Day: 13 January 2015

COLOMBO, JANUARY 13, 2015(CISA) – Pope Francis weeklong Asian tour started in Sri Lanka with a reconciliatory message calling for pursue of truth for the injustices committed during the country’s ethnic civil war. “The process of healing also needs to include the pursuit of truth,” said the Pope upon his arrival in Colombo, reported Zenit. […]

ZANZIBAR, JANUARY 13, 2015   (CISA) – Ambassador Philip Marmo of the new United Republic of Tanzania to the Holy See has denied reports of anti-Christian sentiments in Zanzibar. “I think it is mass generalisation to say there are anti-Christian sentiments by Muslims in Zanzibar.  As you know, Christianity in Eastern and Central Africa started […]

NAIROBI JANUARY 13, 2015( CISA) – A joint team of experts from the Catholic Church in Kenya and ministry of health have declared the controversial tetanus vaccine safe despite three samples of the vials testing positive for hcg beta sub unit. The three samples have been taken for further tests. The experts said while preliminary results […]

VATICAN CITY JANUARY 13, 2015(CISA)-The Vatican has pledged to send $3.5 million to Catholic dioceses and agencies in West Africa to help fight the spread of Ebola. The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace announced that the Holy See would be making a “financial contribution” to support Church-sponsored assistance to those affected by the Ebola […]

NAIROBI, JANUARY 13, 2015 (CISA) – A team of pilgrims accompanying the walking staff of St. Teresa of Avila as it journeys around the world arrived in Nairobi on January 10, the first stop in Africa. The pilgrimage dubbed “Way of Light” began on October 15 2014 -St Teresa’s feast day and will end in Avila on […]