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Sudan in Crisis: What should the Church do?
African Catholic Voices - May 17, 2023 23:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSr Teresia Wamuyu Wachira, Co-President of Pax Christi International and John Ashworth, Fellow of the Rift Valley Institute, and Catholic missionary address the current crisis and conflict in Sudan. They help us to understand the complex nature of this conflict, the suffering of the people espec...
Pan-African Catholic Voices : Fr EbubeCkukwu en Conversation Avec les Membres du BBI DR CONGO
African Catholic Voices - May 08, 2023 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDans ce podcast, le Père EbubeChukwu et la Sœur Titilayo ont entretenu une conversation avec trois jeunes étudiant·e·s de la République Démocratique du Congo. Ces jeunes membres du BBI ont exprimé leur joie après avoir participé activement à la visite du pape au Congo cette année (janvier/févrie...
African Catholic Voices : Sr Titilayo in Conversation With Fr EbubeChukwu, OMI
African Catholic Voices - May 01, 2023 04:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this engaging conversation, Sr Titilayo chats with Father Basil Obieje on his activities and involvement with the Congolese youth while on mission to the country. He shares with us that his mission with the young people was highly engaging, engaging, fruitful, and fulfilling. He believes tha...
The Synod on Synodality is a Moment of Prayerful Discernment: African Catholic Voices with Fr Ruffino Ezama
African Catholic Voices - April 17, 2023 06:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWelcome to the African Catholic Voices. In this episode, co-host, Father Ruffino Ezama speaks with Father Anthony Kimbowa Kibira. Anthony is the provincial superior of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (MCCJ), Uganda. In this conversation, Fr Anthony walks us through his journey of ...
We are the Face of the Church Today: African Catholic Youth Voices with Sister Titilayo
African Catholic Voices - April 14, 2023 01:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHello, we are pleased to introduce you to the second episode of an engaging and educative conversation between Sr Titilayo Aduloju and some young Ugandan faith influencers of the Building Bridges Initiative. In the first episode, they told us about different activities they have been doing since...
"Women are the Pillars of the Church in Africa", says Prof Philomena Mwaura
African Catholic Voices - April 03, 2023 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsProf Philomena Mwaura is a leading Catholic theologian in Africa today and a member of the commission that drafted the continental synthesis in the ongoing synodal process. In this conversation, she shares her dream for a synodal church in Africa, the steps for including women in the mainstream ...
" My Vocation is an invitation to fight for justice for widows, and the poor, and to show the way to African young people" says Sr Leonida Katunge
African Catholic Voices - March 27, 2023 05:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSr Leonida Katunge is the Director of Programs for the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network, and coordinator of the Building Bridges Initiatives of Pope Francis for young Catholics in Africa. She is also an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, a sacramental theologian and teacher, ...
"Our vocation is to serve the least of the brethren", Sr Nkechi Iwuoha on the Mission of the African Catholic Sister Today
African Catholic Voices - March 20, 2023 05:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSr Nkechi Iwuoha PHJC, is a Provincial Counselor of the American Province of the Poor Handmaid of Jesus Christ and a missionary who has worked in three continents. In this conversation, she reflects on her vocation and ministry to the least of the brethren, and her current leadership roles in th...
Homily for the 4th Sunday of Lent: Come, Walk in the Light of Christ
African Catholic Voices - March 17, 2023 16:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe blind man in the Gospel represents those who are seeking goodness and search for the light in all things and eventually find the light in Christ. He was born blind and was suffering until Jesus found him and restored his sight. Even though this man endured this condition from his birth to ad...
"We Must Take Back our Country" Fr Cornelius Afebu Omonokhua Speaks about the Election Fever in Nigeria
African Catholic Voices - March 16, 2023 16:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFr Omonokhua is a Nigeria cleric with a mission. He wants to bring Nigerians together across tribes, religions, and regions to the table of dialogue. As the Secretary-General of the Nigerian Inter-Religious Council (NIREC), he works everyday to create the space for dialogue among a cross section...
Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Lent: Jesus, the Water of Life who Satisfies our Thirst for God
African Catholic Voices - March 11, 2023 03:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this reflection on the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman in John's Gospel (4), we reflect on what happens when we meet Jesus. The Lenten season offers us the opportunity of encountering this Jesus who is also searching for us. We all have a hunger for God which can only be sati...
Tribalism, Clannishness, Ethnic Animosity and the Crisis of Episcopal and Leadership Succession in Africa
African Catholic Voices - February 17, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn his recent visit to South Sudan, Pope Francis exhorted the clergy, religious and church leaders to eschew tribalism and ethnic animosity in the Church in Africa. This episode is a commentary on the threats and pains of tribalism and ethnocentric considerations in African Catholicism. This ha...
Youths are Nation Builders, They Stand Firm Despite … Conversation with Kenyan BBI Cohort II
African Catholic Voices - February 17, 2023 04:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this second and last episode of the African Catholic Voice's conversation with the Kenyan Building Bridges Initiative cohort, Sr Titilayo Aduloju continues to discuss with these social actors on their different engagements in their society. She dives deep into the conversation that started in...
Young people have a crucial role to play in national building. – Conversation with Kenyan BBI Cohort - Part One
African Catholic Voices - February 13, 2023 03:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this first part of a very engaging and interesting video, Sr Titilayo Aduloju chats with some Faith Influencers from Kenyan Cohorts of Building Bridges Initiative. They discuss their activities since their encounter with Pope Francis and the way forward. These active young people share their...
Was the Visit of Pope Francis to Africa a Success? Nigerian Bishops meet amidst confusion over currency change, fuel scarcity, more killings, and pre-elections tension and anxiety
African Catholic Voices - February 10, 2023 14:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFr Stan Chu Ilo reflects on the Pope's visit to the DRC and South Sudan and points the way to the future. Based on the opinions of many analysts, there is a serious concern that the Pope's visit will amount to nothing, if the local politicians in these two countries are not committed to transp...
Embrace Nonviolence for the Sake of your People: Mother Jurugo and Father Ezama make a Passionate appeal to Congolese and South Sudanese Leaders
African Catholic Voices - February 07, 2023 19:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWe present to you our guest host, Fr Ruffino Ezama of the Comboni Missionaries. Currently, Ruffino is the Provincial Superior of the North American Province. His conversation partner in this episode is Mother Alice Drajea Jurugo, the Superior General of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Sisters, based i...
Tribute to the Nigerian Priest, Fr Isaac Achi, who was burned to death by Islamists
African Catholic Voices - January 31, 2023 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis podcast is a special tribute to Fr Isaac Achi who was burned to death by radical Islamic fundamentalists in Nigeria's Niger State on January 15, 2023. Dominican priest and professor of political science, Fr Iheanyi Enwerem, pays tribute to Fr Achi and remembers so many Catholic priests, Chr...
Is God still working miracles today as many African Christians Claim? Yes, and we tell you why, and how in this episode
African Catholic Voices - January 18, 2023 17:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTheologian, humanitarian and charismatic priest, Fr Alex Ojacor, discuss with Fr Stan Chu Ilo on why he believes in miracles. Together they lay out the conditions for miracles in the biblical tradition and in Catholic beliefs and practices. They share their spiritual insights on why they are con...
African Theologians predict that 2023 will be a great year of hope for Africa
African Catholic Voices - January 10, 2023 17:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsUgandan theologian and humanitarian, Fr Alex Ojacor, discusses with Fr Stan Chu Ilo on why he thinks 2023 will be a great year for Africa and her peoples. They discuss the role of faith, the church, and politics in turning Africa's possibilities and hopes into reality for the flourishing of Afri...
Leading Catholic Scholars Discuss the Theological and Pastoral Legacy of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI
African Catholic Voices - January 03, 2023 15:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAs Catholics and the rest of the world mourn the passing of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, we have assembled some of the most important scholars of Catholic intellectual tradition and experts on the theology of Pope Benedict XVI to discuss his legacy both as a theologian and pastor. Listen to the e...
Was 2022 a Good Year for God's People in Africa?
