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 ...

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 ...

As the sound of drums, tambourines and Swahili hymns reverberated through St. Andrew's Church, Elizabeth Muturi and fellow parishioners swayed their arms and hips, dancing down the aisle with the Book ...

Over the years, Kenya has produced great church choirs under the directorship of impassioned choir directors. There are various church choirs, but a few stand out for singing their hearts out. Six ...

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 ...

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 ...