VoiceAfrique: Perspectives on Faith , Life and Politics from Africa and the Diaspora

Send us Fan Mail Fr 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 transparency and inclusive governments; national reconciliation and peace;  the rul...

Send us Fan Mail We 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 in Juba, South Sudan. The Sacred Heart Sisters were founded by the Comboni Missionaries...

Send us Fan Mail This 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, Christian religious leaders, Nigerian Christians and men and women of goodwill who ar...

Send us Fan Mail Theologian, 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 convinced that the search for, and claims about miracles in African churches are signs of...

Send us Fan Mail Ugandan 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 Africa and spreading prosperity for Africans in 2023.

Send us Fan Mail As 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 engaging and insightful theological analysis and tributes of Notre Dame University schol...

Send us Fan Mail Was 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 examines the response of  the Catholic Church in Africa and African Christians to current af...

Send us Fan Mail On 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 members of the Nigerian cohort on what they have been doing since their encounter with th...

Send us Fan Mail Sister 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 programs of preparation and their future plans for the months and years that will follow...

Send us Fan Mail African 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 All Saints Day. This Barazzar with the pope will be livestreamed. Join and listen to thi...

Send us Fan Mail African 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 Day. The papal conversation will be livestreamed, to Join and listen to this papal conve...

Send us Fan Mail In 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 Africa will begin to ordain married men as priests. He sees this as an important item to...

Send us Fan Mail Fr 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 started by learning more about indigenous colonization's nature, history, language, cult...

Send us Fan Mail At 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  pastoral work in Africa, he carries the institutional memory of the post-Vatican II Church, an...

Send us Fan Mail  Kenyan 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 See. He gives us an insider narrative on what he is learning about the beauty and d...

Send us Fan Mail Agnes 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 Legion of Mary; her training as a journalist, and the vibrancy of the church in Africa wh...

Send us Fan Mail Sir Sony Obichukwu is a Nigerian farmer, and CEO of Fairworld Farms, who wants to feed the poor. But he says that the best way to feed the poor is to teach them to farm, and secure loans for them to invest in food production and promote food security in Africa. He is inspired by the teaching of Pope Francis in Laudato Si ' this is why  in the last five years he has introduced...

Send us Fan Mail Fr Barnabas Shabayang and Fr Stan Chu Ilo pay  personal tributes to Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto Diocese, Nigeria, who celebrated his 70th birthday on August 31, 2022. Bishop Kukah's influence in Nigeria today is immense. He offers us a demonstrative model of how the Church in Africa can be salt and light in bringing about social transformation in Africa through an o...

Send us Fan Mail Fr Ikenna Okafor and Sr Mary Jane Aririguzo speak out on the rising violence in Nigeria and why they think priests and sisters in Nigeria have become targets of kidnappers in Nigeria. They speak on the need for a new leadership in Nigeria, a re-education of the entire populace and an ethical transformation of the country so that Nigerians can embrace the African value of fraternal...

Send us Fan Mail Chinese-born, Rev Dr John Chan, is the Director of International Partnership for the Canadian Baptist Ministries and is leading multiple transformational international development mission in Africa and many parts of the world. He was a speaker at the recent Pan-African Catholic Congress in Nairobi. He makes a case for holistic and integral mission and partnership in the world. He...

Send us Fan Mail The Association of Religious of Uganda (ARU) after 50 years of existence continues to be one of the most visible and influential associations of both male and female religious in Africa. Two of the young and dynamic religious serving in the leadership of ARU, Sr Lydia Apily and Fr John Bosco Kamoga, are my conversation partners in this episode. They share with us the stories of th...

Send us Fan Mail Bienvenue à African Catholic Voices Podcast . Les Voix Catholiques Africains est une série d’entrevue audio et vidéo du Réseau panafricain de la théologie et de la pastorale catholiques . Dans cet épisode, Nnaemeka Ali, O.M.I ., reçois le P. Geraldo Luiz Di Mori, SJ . Le P. Geraldo est Jésuite. Il enseigne la théologie systématique à la Faculté de théologie et de philosophie (FAJE...

Send us Fan Mail Prof Emilce Cuda, Secretary of the Pontifical Latin American Commission and an official of the Roman Curia, speaks on Pope Francis's theology of the people, and option with the poor. She shares her vision of building bridges between the the Church of Latin American and the Church of Africa. She  is one of the closest collaborators of Pope Francis and a theologian who understa...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the African Podcast Series, the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network podcast series. In this episode, co-hosts, Sr. Ebere Amakwe and Nnaemeka Ali, O.M.I. , receive Prof. Carlos Mendoza-Alvarez.   Fr Carlos is a Dominican and one of the directors of Concilium Theological Journal. He is a professor of Fundamental Theology at the Boston College of Theology. ...

Send us Fan Mail Bienvenue dans cette série d’entrevue du Réseau panafricain de la théologie et de la pastorale catholiques. Dans cet épisode, les co-animateurs, Sr.  Ebere Amakwe et Nnaemeka Ali, O. M.I. , reçoivent Prof. Carlos Mendoza-Alvarez.   Le P. Carlos est dominicain et l’un des directeurs de Revue Théologique, le Concilium . Il est professeur de théologiefondamentale au Boston College of...