Month: February 2015

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 […]

KAMPALA FEBRUARY 3, 2015(CISA)) – About 150,000 refugees living in Uganda start receiving reduced rations from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) due to insufficient funding. According to WFP the ration cut of 50 percent, which began last week, came as the humanitarian organisation struggles to raise an additional US$30 million for its operations in […]

JUBA, FEBRUARY 3, 2015(CISA)-The Catholic bishops of South Sudan have issued stern warning to political leaders on the consequences of the civil war. In a statement sent to CISA on January 30 after a three-day meeting in Juba, the bishops said that the nation “has abandoned the ways of God” by waging an “evil war.” […]

NAIROBI FEBRUARY 3, 2015(CISA)) – The Catholic Church in Kenya has called on the government to re-look the proposed Amendments to the Public Benefits Organizations Act 2013 to ensure it fits all stakeholders. In a press statement by Caritas Kenya and the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (CJPC) sent to CISA on January 27, the […]

MACHAKOS FEBRUARY 3, 2015(CISA) – Archbishop-elect of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa, Martin Kivuva Musonde, on January 29 bid farewell to religious and clergy of Daystar University. While addressing the group of nine religious and seven clergy from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Vietnam, Nigeria and India, the Archbishop-Elect encouraged them to be focused on what brought them […]

NAIROBI FEBRUARY 3, 2015(CISA) – John Cardinal Njue has called upon young Christian professionals to be actively involved in national decision making processes. “We have to deliberately ensure that our Christian faith interacts with the political and social functions by speaking to issues that arise with the political and social functions,” Cardinal Njue told a meeting […]

SOWETO JANUARY 30, 2015(CISA) – The Jesuit Institute South Africa has strongly condemned the ongoing violence against foreign persons and their businesses. The violence which started in Soweto, “constitutes another episode in South Africa’s shameful history of xenophobia,” the institute said in a statement, reported Vatican Radio. “The savagery demonstrated and the failure to put a […]

KINSHASHA JANUARY 30, 2015(CISA) – Pope Francis has appointed Fr Jean-Bertin Nadonye Ndongo, O.F.M. Cap. the new bishop of the diocese of Lolo. According to  Vatican Information Service(VIS), Pope Francis  also accepted the resignation Mgr Ferdinand Maemba Liwoke from the pastoral care of the same diocese , in accordance to canon 401 § 1 of the […]