Kenyan, South African, Burkinabe Catholic Bishops among New Members to Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

Bishop Sipuka says Vatican appointment is a call to deepen interreligious dialogue in Africa

On Thursday, July 3, 2025, the Vatican announced the appointment of 21 new members to the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, a body tasked with fostering mutual understanding and cooperation between the Catholic Church and other faiths. Among those appointed is Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka of the Diocese of Mthatha, South Africa. Reacting to the announcement in a video interview, Bishop Sipuka shared that he first heard the news from the c…

Kenyan, South African, Burkinabe Catholic Bishops among New Members to Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

Three of the 22 new members that Pope Leo XIV has appointed to the Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue are from Africa, serving as Catholic Bishops in Kenya, South Africa, and Burkina Faso. In the latest appointments made public Thursday, July 3 by the Holy See Press Office, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Willybard Kitogho Lagho of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Malindi, Bishop Ollo Modeste Kambou of Gaoua Catholic Diocese in Burkina Fa…