Month: June 2015

BUJUMBURA, JUNE 30 2015 – The Parliamentary Elections in Burundi went on, Monday June 29 despite international calls to postpone the controversial elections. The Electoral commission though expecting 3.8 million people to vote reported delays and low voter turnout, as many people feared eruption of violence. Many polling centres in the capital were relocated at the […]

KINSHASA JUNE 30, 2015 – The Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo have condemned the insecurity in the north, east and south of the country. In a statement at the end of their 52nd Plenary Assembly, which was held in Kinshasa June 22 to 26, the bishops said they “have heard the cry of alarm […]

JUBA, JUNE 30, 2015 – The Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference (SCBC) is to open schools for South Sudanese who fled to Sudan. Speaking on Sunday June 28 at St Joseph’s Church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba, the Secretary General of SCBC, Fr Jacob Odwa Paul observed that many South Sudanese have gone to Khartoum, Sudan […]

JOHANNESBURG, JUNE 30 2015 – The Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has called for lessons to be learned from the Marikana massacre in which 34 miners were killed and many others injured. This followed the release last week of a report by a Commission of Inquiry that President Jacob […]

BUJUMBURA, JUNE 30 2015 – The Parliamentary Elections in Burundi went on, Monday June 29 despite international calls to postpone the controversial elections. The Electoral commission though expecting 3.8 million people to vote reported delays and low voter turnout, as many people feared eruption of violence. Many polling centres in the capital were relocated at the […]

KISUMU, JUNE 30, 2015 – The Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu yesterday marked 25 years since it’s establishment. The event celebrated at the Uzima University College Grounds in Kisumu also marked 47 years of Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth’s service to diocese. The event was attended by President Uhuru Kenyatta, his deputy William Ruto and leader of opposition […]

NAIROBI, JUNE 26, 2015 (CISA) – “The Vatican has formally contacted the government about a visit to Kenya in November. The government has responded in the affirmative. We look forward to this historic visit by the Holy Father,” President Uhuru Kenyatta’s spokesman Manoah Esipisu said June 20. “You heard that the Pope is to come …It has now […]

NAIROBI JUNE 23, 2015(CISA) – Bishop Virgilio Pante, on June 21 urged refugees in Kenya not to lose hope despite the difficulties they face every day. The bishop who is also the Vice chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB), Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Seafarers was speaking at St. John the Baptist Riruta […]

LAGOS, JUNE 23 2015 (CISA) – Archbishop Alfred Martins of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, has called for the re-introduction of moral and religious education in Nigeria’s education curriculum. In a press statement, Archbishop Martins said religious education is important to help stem the, “alarming rate of moral decadence in educational institutions and in Nigerian society,” […]

NAIROBI JUNE 23, 2015(CISA)-Cardinal John Njue has called upon Christians to respect the institution of the family as the basic platform for social well being. He observed that emerging errant characters among the youth can be greatly attributed to shaky family set ups in which the children are not given the attention they crave. The cardinal was speaking […]