Pope John Paul II 144. In thanksgiving for the grace of this Synod, I appeal to Mary, Star of Evangelization and, as the third millennium draws near, to her I entrust Africa and its evangelizing ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond ... Amaury Falt-Brown / AFP Men eat after Friday prayers at a mosque ridden with bullet holes in the Sudanese ...

The most visible outcome so far was the remarkable opening prayer delivered over Zoom by an African BYU-Pathway Worldwide ...