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NIGERIA: The Secretary of CAN in Borno Killed
ABUJA, May 17, 2013 (CISA) -The Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN, an association that brings together the leading Nigerian Christian denominations including the Catholic Church) in Borno State (in the north-eastern Nigeria), Pentecostal Rev Faye Pama Musa, was killed in the capital, in Maiduguri, by members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram, shortly after President Goodluck Jonathan had declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. According to a first reconstruction of the facts, killers entered the home of the religious leader and killed him in front of his family members. Fighter planes were heading…
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S SUDAN: Civil Society Organisations Call for Intervention as Crisis Looms in Boma
BOMA, May 17, 2013 (CISA) -A humanitarian crisis looms in South Sudan as Yauyau militias, under the command of David Yauyau, continue to fight the SPLA government forces in Boma and Pibor towns, Jonglei. Civilians, mostly women and children, have been caught in the crossfire and reports from Minority Rights Group International (MRG) partners on the ground show looting of household items as well as cows and sorghum. There is also reported mass displacement in Boma; the city which normally has a population of thousands and is a hive of activity, now looks deserted. MRG, however, could not independently verify…
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VATICAN: Church Needs Believers With Zeal, not Couch-Potato Catholics, says Pope
VATICAN CITY, May 17, 2013 (CISA) -The church doesn’t need couch-potato Catholics, it needs believers with “apostolic zeal,” willing to preach the uncomfortable words of Christ, Pope Francis said. “And if we annoy people” with this zeal for Christ, then “blessed be the Lord,” he said in his daily morning Mass homily May 16. The pope celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where he lives, for employees of Vatican Radio and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. The pope concelebrated the Mass with Cardinal Peter Turkson and Bishop Mario Toso, respectively president and secretary of…
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UGANDA: First Pilgrim Arrives At Namugongo
NAMUGONGO, May 17, 2013 (CISA) -Patience Amutuhaire, 21, from Kabale Diocese is the first Ugandan pilgrim to arrive at Namugongo for this year’s pilgrimage, as faithful worldwide start the “great trek”. Foreigners are also expected from Nigeria. Italians also flew in last week for the June 3 prayer fest. Amutuhaire said she started her journey three weeks ago from Buhara Rushoroza in Kabale diocese. She arrived with her one year son on Tuesday, May 14. Catholics and Anglicans celebrate martyrs day taking place on June 3, at Uganda Martyrs shrine, Namugongo. Believers gather to remember the martyrs who were burnt…
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NIGERIA: The Secretary of CAN in Borno Killed
ABUJA, May 17, 2013 (CISA) -The Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN, an association that brings together the leading Nigerian Christian denominations including the Catholic Church) in Borno State (in the north-eastern Nigeria), Pentecostal Rev Faye Pama Musa, was killed in the capital, in Maiduguri, by members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram, shortly after President Goodluck Jonathan had declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. According to a first reconstruction of the facts, killers entered the home of the religious leader and killed him in front of his family members. Fighter planes were heading…
S SUDAN: Civil Society Organisations Call for Intervention as Crisis Looms in Boma
BOMA, May 17, 2013 (CISA) -A humanitarian crisis looms in South Sudan as Yauyau militias, under the command of David Yauyau, continue to fight the SPLA government forces in Boma and Pibor towns, Jonglei. Civilians, mostly women and children, have been caught in the crossfire and reports from Minority Rights Group International (MRG) partners on the ground show looting of household items as well as cows and sorghum. There is also reported mass displacement in Boma; the city which normally has a population of thousands and is a hive of activity, now looks deserted. MRG, however, could not independently verify…
VATICAN: Church Needs Believers With Zeal, not Couch-Potato Catholics, says Pope
