Vatican City (Fides Service) - Daniel Comboni: the son of poor gardeners became the first Catholic Bishop of Central Africa, and one of the great missionaries in the Church's history. It is a fact.

Pope Francis greets visitors from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Sept. 20, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) Below is the text of ...

Three weeks ago, on Oct. 5, Pope John Paul II canonized two 19th-century missionaries together with Blessed Daniel Comboni, the first bishop of Central Africa. The Register reported on the event in a ...

Kampala — Saint Daniel Comboni is one man whose legacy cuts a swathe throughout the modern world. Over 120 years since he died at the frontline of African evangelism, he has remained a household name ...

The bishop of Rumbek, Caesar Mazzolari, has urged Sudanese people to turn to St. Daniel Comboni to plead for them before God to obtain a peaceful referendum. Speaking to Good News Radio regarding this ...

As it happens, Oct. 10 is the anniversary of the death of St. Daniel Comboni, a 19th century Italian missionary who spent much of his life in Sudan. Among other claims to fame, Comboni was probably ...

Bishops and a nun talk as they leave a session of the Synod of Bishops for Africa at the Vatican Oct. 8. (CNS/Paul Haring) As it happens, Oct. 10 is the anniversary of the death of St. Daniel Comboni, ...

By Denis Ocwich Saint Daniel Comboni is one man whose legacy cuts a swathe throughout the modern world. Over 120 years since he died at the frontline of African evangelism, he has remained a household ...