Month: January 2015

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

KWAZULU NATAL, JANUARY 14, 2015 (CISA) – South Africa’s Fr Sibusio Mhlango of St. Patrick Catholic Church ( Kwazulu Natal ) has said the new Zulu Bible translation will help “enrich Christianity in the Zulu community.” Fr Mhlango said: “The 1953 version contains considerable isiXhosa references which many Zulu speakers struggle to understand.” The Jacob […]

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 […]