Day: 6 February 2015

ABUJA FEBRUARY 6, 2015 (CISA) – The Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri led by Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme, began a nine-day Novena for peace on February 5. Fr Gideon Obasogie, Director of Communications at the Diocese of Maiduguri has appealed to all Nigerians and well-wishers all over the world to join the diocese in praying for […]

   LUSAKA, FEBRUARY 06, 2015(CISA) – The Zambian Catholic bishops have called upon the newly elected president to strengthen the nation’s unity. In a statement issued on January 30 signed by Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu, President of the Episcopal Conference of Zambia (ECZ), the bishops urged President Edgar Lungu “to work to strengthen national unity, threatened […]

CAPETOWN, FEBRUARY 6, 2015(CISA) – Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of the Anglican Archdiocese of Cape Town has called on the faithful to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela by committing to “a new struggle for social cohesion and the end of inequality.” In a statement issued from a meeting of the Synod […]

ABUJA FEBRUARY 6, 2015(CISA) – The United Nations Security Council on February 6 urged West and Central African countries to improve regional military coordination to combat Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. In a statement, the UN Security Council welcomed a meeting of experts in Yaoundé, Cameroon, from 5 to 7 February to finalize how the […]

NAIROBI, FEBRUARY 6, 2015(CISA) – The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops through the Commission for Education and religious education has expressed concern over the high school fees being charged in public secondary schools in the country. In a press statement sent to CISA, the bishops urged the government to make education affordable for all students […]