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 […]
Day: 22 November 2016
MALAWI: Church Leaders Condemn Abortion Bill
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 […]
RWANDA: Catholic Church Apologizes for Role in 1994 Genocide
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 […]
SOUTH SUDAN: Gabriel Cardinal Zubeir Wako Retires as Archbishop of Khartoum
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 […]
KENYA: Nairobi City to Launch CardinaI Otunga Road
NAIROBI NOVEMBER 22, 2016(CISA) – A road named after the Servant of God, Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga, will be launched tomorrow Wednesday November 23 2016 at 2PM. The Archdiocese of Nairobi in a statement sent to CISA has requested Christians gather at 2pm at the City Hall Annex to join His Eminence John Cardinal Njue […]