“The nuncio is here to help build communion between the local church and Pope Francis.”

“Maybe we did not have a problem, but an opportunity with the gift of those more than 100 people who want to witness with their lives [to] the presence of the risen Lord among us.”

“We are deeply saddened to hear of war rhetoric by the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters” Bishop Gabuza said.

Two power-hungry individuals may drag the country deeper into crisis for their own selfish gain.

The bishops urge the country’s faithful to reject pessimism in the face of Malawi’s problems

“It deepens our appreciation of the beauty of marriage and family as a God-given gift.”

His advice for new bishops: “Start off very slowly, listen deeply to your people...‘Be’ with them!”

New scandals call in to question the state of South Africa's democracy 20 years after Mandela.

The South African paralympian will return to prison after an appeals court found him guilty of murder for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

The pope’s visit struck cords in Africa on a number of levels. Some of the thorniest political debates in the United States are also difficult ones in Africa.