When Father Deogratias Rwegasira was a young teacher in a Catholic school in Kigoma, Tanzania, a priest asked him if he wanted to be married. “No,” Rwegasira said, “I want to be like you.” The words ...

It is the first Sunday of the Advent season, and inside St. Norbert Catholic Church in Florissant are about 50 African families spaced out across the church pews tapping their feet to the African drum ...

APPLETON, Wisconsin — There’s nothing like going to Mass celebrated in your own language. But for many new arrivals to the United States, English is not their first language. When Pope Francis ...

The Rev. Deogratias Rwegasira, a hospital chaplain who was born in Tanzania, leads mass in Swahili at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Lancaster. He recently celebrated his Silver Jubilee of his ...

On a Sunday afternoon in the historic sanctuary of Government Street Methodist Church in downtown Mobile, a group of women are singing in Swahili. In colorful dashikis and headscarves, the “Wake Up ...

Each Sunday evening, Swahili hymns echo inside the downstairs chapel of First Baptist Church downtown. Women and girls sing and sway in bright patterned dresses of reds, oranges and pinks. Some of the ...

The Swahili word for "praise" — SIFA (pronounced se'-pha) — expresses the praise that a group of 20 children offer God for giving them the chance to help bring back hope to their suffering country.

St Stephens Choir led by Rahab Mwangi (centre, grey hair ) sing a hymn as they paid their last respects to former President Daniel arap Moi at Parliament Buildings, Nairobi, February 8, 2020. [Elvis ...

BRADENTON -- The African village where Mercy was born and soon became orphaned is a world away from Westside Christian Church on 15th Avenue West in Bradenton. The 10-year-old Mercy, who goes by just ...

Pazeni sauti means raise your voices in Swahili. On Sunday, Pazeni Sauti Africa Choir will do what its name says in nine different African languages during the choir's first concert. With narration, ...

There's nothing like going to Mass celebrated in your own language. But for many new arrivals to the United States, English is not their first language. When Pope Francis launched a consultation ...