EDE MARCH 29, 2016 (CISA) – Fr Chris Anyanwu, of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), has declared that over-reliance on communication technology cannot facilitate authentic communication. He said this while issuing a keynote address at Our Lady and St. Kizito’s Pastoral centre in Ede, Osun state during the first Plenary Assembly of the Religious […]
Day: 29 March 2016
NIGERIA: Archbishop Calls on Priests to Remain Faithful to their Calling
LAGOS MARCH 29, 2016 (CISA) – Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, has urged Catholic priests to ensure that the values and virtues of the Church are preserved. Archbishop Martins gave the address during the Chrism Mass at Saints Michael, Raphael and Gabriel Catholic Church, Satellite town where he asserted that Chrism […]
BURUNDI: EU to Cut Country’s Funding to Avert Conflict
BUJUMBURA MARCH 29, 2016 (CISA) – The European Union plans to cut back its funding for Burundi’s peacekeeping contingent in Somalia to pressure the government to stop a year-long political crisis. “Support for Burundi’s contingent of AMISOM cannot continue as it is,” a European diplomat said, reported Reuters. For each African soldier sent to Somalia, […]
RWANDA: Church Leaders Call for Unity in Nation
KIGALI MARCH 29, 2015(CISA) – Section of church leaders in Rwanda have called for peaceful and harmonious co-existence in the nation. Speaking at different churches in Kigali during the Easter Sunday Mass March 27, the clerics said that there was need to help the needy and preached about the religious significance of Jesus’ resurrection symbolised […]
UGANDA: Bishop Calls on Government to Free Opposition Leader
MASAKA MARCH 29, 2016(CISA) – Bishop John Baptist Kaggwa of the Catholic Diocese of Masaka has called on the government to respect the rights of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party leader Dr Kizza Besigye and set him free from detention. He said that since the time for elections had ended, there was no need […]