DAKAR NOVEMBER 3, 2015 (CISA) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that better laws, concrete data and widespread education are needed to tackle the “disease” of statelessness that affect the lives of more than a million people across West Africa. “Statelessness is like a disease, you pass it on to […]
Day: 4 November 2015
SIERRA LEONE: New Bishop of Makeni Ordained
MAKENI CITY NOVEMBER 3, 2015 (CISA) – Most Reverend Natale Paganelli was on October 31 ordained as the new bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Makeni. The Episcopal Ordination took place in Makeni city, in northern Sierra Leone and was presided over by Archbishop Miroslaw Adamczyk, Apostolic Nuncio of Liberia, Sierra Leone and The Gambia, […]
CAR: Pope to open Bangui Holy door during his visit to Africa
BANGUI NOVEMBER 3, 2015 (CISA) – Pope Francis will jump start the Jubilee of Mercy by opening the diocese of Bangui’s Holy Door while in the Central African Republic (CAR), as a sign of prayer and solidarity for the war-torn nation. “To manifest the prayerful closeness of the entire Church to this afflicted and tormented […]
KENYA: Church Calls for Unity ahead of Pope Visit
NAIROBI NOVEMBER 3, 2015(CISA) – The recent political name calling, ethnic incitement lack the good taste on expected decorum by our leaders who were elected to steer us to unity and peace, Bishop Alfred Rotich has warned. “Our country and the people of Kenya already have to contend with many afflictions such as the escalating […]