African Catholic Voices - December 30, 2022 21:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWas 2022 a good year for Africa? Was 2022 a good year for the Catholic Church in Africa and African Christianity in general? In this special episode of African Catholic Voices, Fr Stan Chu Ilo undertakes a theological and political analysis of some of the major events in Africa in 2022. He exami...
Building Bridges Initiative - Post Encounter with Pope Francis (Nigerian Cohort)
African Catholic Voices - December 08, 2022 05:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOn 1st November 2022, Pope Francis met with over 3000 young African university students. It was a part of the Building Bridges Initiative, an initiative of Pope Francis to connect with young faith influencers. In this episode of the African podcast series, Sr Titilayo Aduloju chats with some m...
In Conversation with the Nigerian Building Bridges Initiative Cohort
African Catholic Voices - November 03, 2022 02:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSister Titilayo Aduloju, Sisters of St. Michael the Archangel, discusses with Nigerian Catholic University students preparing for their encounter with pope Francis on the 1st of November. Members of the cohort from different institutions of higher learning in Nigerians share their respective p...
The leaders of African Catholic Youths preparing to meet with the Pope Speaks of their experience
African Catholic Voices - October 30, 2022 00:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAfrican Catholic university youth leaders Fr. Ambrose Bwangatto (Uganda), Sr Leonida Katunge (Kenya), and Fr Ferdinand Mubvigwi –(Zimbabwe) speak on their excitement as they prepare students from their respective African countries to this pilot program of virtual encounter with Pope Francis on A...
African Catholic Youth Leaders Speak of their Joy and Expectations as they Prepare for a Virtual Synodal Encounter with Pope Francis on All Saints Day
African Catholic Voices - October 28, 2022 18:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAfrican Catholic youth leaders, Devis Ampereza (Uganda), Twiza Nachilongo (Zambie), Eddah Nabwire –Kenya, and Kelvin Takudzwa Tsuro-Zimbabwe speak on their excitement as they lead over 3000 students from all over Africa to this first ever papal virtual encounter with Pope Francis on All Saints D...
Fr Joe Healey speaks on African theology, calls for Married Priests in Africa to meet the Eucharistic hunger in Africa, and a welcoming African Church for Same-Sex Persons
African Catholic Voices - October 07, 2022 18:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this concluding discussion, Maryknoll priest, professor, communicator and small Christian community pioneer in Africa, Fr Joe Healey, celebrates the development and achievement of African theology. He calls for a more creative church in Africa and hopes for a day when the Catholic Church in A...
What the World needs today is the Rediscovery of Our Common Humanity
African Catholic Voices - October 06, 2022 23:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFr Nnaemeka Ali is a Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate (OMI). He was sent on mission to Canada ten months after his priestly ordination. On arriving at the Indigenous Communities in the North Shore of Québec, he discovered that the task was more intricate than he expected. So, he first starte...
The Church in Africa will never walk alone, Maryknoll missionary, theologian, professor, and communication expert , Fr Joseph G. Healey speaks on the renewal and reform of the Church, Part 1
African Catholic Voices - September 27, 2022 17:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAt 84 and after 56 years as a priest, American Maryknoll priest, missionary, theologian, and communication expert, Joseph G. Healey exudes a freshness of perspectives, a depth of knowledge, and an arresting humility that are both compelling and inspirational. After more than 50 years of pastora...
"It is an honor to serve the Universal Church" says Kenyan Catholic journalist George Sunguh
African Catholic Voices - September 19, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsKenyan Catholic journalist, George Sunguh, who is a member of the Vatican’s Communication Commission of the Synod of bishops shares the stories of his faith as a Catholic lay professional, a family man, and the roads he travelled to become one of Africa's top journalists working for the Holy S...
"I see a very vibrant church in Africa", Kenyan Catholic journalist, Agnes Aineah, speaks on being a Catholic female journalist in Africa
African Catholic Voices - September 09, 2022 21:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAgnes Aineah, a journalist working for the Association for Catholic Information in Africa, has covered some of the most important moments in the Church in Africa since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, she shares the story of her formative early years as a member of the Le...
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