Month: November 2016

DAR ES SALAAM NOVEMBER 29, 2016 (CISA)-President John Magufuli has called on religious leaders to embrace love among one another to foster the nations’ development. “I am very grateful because you are continuing to pray for this nation. I thank you because you have always been kneeling down before God, praying for peace and love among […]

LAGOS, NOVEMBER 29, 2016-(CISA) – Bishop Albert Fasina of the Catholic diocese of Ijebu-Ode has called on priests to stay true to their vocations, since it is a calling from God. In his homily at a Mass held at the St Sebastian Catholic Cathedral, Ijebu-Ode, Bishop Fasina said “God has chosen us in spite of our […]

BANGUI NOVEMBER 29, 2016 (CISA) – Nearly half of the population in Central African Republic – more than two million people – need humanitarian aid, a United Nations official said November 28. “Humanitarian efforts are critical to save lives of people who are among the poorest and most forgotten on this planet,” Fabrizio Hochschild, the UN […]

NAIROBI NOVEMBER 25, 2016(CISA) – The Nairobi City County and the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi have launched a road named after Servant of God (SOG) Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga in Nairobi. “May this street always prompt us to emulate Cardinal Otunga exemplary life of prayerfulness and humility. May his intercession merit the city of Nairobi […]

JUBA, NOVEMBER 25, 2016 (CISA) – Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul of the Anglican Church of South Sudan and Sudan has warned against the proposed regional protection troops by the UN Security Council. “Peace would only come if South Sudanese correct themselves and tell the truth of the love of God and not through the regional […]

ROME, NOVEMBER 25, 2016 (CISA) – Central African Republic’s (CAR) new cardinal, Dieudonne Nzapalainga visited a Mosque in Rome as a way of promoting interreligious dialogue between Christians and Muslims. The Italian Islamic Federation Vice President Sekekh Taib and the Director of the Islamic Cultural Centre of Italy, Abdellah Redouane, welcomed him at the Mosque […]

VATICAN NOVEMBER 22, 2016 (CISA) – Lesotho’s first Cardinal Koto Sabastian Khoarai, OMI, elevated to the office of Cardinal November 19, was not able to travel to Rome for the consistory due to old age and ill-health. Cardinal Khoarai 87, who is Bishop Emeritus of Mohale’s Hoek, had served as Bishop for 36 years when […]

BLANTYRE NOVEMBER 22, 2016(CISA) – The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) and the Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) have condemned the proposed Termination of Pregnancy law. In a statement dated November 17, the church leaders said that the bill would promote increased abortion among women and girls. “We observe that the added conditions in the […]

KIGALI, NOVEMBER 22, 2016 (CISA) – Catholic bishops in Rwanda have issued an apology for the role played by Christians in the 1994 genocide in which nearly one million ethnic Tutsis and Hutus were killed. The apology issued by the Rwanda Conference of Catholic Bishops on November 20 was read out in parishes across the […]

KHARTOUM, NOVEMBER 22, 2016 (CISA) – Gabriel Cardinal Zubeir Wako has retired as the archbishop of the archdiocese of Khartoum at the age of 75 as required by the Canon law of the Catholic Church. “The time has come for me to officially retire. After this mass, only when I have the desire to celebrate […]