LUSAKA NOVEMBER 10, 2017 (CISA) –Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu, President Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has said there is need to stop young people leaving the Church for the evangelicals. “As people who are on mission, we are not lone rangers. We move as a family. In the recent past we have head threats to the […]

NAKURU NOVEMBER 10, 2017(CISA)- The Conference of Catholic Bishops in Kenya (KCCB) yesterday held a special Mass for the late bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret, Rt. Rev. Cornelius Korir. The Mass that was celebrated at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Nakuru was led by His Eminence John Cardinal Njue of the Archdiocese of […]

VATICAN CITY, NOVMBER 9 2017- The Mass is not a show, but a beautiful, transformative encounter with the true loving presence of Christ, Pope Francis said. That is why people need to focus their hearts on God, not focus their smartphones for pictures during Mass, he said. When the priest celebrating Mass says, “Let us […]

DJIBOUTI OCTOBER 17, 2017 (CISA) – Bishop Giorgio Bertin of Djibouti has called on the people of Somalia to have hope and unity after the country suffered a deadly terrorist attack on October 14. “I would say that even though what has happened is a catastrophe, we mustn’t despair. It would be a double attack […]

NAIROBI, OCTOBER 13, 2017 (CISA) – “The current crisis can offer Kenya an opportunity to carry out honest dialogue about the underlying unresolved grievances, concerns and anguish,” the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has said. While calling on Kenyans to desist from any act of violence, the bishop conference committed to resolving the political stalemate […]

NAIROBI OCTOBER 13, 2017 (CISA) –Amnesty International has condemned the government’s decision to ban demonstrations in the central business districts of the three main cities, Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu. According to the human rights NGO the ban may be used to legitimize police crackdowns. “This ban, announced just two weeks ahead of a fraught repeat […]

NAIROBI OCTOBER 10, 2017(CISA) – Bishop Alfred Rotich, emeritus of the Military Ordinariate has called on political parties to dialogue to solve the elections issues and enable Kenyans vote peacefully on October 26. “As the Church, we have reached out to political parties, asking them to dialogue with each other for the sake of Kenyans who […]

BAMENDA OCTOBER 6, 2017(CISA) – Catholic Bishops of the Bamenda Provincial Episcopal Conference of Cameroon have condemned police killings of protesters demanding independence from the Central African country. In a statement dated October 4, Bishop George Nkuo of the Catholic Diocese of Kumbo, Bishop Cornelius Fontem Esua of Buea, Bishop Andrew Nkea of Mamfe and […]

CANTERBURY OCTOBER 6, 2017 (CISA) –Three of 39 primates in the Anglican Communion have shunned the Anglican Communion Primates’ Meeting in a show of continuing disagreement with same-sex relationships. Archbishops Nicholas Okoh of Nigeria, Stanley Ntagali of Uganda and Onesphore Rwaje of Rwanda said that they have boycotted the meeting in protest of what they see […]

DAKAR OCTOBER 6, 2017(CISA)-Catholic Bishops from across Africa have called on the continent’s leaders to work hard to end extreme poverty. “Our hearts are bleeding to see that the misery of our people is often caused by some of our own leaders, in collaboration with foreign powers, while these very ones are supposed to fight […]