NAIROBI NOVEMBER 25, 2015 (CISA) – Pope Francis has arrived in Kenya for his three-day visit. The Alitalia flight carrying the Pope touched down 4:30pm at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and at 4:50 pm the pontiff was received by President Uhuru Kenyatta and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta. He was later introduced to a number of government […]
Day: 25 November 2015
KENYA: Pope Calls on Kenyans to keep working for Peace
NAIROBI NOVEMBER 25, 2015(CISA)-Pope Francis has encouraged Kenyans to continue working for peace in the country. “Experience shows that violence, conflict and terrorism feed on fear, mistrust, and the despair born of poverty and frustration,” Pope Francis said November 25 during his first public address in Kenya. He noted that Kenya’s public officials have “a […]
KENYA: Jubilant Crowds welcome Pope Francis
NAIROBI NOVEMBER 25, 2015(CISA) – The anticipation is over. It has been a countdown of months, days, hours and now the Holy Father has landed in Kenya. Hundreds of faithful lined up along Mombasa and Uhuru highway to welcome Pope Francis to Kenya when he began his three-day Apostolic and state visit to Kenya. “I am […]
KENYA: Bishops Applaud Government’s Attempts to End Corruption
NAIROBI NOVEMBER 24, 2015(CISA)-The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has applauded the government’s renewed efforts in fighting corruption. “‘It’s never too late to kill a snake in the house, the moment you get opportunity kill it. We applaud every effort and not just the government, any institution, any person, Kenyans, all of us to […]
TANZANIA: President Cancels Independence Day Fete, Orders Cleanup
DAR ES SALAAM NOVEMBER 24, 2015(CISA)-Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has cancelled Independence Day celebrations, and has ordered a clean-up campaign instead. “It would be shameful to spend huge sums of money on the celebrations when our people are dying of cholera” BBC News quoted President Magufuli as saying. According to reports, cholera has killed about […]
AFRICA: Pope Sends Goodwill Message Ahead of Visit
VATICAN NOVEMBER 24, 2015 (CISA) – Pope Francis on Monday November 23 sent a joint video message to the people of Central African Republic, Kenya and Uganda ahead of his maiden visit to Africa. “Dear friends, I send a word of greeting and friendship to you and your families… I am coming as a minister of the […]
KENYA: Bishops Urge Kenyans to Honour Papal day of Prayer
NAIROBI NOVEMBER 24, 2015 (CISA) – The Catholic Bishops of Kenya have invited all Kenyans to honour, Thursday November 26, as a national day for prayer and reconciliation. Pope Francis is set to celebrate a public Mass at the University of Nairobi grounds on the day and the Government of Kenya has declared it a […]
GHANA: SECAM Welcomes Pope to Africa
ACCRA NOVEMBER 24, 2015 (CISA) – The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has issued a communiqué welcoming Pope Francis to Kenya. “As representatives of the Church in Africa we warmly welcome the Holy Father, Pope Francis, as he makes his first apostolic visit to our continent,” said the statement by the Standing […]