COLOMBO, JANUARY 16, 2015(CISA) – Pope Francis said that there are limits to freedom of expression, especially when it insults or ridicules someone’s faith. He gave the response to a question put to him by a French journalist regarding Paris terror attacks on Thursday 15 during a press conference on the flight from Sri Lanka to […]
Day: 16 January 2015
NIGERIA: Kofi Annan Encourages Peaceful Elections
ABUJA, JANUARY 16, 2015 (CISA) – Kofi Annan on Wednesday January 14 oversaw the adoption of an inter-party agreement on non-violence and the acceptance of the results of the upcoming elections by several presidential candidates. “I am pleased that all parties are participating in this responsible initiative,” said Kofi Annan in a statement sent to […]
KENYA: Archbishop Okoth urges Government to Stem Poverty
NAIROBI JANUARY 16, 2015(CISA) –Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth has urged the government to create better strategies in handling high poverty rates in Kenya. “I wish to challenge the government of Kenya to relook into the economic reforms and come up with strategies that seriously address poverty in Kenya”, said the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kisumu. […]
KENYA: Catholic Varsity Launches book on Poverty Reduction
NAIROBI JANUARY 16, 2015(CISA) – Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) has launched “Paths of Development” a book that highlights the Catholic Church as a partner in poverty alleviation through self help projects. While officially launching the book at the CUEA grounds in Karen, Nairobi, Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu said […]
MALAWI: Bishop Zuza Dies in Car Accident
MZIMBA, JANUARY 16, 2015 (CISA) – Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza of the Catholic Diocese of Mzuzu died in a car crash on Thursday January 15. According to the Catholic Secretariat of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), Bishop Zuza died from serious injuries he sustained in the accident in Chikangawa near Nthungwa in Mzimba district, reported […]
KENYA: No more Tetanus Vaccination Campaigns before Vaccines are Proven safe, Catholic Church urges
NAIROBI, JANUARY 16, 2015(CISA) – The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has insisted that no further mass tetanus vaccination campaigns be done in Kenya until vaccines are proven safe. In a press statement signed by His Eminence John Cardinal Njue dated January 14, 2015, the bishops said some of the vials used in March […]