FREETOWN, DECEMBER, 11, 2014 (CISA) – Bishops in West Africa have appealed for more help for a hospital in a region suffering many Ebola infections. “The Ebola situation is still very grim. Our health workers are at great risk and some have lost their lives,” said Father Paul Sandi, secretary general of the Catholic Conference […]
Day: 17 December 2014
LIBERIA: Cardinal Peter Turkson on Solidarity Visit to Ebola Stricken Countries
FREETOWN, DECEMBER, 16, 2014, (CISA) – Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace is set for a trip to Sierra Leone and Liberia, two of the three countries most affected with the Ebola Virus Disease. Cardinal Turkson will depart for Sierra Leone on December, 16 and then proceed to Liberia […]
NIGERIA: Bishops Reverse Order Banning Handshakes in Churches
LAGOS, DECEMBER 16, 2014(CISA) – The Nigerian Catholic Bishops Conference has ordered all priests and lay faithful to revert to normal practices of receiving Holy Communion through the tongue and resume observance of handshake as a sign of peace during Mass. This follows the declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) in October that Nigeria […]
S SUDAN: Church holds Prayers for War Victims
JUBA DECEMBER 16, 2014(CISA) – On December 15, the Catholic Church in South Sudan held prayers for the victims of the civil war at the Cathedral in Juba, one year after the outbreak of the civil war in the country. While presiding over the event, Archbishop Paolina Lukudu Loro of the Archdiocese of Juba called for peace […]
UGANDA: Be Good Example to Fellow Youth, Archbishop Tells Conference
KAMPALA DECEMBER 16, 2014(CISA) – Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala has urged youth to “always be exemplary and relevant to fellow youth as missionaries of behavioral change against immoral tendencies that are eating away our value in society.” Addressing a national youth conference at The National Catholic youth Conference under […]
KENYA: Government De-registers over 500 NGO’s
NAIROBI DECEMBER 16, 2014(CISA)The Kenyan government has de-registered over 500 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for failing to file their audited reports as required by law. 15 NGOs have been accused of funding terrorism activities in the country and the region with possible prosecution of their officials. NGOs Co-ordination Board executive director Fazul Mohamed said the accounts […]