelyn Dumfeh share with us the challenges they faced when their daughter was diagnosed with sickle cell disease. Their family experience is a testimony of love that triumphs all things; sacrifice in the mid...
In death, life is transformed: Reflection for the Easter Sunday
African Catholic Voices - March 29, 2024 16:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this Easter homily, Bishop Gerard Musa of Katsina Diocese delivers a touching message about the incredible transformative power of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He eloquently explains that for believers, death is not the ultimate end but instead a transformation to a new life. The bishop...
Why is there no African Cardinal heading a Roman Dicastery?
African Catholic Voices - March 23, 2024 03:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAs Pope Francis celebrates his eleventh year on the Chair of Peter, some Catholics might disagree on his legacy; but all agree that his papacy has been consequential. In this episode, we look at some of the central teachings of Pope Francis and especially the current Synod on Synodality, and his...
The Poor in our Midst: Doing Charity and Justice as Christians in Africa
African Catholic Voices - March 11, 2024 05:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsChristians are called to give alms to the poor and reach out to all those who need our help. In this episode, we talk about doing charity and working for justice and the best way to do almsgiving so as to find favor with God. We also critically analyze the challenging social conditions in many A...
Prayer in African Christian Spirituality: Why is God not answering some Prayers?
African Catholic Voices - March 04, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode, we talk on the importance of prayer in the lives of African Christians. During this Lent, we are invited to deepen our prayer life. The episode delves into different kinds of prayers and raises the questions: How can we pray better? Does God answer all our prayers? Must we pray ...
Is God still with us in the World? Meditation on Jesus the Water of Life (3rd Sunday of Lent)
African Catholic Voices - February 28, 2024 03:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe Gospel presents to us the story of a woman who was searching for God. She was a woman who had no name. In the NT, those who have no name are usually people who have no status in society. She was also a Samaritan. The Samaritans were regarded as inferior spiritually by the Israelites because ...
"We don't need any Sermon on Fasting in Africa this Lent....God's People in Africa have been fasting for far too long now!!!"
African Catholic Voices - February 25, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode Sr Jane and Fr Stan discuss the Lenten discipline of fasting, abstinence and penance. They invite the people of God to a deeper reflection on the reality of suffering and poverty in Africa. God's people are already living a long penance of fasting with the rising cost of living, ...
Do Catholic Sisters fall in love? Responding to God's Call as African Female Religious
African Catholic Voices - February 19, 2024 06:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode, Sr Jane Kimathi, shares her stories of the life of the African female religious. In this frank discussion, Sr Jane teaches us how to fall in love with God and how African religious women are living their religious life faithfully and fruitfully. It is a life that they live on e...
The Spirituality of Lent: Journeying Together through the Desert into Freedom
African Catholic Voices - February 14, 2024 13:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode, Sr Jane and Fr Stan offer some spiritual insights on how we can journey together throughout these forty days with the Lord. The Lord invites you to walk through the desert with faith and trust in the Lord who leads us on the way. The Lord asks you today to leave your slavery to ...
Young Africans' Views on the African Digital Faith Influencers Formation Program
African Catholic Voices - February 12, 2024 11:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this recent episode of the African Catholic Voice, a group of amazing African Digital Faith Influencers had an interesting conversation with Sr Titilayo Aduloju. They discussed a six-month formation program that aims to help them stand up for their faith among their peers who live in the digi...
Should Celibacy be optional for Catholic Priests: An African Synodal Conversation
African Catholic Voices - February 06, 2024 17:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsArchbishop Scicluna of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith has called on the Church to consider ending celibacy as a way of preventing clerics from living " a dangerous double life." Chapter 11 of the Synodal synthesis report also invites us to pay attention to "different opinions that have ...
Africa, Catholicism and Sex: Blessing or Taboo, Episode 1
African Catholic Voices - January 25, 2024 13:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsCo-hosts, Sr Jane Kamathi and Fr Stan Chu Ilo discuss sex, sexuality, and the taboos around them in Africa. They delve into the beauty of sex, sexuality, and the theology of the body. They answer the questions: Why are people uncomfortable to talk about sexual issues or to discuss about their se...
Hekima University College @ 40, African Jesuits Celebrate a Significant Milestone and Look with Hope to the Future
African Catholic Voices - December 18, 2023 14:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFr Marcel Uwineza, Principal of Hekima University College, Nairobi speaks on the achievement of this premier Jesuit university, and the vision and hope for the future. Listen to the moving narrative of Fr Uwineza's spiritual and theological journey of surviving the genocide in Rwanda and witness...
Polygamy is good only for African Men, African Churches should abolish it
African Catholic Voices - December 07, 2023 03:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsRose Egolet, Ugandan humanitarian, and grassroots women mobiliser based in Moshe, Tanzania, challenges the notion that polygamy is a good cultural practice in Africa that should be accepted today. He agrees with the view of one of our listeners, Amainini Regina Matambanazo, that no one should e...
Should polygamy be accepted by the Catholic Church in Africa?
African Catholic Voices - November 28, 2023 14:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsProf Itumeleng Mothoagae, a South African biblical scholar and Head of the Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of South Africa addresses the contested questions around polygamy in Africa. He introduces what he calls 'biculturality and bireligiosity' in understanding why ...
Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Legislation: Is the U.S and the World Bank Justified in Withdrawing Aid to Uganda?
