ACCRA, JULY 31, 2015 (CISA) – The Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) on July 29 launched the Year of Reconciliation in Africa with a solemn Eucharist Celebration in Accra. The convocation of the theme, A reconciled Africa for Peaceful Coexistence, was in response to the invitation that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI […]
Day: 31 July 2015
SOUTH AFRICA: Archbishop TuTu Back in Hospital
CAPETOWN, JULY 31, 2015 (CISA) – South Africa’s Archbishop emeritus, Desmond Tutu has been re-admitted to a hospital in Capetown just a week after being, Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation said. “He was discharged from hospital on July 21 and re-admitted on July 29, after expressing renewed discomfort. His doctors considered it prudent for […]
KENYA: Bishops Urge Kenyans to Keep Away from Polio Vaccine, Until Confirmed Safe
NAIROBI, JULY 31 2015 (CISA) – The Conference of Catholic Bishops of Kenya (KCCB)has urged Kenyans not to participate in an upcoming Polio Vaccine campaign till tests are done to confirm the safety of vaccine. In a press statement dated July 28 titled, The Truth will set us free: The safety of Kenyans must be […]
SWITZERLAND: Ebola Vaccine Shows 100% Success, WHO says
GENEVA JULY 31, 2015 (CISA) – The world will soon be able to protect humans against Ebola the World Health Organization (WHO) has said as data from a trial in Guinea showed a vaccine was “100 percent effective.” “We believe that the world is on the verge of an efficacious Ebola vaccine,” said WHO vaccine […]