Pope Francis will be visiting a country in turmoil and blighted by the "demons of tribalism, nepotism, regionalism and clientelism," the deputy secretary-general of the Congolese bishops' conference.
As world leaders gathered at COP27, the U.N. climate conference, to figure out how to deal with climate change, faith organizations found their voices through protests.
Many Africans, including bishops, mourned the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, but for some, that feeling of grief was dwarfed by memories of Britain's colonial exploitation of the continent.
In NCR interviews, three Catholic bishops in Cameroon's English-speaking regions sharply criticized President Paul Biya's violent, yearslong campaign to quell an Anglophone independence movement.