African Catholic Voices - November 16, 2023 14:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsRose Egolet, an advocate for women justice and human rights and resource mobilization advisor for Kilimanjaro Women Information and Education Community Organization (KWIECO), Moshi-Tanzania (funded by Crossroads International), and Fr Ruffino Ezama, Provincial superior of the Comboni Missionarie...
Tribute to the Great Bishop Paride Taban of South Sudan
African Catholic Voices - November 10, 2023 03:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBishop Paride Taban who died at 87 on All Saints Day has left an inedible mark in South Sudan, Sudan, and the rest of Africa and the world as a peace-builder, a peace-maker, and a servant leader. In establishing the Peace Village, he has left a permanent example of how to be a pastor with the sm...
Africa is witnessing the Fastest growth in Catholic Population Worldwide-Find out Why
African Catholic Voices - November 02, 2023 12:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsCo-hosts Sr Chantal and Fr Stan discuss the latest statistics on the growth of the Catholic population in Africa. Why is Africa witnessing the fastest growth in Catholic population worldwide? How can African Catholics use this population growth to drive the mission of God in Africa? How can Afri...
Can the Synod on Synodality change any Catholic Doctrine?
African Catholic Voices - October 24, 2023 13:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAs the current session of the synod on synodality draws to a close, Fr Stan and Sr Chantal in this episode answer the question on the deliberative and consultative functions of the Synod of Bishops. They invite Catholics to pray for the synod in a special way during this final week. There is the...
Silence as a Synodal Method: Why we need to listen to the voice of Silence
African Catholic Voices - October 18, 2023 17:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsCo-hosts, Sr Chantal and Fr Stan discuss the importance of silence during this important moment of synod on synodality. They discuss the reasons why Pope Francis invited the delegates not to talk to the press about the ongoing discussions. They speak about some of the concerns of Africa and addr...
How I prepared for the Synod on Synodality, Reflections of an African Delegate, Fr Vitalis Anaehobi
African Catholic Voices - October 11, 2023 01:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFr Vitalis Anaehobi, Secretary-General of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa, RECOWA, speaks on how he and other African delegates prepared to represent Africa in the ongoing synod on synodality. He shares with God's people his hopes and prayers for the synod and urges everyone to ...
Voices of African Faith-based Women Leaders: What African Women Expect from the Synod on Synodality
African Catholic Voices - September 27, 2023 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTwo leading faith-based African women leaders outline what African women expect from the forthcoming synod on synodality. Ugandan, Sr Rosemary Nyirumbe often dubbed 'the African Mother Teresa' and African biblical scholar, Prof Caroline Mbonu, outline some of the key issues that African women s...
African Theology: Is Christianity a Force for Good in Africa?
African Catholic Voices - September 20, 2023 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsProf Simon Mary Aihiokhai and Sr Nkechi Iwuoha discuss the current state of Christianity in Africa. They identify the many faces of the current momentum of Christian expansion and call for a new Christian imagination in Africa so that Africa can use the gift of the Christian faith to recreate th...
Church and Politics in Africa # 1:Coups, Contested Elections, Illiberal democracies, social unrest, poverty in Africa... how can the Church help?
African Catholic Voices - September 13, 2023 15:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsJesuit priest, social anthropologist, and social justice advocate, Fr Ludovic Lado and emerging African political theologian, Fr William Orbih address the current political situation in Africa. They help us understand why there is so much unrest, some many military takeovers of governments, and ...
THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN THEOLOGY: Continuing the Legacy of Laurenti Magesa
African Catholic Voices - August 22, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSpeaker: Dr. SimonMary Asese Aihiokhai Dr. SimonMary Asese Aihiokhai is a Nigerian American theologian. He is an associate professor of systematic theology at the University of Portland. He is a Fellow at the Wester Institute. Dr. Aihiokhai is an Elite Member of the Conversational School of Phil...
African Catholic Voices : Sr Titilayo in Conversation with the Angolan BBI Cohort Members – Part One
African Catholic Voices - July 04, 2023 02:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWelcome to the first episode of an enthralling conversation between Sr. Titilayo Aduloju of African Catholic Youth Voices and the Angolan youth of the Building Bridges Initiative. In this insightful discussion, Sr. Titilayo explores the intricate relationship between the state and the church in ...
African Catholic Voices : P. Ebubeckukwu en Conversation Avec les Membres du BBI CONGO Brazzaville
African Catholic Voices - June 15, 2023 02:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDans cette vidéo, nous avons abordé principalement la conception et la contribution de la jeunesse congolaise à l'avenir de leur pays, la gestion de la richesse du pays et l'emploi. Nous avons également abordé l'aspect du phénomène que l'on appelle bébé noir (Black baby), c'est-à-dire des enfant...
African Catholic Voices : Sister Titilayo With Zimbabwean BBI Cohort Part Two
African Catholic Voices - June 07, 2023 19:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWe are pleased to present the second part of our conversation with the Zimbabwean faith influencers of the Building Bridges Initiative. In this follow-up episode, we delve further into the struggles faced by Zimbabweans amidst ongoing political and social crises that challenge their sense of s...
African Catholic Voices : Sister Titilayo With Zimbabwean BBI Cohort Part One
African Catholic Voices - May 26, 2023 04:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWe are delighted to share the first episode of a conversation between Sr. Titilayo Aduloju and some young Zimbabwean faith influencers of the Building Bridges Initiative. In this first part, the young students discuss their perspectives on what identity means to them as youth, Christians, and Zi...
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