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The Arigbo Grotto in Dassa-Zoumè, Benin, hosted the 72nd National Marian Pilgrimage from August 21 to 23, 2026. Presided over by Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, this gathering of 200,000 faithful relaunched a vibrant call for unity, African peace, and active charity towards the most destitute.

In Sainte-Croix, Bishop Jean-Michaël Durhône blessed a new Stations of the Cross this Sunday, August 23, 2026. This significant moment prepares the faithful for the pilgrimage of Blessed Father Laval scheduled for September 8, inviting the community to walk in hope to build a more just society.

Cardinal Nzapalainga, who was received in Benin, will preside over the closing Mass of the national Marian pilgrimage to Dassa-Zoumè on August 23, 2026. His journey embodies the unity of African Churches and carries a message of peace and fraternity.

Dimanche 22 mars 2026, Mgr Jean-Crispin Kimbeni Ki Kanda préside l'Eucharistie solennelle clôturant le Carême au Calvaire de Kisantu. Inspirée par la résurrection de Lazare, la liturgie du 5e dimanche proclame : la mort n'a pas le dernier mot. Les pèlerins montent vers la lumière de Pâques

Pour marquer sept décennies d’existence, l’Archidiocèse de Douala a organisé un pèlerinage mémorable à Marienberg. Sous l’égide de Mgr Samuel Kleda, des milliers de fidèles ont convergé vers ce berceau de l’Église catholique au Cameroun.

C’est un événement sans précédent qui bouleverse la cité de l'Ombrie et le monde chrétien. Pour la première fois dans l'histoire, les restes de Saint François d’Assise sont exposés à la vénération publique, marquant avec une intensité rare le huitième centenaire de la mort du « Poverello ».

Sunday, December 29, 2025, as announced by his invitation to the people of God who are in Kinshasa, His Eminence Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo, Archbishop of Kinshasa, opened the Holy Door at the Notre Dame du Congo Cathedral. This festivity began with a pilgrimage from Bosembo College along the Avenue des Sciences towards Avenue 24 to land in front of the esplanade of the Cathedral, where the opening ceremonies of the Holy Door took place.

A year after his departure from Bangui, Monsignor Libère Pwongo, taking advantage of the diocesan pilgrimage of Ngoukomba, returns to the traces of his history to give thanks to God. It is since yesterday Tuesday December 3, 2024 that he has been staying in Bangui. On this day, December 4, 2024, he was welcomed at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Bangui, with other pilgrims, during the sending mass on pilgrimage that His Eminence Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga celebrated.

From the official program published by Father Capistran Yawili, from November 26 to December 4, 2024 (official date of sending on pilgrimage by Cardinal Nzapalainga to the Cathedral), a novena to the Immaculate Conception is organized in the parishes followed by individual confession; the following two days, December 5 and 6, 2024, are loaded with masses, confessions, ecumenical concerts, spiritual teachings and prayers led by the different movements,…