NAIROBI JULY 22, 2016(CISA)- Fr Joseph Waithaka, the new Regional Superior of the Consolata Missionaries Kenya/Uganda, and his four-member council took oath of office on Wednesday July 20 at the Consolata Provincial House in Westlands, Nairobi. “I am delighted and grateful to you all my dearest confreres in Kenya and Uganda for the trust and […]
Day: 22 July 2016
ANGOLA: Government Calls for Closer Church-State Collaboration
LUANDA JULY 22, 2016(CISA)-The government of Angola has called for closer collaboration and cooperation between the Church and state to realize, “a more just and morally upright society.” Addressing the opening ceremony of the 17th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) July 20, Vice-President of Angola, Manuel Vicente […]
KENYA: Church Calls for Tough Measures to End Arson in Schools
NAKURU JULY 22, 2016(CISA)-The Catholic Church in Kenya has called for tough measures to end the increased burning of schools in the country. Addressing the media in Nakuru July 20, Bishop Maurice Muhatia, Chairman of The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) – Commission for Education and Religious Education said that the Church was concerned […]
ZAMBIA: Bishops Warn Politicians Against Violence Ahead of Elections
LUSAKA JULY 22, 2016(CISA)-Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has warned politicians against instigating violence ahead of next month’s General Elections. In a pastoral letter read by Kasama Diocese Archbishop Ignatius Chama on July 17, at the end of the celebrations of 125 years of Catholicism in Zambia held at St Annes Cathedral Parish, the […]
KENYA: Religious Leaders, Civil society Want Electoral Reforms Concluded before Elections
NAIROBI JULY 22, 2016(CISA)-Religious leaders drawn from different faiths, members of the civil society and trade unions have called for urgent reforms at the Electoral and Boundaries Commission before next year’s general elections. In a press statement read in turns by Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth, Vice chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops-Catholic Justice and […]
SOUTH SUDAN: Pope Francis Sends Envoy to Deliver Message of Peace
JUBA JULY 22, 2016(CISA) – Pope Francis has sent an envoy, Cardinal Peter Turkson, to South Sudan for peace-building against the civil war that has been going on in the recent past in the country. The president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace took with him a letter from the Pope for President […]