Category: ARCHIVES

NAIROBI SEPTEMBER 20, 2016(CISA)-Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace will visit Kenya next month. According to a press invite sent to CISA, Cardinal Turkson will deliver his message of openness and participates in the international conference on “extractive industries, Conflict and sustainable development” organized by Hekima Institute of […]

NAIROBI SEPTEMBER 20, 2016(CISA)- Kenya conference of Catholic Bishops(KCCB) has selected Bernadette Musundi, to a nine-member team that will select a new electoral commission. The Catholic Church was among religious leaders who met at Ufungamano House in Nairobi on September 19 to select the representatives. Other leaders appointed by the religious leaders include the National […]

KINSHASA, SEPTEMBER 20, 2016(CISA) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Congolese national security forces to exercise maximum restraint in their response to protests. “(Ban) condemns the violence that has already led to the death of at least 17 people, including three police officers in the capital,” Reuters quoted his spokesman as saying Monday, […]

ABUJA SEPTEMBER 13, 2016 (CISA) – Cardinal John Onaiyekan of the Catholic diocese of Abuja has warned youth against immigrating to Europe noting that it is not the answer to unemployed youth. “Human trafficking is likely to increase the number of frustrated people who cannot make ends meet,” said the cardinal September 6 at a […]

DAR ES SALAAM SEPTEMBER 13, 2016(CISA) – The number of people killed following Saturday’s earthquake in Bukoba has risen to 17, Tanzania’s Minister of State in the Office of the President, George Simbachawene told the National Assembly September 13. According to Simbachawene the 5.7-magnitude earthquake left 252 people injured and 840 families homeless. Over 1,200 […]

GOASO, SEPTEEMBER 13 2016(CISA) – Bishop Peter Kwaku Atuahene of the Catholic Diocese of Goaso has urged Christians and Muslims to lead the crusade against deliberate destruction of the environment. He explained that with the large number of Christians and Muslims in the country, leading the crusade would surely ensure that the nation would be […]

AKURE SEPTEMBER 13, 2016(CISA)-Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigerian, has appealed to President Mohammadu Buhari to do more to alleviate the current economic hardship in the country. “A lot still needs to be done by the Federal Government in alleviating the sufferings of the masses in the face of the […]

LUSAKA, SEPTEMBER 2, 2016(CISA) – Christian leaders from various denominations have warned the government against harassing the media. In a statement signed by the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) and major Christian leaders in Zambia, the church leaders cautioned the state against closing down some privately owned radio stations. “We are deeply saddened and […]

CAIRO AUGUST 30, 2016 (CISA) – Two laws on the construction of churches and the Civil Service law, have passed from the State Council’s legislative revision department to be looked into by the House of Representatives for final approval. The law is to be discussed inside the parliament, as is required by the constitution in […]

JOHANNESBURG AUGUST 26, 2016(CISA)-Southern Africa Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) has welcomed the results of municipal elections that took place on August 3, noting that all parties have accepted the results as fair. “Democracy itself was the victor,” the bishops proclaimed. These elections should herald in a new phase in the history of our democracy involving […]