Category: ARCHIVES

ABUJA OCTOBER 18, 2016 (CISA) – A faction of Boko Haram which last week freed 21 of more than 200 Chibok girls kidnapped in 2014 is willing to negotiate the release of 83 more of the girls, the president’s spokesman said on October 16. “The faction said it is ready to negotiate if the government is […]

KINSHASA OCTOBER 18, 2016 (CISA) – The Constitutional Court in Democratic Republic of Congo on October 17 approved a petition by the electoral commission to delay the presidential election set for November 2016. The petition means President Joseph Kabila who was due to step down in December 2016 when his two-term mandate expires will remain in […]

NAIROBI OCTOBER 18, 2016 (CISA) – Over 150 Catholic sisters from 15 countries gathered in Nairobi to discuss their role in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The four- day convention begun October 16-19 on the theme the Catholic Sisters: Champions of Sustainable Development in Africa. The conference was sponsored by Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and […]

JOHANNESBURG OCTOBER 14, 2016(CISA)-The Catholic Church has supported the university students’ protest citing the inequality of opportunity for poor and competent students to access third level education. The country wide students’ protest dubbed FeesMustFall has affected the major public universities in the country. The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference noted that as a conference spread […]

BERLIN OCTOBER 14, 2016(CISA)-Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace has called for urgent need to invest in strong health care systems in Africa. “Too many Africans have been deprived of access to healthcare for a long a period of time, despite the significant progress in the fields of technology, […]

TAMALE OCTOBER 14, 2016(CISA)-Bishop Joseph Osei-Bonsu, President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC), has called on Ghanaians to maintain peace as the country prepares to go to the polls on December 7. Speaking during GCBC Plenary Assembly in Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana October 10, Bishop Osei-Bonsu urged Ghanaians “to protect the […]

NAKURU OCTOBER 11, 2016(CISA)-Over 20,000 Catholic faithful from all over the Country attended the National annual Prayer Day at the Marian Shrine, Subukia in the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru October 8. The event was organized by the Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri in conjunction with the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, Commission for Liturgy and Commission […]

BANGUI OCTOBER 11, 2016 (CISA) – Pope Francis has announced 17 new cardinals, including Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui. The announcement on Sunday October 9, at the end of the Pope’s angelus address means that countries like The Central African Republic, Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia and Lesotho will have a cardinal […]

ADDIS ABABA, OCTOBER 11, 2016 (CISA) –The Ethiopian government has declared a six months state of emergency in the country. “The state of emergency was declared following a thorough discussion by the Council of Ministers on the loss of lives and property damages occurring in the country,” Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn said October 9. “We […]

AWKA OCTOBER 7, 2016(CISA)-Bishop Paulinus Ezeokafor of the Catholic Diocese of Awka has condemned attack on three Catholic priests allegedly by herdsmen in Enugu. Three Catholic priests were on September 26, attacked by Fulani herdsmen in Akachine, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State on their way from a condolence visit, Nigeria’s Daily Trust Newspaper […]