KITWE, DECEMBER, 19, 2014, (CISA) – The Catholic Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR), Zambia, Copperbelt branch, has urged the country’s acting President Dr. Guy Scott to remain focused on poverty alleviation in the country. JCTR provincial media and information officer, Tendai Posiana, expressed fear that programmes aimed at poverty reduction could be distracted by political […]
Day: 20 December 2014
CAR: Catholics reach out to Muslim Ex-rebels
BANGUI, DECEMBER 19, 2014(CISA) – Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga, of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui, recently visited a camp where former members of the Seleka rebel militia, who are predominately Muslim, are housed. “Here in this camp there are men, women and children living. For me, as a man of God, they are children of God […]
KENYA: President Signs Controversial Security Bill into Law
NAIROBI DECEMBER 19, 2014(CISA) – President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law the controversial Security Laws (Amendment) Bill 2014 into law. In a televised address to the nation on Friday December 19, President Kenyatta said that the law protected the human rights and “did not go against any provisions of the constitution” as alleged by […]
KENYA: Church joins Turkana County Govt in Promoting Peace
LODWAR, DECEMBER 19, 2014(CISA) – Bishop Dominic Kimengich of the Catholic Diocese of Lodwar has said that the diocese will continue working with the County government of Turkana to foster peace in the county and its environs. Bishop Kimengich said that the Church signed a memorandum of understanding with the county government on service delivery and […]