This year, the Catholic Church in Scotland is firmly dedicating its Lenten campaign to the urgent need for clean water in the Horn of Africa, specifically Ethiopia.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania has joined other national leaders in paying national tributes following the death of Polycarp Cardinal Pengo, former Archbishop of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Most Rev. Dominic Kimengich, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret, as the Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mombasa, following an appointment letter dated 28 January 2026.