VATICAN CITY, May 17, 2013 (CISA) -The church doesn’t need couch-potato Catholics, it needs believers with “apostolic zeal,” willing to preach the uncomfortable words of Christ, Pope Francis said. “And if we annoy people” with this zeal for Christ, then “blessed be the Lord,” he said in his daily morning Mass homily May 16. The pope celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where he lives, for employees of Vatican Radio and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. The pope concelebrated the Mass with Cardinal Peter Turkson and Bishop Mario Toso, respectively president and secretary of…
UGANDA: First Pilgrim Arrives At Namugongo
NAMUGONGO, May 17, 2013 (CISA) -Patience Amutuhaire, 21, from Kabale Diocese is the first Ugandan pilgrim to arrive at Namugongo for this year’s pilgrimage, as faithful worldwide start the “great trek”. Foreigners are also expected from Nigeria. Italians also flew in last week for the June 3 prayer fest. Amutuhaire said she started her journey three weeks ago from Buhara Rushoroza in Kabale diocese. She arrived with her one year son on Tuesday, May 14. Catholics and Anglicans celebrate martyrs day taking place on June 3, at Uganda Martyrs shrine, Namugongo. Believers gather to remember the martyrs who were burnt…
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EGYPT: Coptic Catholic Patriarch Sidrak: the Encounter between Pope Francis and Tawadros II Helps Rediscover Unity in Baptism
CAIRO, May 15, 2013 (CISA) -”The meeting between the Pope Francis and Pope Tawadros II caused joy especially among the very simple people. Now there is hope that the path on the way of unity can move forward with concrete and challenging steps.” said His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, Patriarch of Alexandria of the Catholic Copts, outlining the hopes in the Egyptian Catholic community from the recent meeting between the Bishop of Rome and the Coptic Orthodoz Patriarch. According to His Beatitude Sidrak, “the very fact of sharing the same residence in the Domus Sanctae Marthae allowed Francis and Tawadros…
VATICAN: Pope Canonizes Hundreds of Italian Martyrs
VATICAN CITY, May 15, 2013 (CISA) -Pope Francis on Sunday May 12 canonized hundreds of fifteenth century Italian martyrs who died rather than renounce their Christian faith. “The martyrs’ faithfulness even unto death and the proclamation of the Gospel are rooted in the love of God that has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,” said Pope Francis during the May 12 canonization Mass at the Vatican. He saw in their lives an inspiration for victims of persecution today. “Let us ask God to sustain those many Christians who, in these times and in many parts of the…
SOMALIA: IOM Helps Stranded Kenyan Seamen Return Home
BOSASO, May 15, 2013 (CISA) -Six Kenyan seamen abandoned by their employer in Bosaso, Puntland, Somalia in November 2012 will return home to Kenya on Wednesday May15 with help from Onternational Organization for Migration (IOM). The fishermen, who were part of a Kenyan crew of ten aboard a fishing vessel the “F/V Royce I” left the port of Mombasa for what was to be a ten-day fishing expedition in the Indian Ocean and initially docked at the Somali port of Kismayo. The ship then sailed on to the Somali capital Mogadishu, where the captain for unspecified reasons abandoned the ship…
NIGERIA: Bishop Faults Government in Rise of Boko Haram
LONDON, May 15, 2013 (CISA) -A bishop from northern Nigeria says President Goodluck Jonathan’s government is reluctant to fight the Boko Haram terrorist threat for fear of losing crucial votes in the upcoming elections. Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza of Yola accused the government of lacking the will to crackdown on Boko Haram and other militant groups wreaking havoc across the country, Aid to the Church in Need reported. The bishop said Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s regime was fearful of upsetting voters sympathetic to extremists. Speaking in an interview with the Catholic charity, Bishop Dami Mamza said that a state of…
KENYA: Use Media to Promote Family Values, urges Bishop
NAIROBI, May 15, 2013 (CISA) -The Rt Rev Martin Kuvuva, the Bishop of Machakos Diocese and current Chairman of the Bishops’ Commission for Social Communications has urged Catholic journalists to assist the Church promote family values through the various media outlets. “More articles in print media and programs on Radio on families should be carried out. Our journalists in both print and electronic media should take upon themselves the question of promoting family values,” said Bishop Kivuva. The Bishop observed that the family was today faced with various threats that he said called for effective intervention by institutions, the Church…
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