GODE, March 04, 2014 (CISA) -Father Christopher Hartley Sartorios, a Spaniard, a 55-year-old diocesan missionary from Toledo, is the only Catholic priest who has ever reached the Somali region of Ethiopia called Ogaden, where he has been living alone for 7 years in Gode, a territory which is 100% Muslim. During a recent visit to Rome, he told Fides Agency how he began his mission there. “In February 2007 I attended a meeting of the Missionaries of Charity in Addis Ababa with Sister Nirmala, the then Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity of Mother Teresa, and the Regional Superior…

NAIROBI, March 04, 2014 (CISA) – Professor Jacob Kaimenyi, the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology on Monday, March 03 faulted use of slang language and electronic communication devices as the main cause for decline in performance in English by secondary students. “This decline has been attributed to the increased use of “sheng” in our schools, the consistent use of electronic communication devices such as mobile phones and computers that have done away with the need to know how to construct sentences and spell words correctly due to “spell checking” and “predictive text” capabilities,” said Kaimenyi. Kaimenyi was…

SHUWA, March 04, 2014 (CISA) -A disabled man from northern Nigeria has spoken of his horror as he was forced to watch extremists carry out a string of atrocities, including the killing of four men as well as arson attacks that razed a Catholic school to the ground. According to Zenit, staff and students from St Joseph’s Minor Seminary in the small communmity of Shuwa fled for their lives and hid in a nearby forest when suspected Boko Haram militants stormed into the village with an armored tank, rocket launchers, high caliber guns and more than a dozen jeeps. Among…

NAIROBI, March 4, 2014 (CISA) -On Saturday, March 01, Kenyan Catholic children, members of the Pontifical Missionary Childhood (PMC) donated food stuff, old clothes and shoes to their counterparts in the South Sudan. The occasion was during the marking of this year’s PMC Day for the Archdiocese of Nairobi, held at Nairobi’s Saint Mary’s Play Ground, Msongari and under the theme: Mary Our Model of Faith, Hope and Charity. The Mass was presided over by John Cardinal Njue and in the presence of the Vatican’s representative in Kenya and the South Sudan, His Excellency Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo. In his…

NAIROBI, MARCH 04, 2014 (CISA) -Kenyans have been urged to promote justice and peace at all levels. They have also been urged to adhere to the tenets of reconciliation, central in matters pertaining to forgiveness. The remarks were said by Rt Rev David Kamau, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Nairobi on Sunday, March 02, when he launched the 2014 Lenten Campaign for the Archdiocese. The occasion was held at Queen of Apostles Catholic Church play Ground, Ruaraka. He said both the Church and civic leaders should lead the way in the promotion of justice, peace and reconciliation among…

NAIROBI, March 04, 2014(CISA) -Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) has called for improved measures to be put in place by the Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to guarantee the credibility of the voting process in future. George Morara, Senior Programme officer, KHRC said that the failure of the IEBC to conduct free and fair elections in last year’s General Elections created diverse impact on the public confidence. “A comprehensive scrutiny through an independent and transparent forensic audit of the registration, voting and tallying processes may at this point be the only means of clearly identifying the full cause and impact…

LUSAKA, February 28, 2014(CISA) – The Episcopal ordination of Rev Fr Moses Hamungole as Bishop will take place in Zambia on March 3. In a statement sent to CISA on February 28, Fr Raimundo Rocha, Leer Parish Priest said that the appointment by Pope Francis of Rev Fr Moses Hamungole as the head of catholic diocese of Monze in Zambia, “showed the faithfulness, love and willingness of God, as a father to bless and favor any of his children who live by his tenets and follow his will”. “Many individual, parents and families who are catholic in Africa and elsewhere…