The African Catholic Experience

By Brandon L. Gates

When people think of the Catholics, this usually doesn’t include Africans. As Africa becomes more evangelized, the number of Africans practicing Catholicism is growing at an expeditious rate. The number of Catholics in Africa went up from an estimated 2 million in 1900 to about 140 million in 2000.

Many Africans move to Rome to study Catholicism and the teachings of the church. Brandon Gates speaks with two Africans studying at Pontificia Università della Santa Croce about their experience as African Catholics.

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