By Henry Onyango When I meet 38-year old Rebecca Achieng’, she can hardly talk or even see where she is going. She walks along the corridors of the buildings in Kawangware 56 slums in Nairobi in pain. Her face bears scars from stitches not yet healed from a beating she got from her husband who […]
Day: 1 March 2017
KENYA: Work Till we Have Lasting Peace, Bishop Kimengich Urges Church Leaders
LODWAR FEBRRUARY 28, 2017(CISA) – “Peacemaking is the mandate given to the Church, therefore, we should not give up working for peace until we have lasting peace in the region,” Bishop Dominic Kimengich of the Catholic Diocese of Lodwar urged church leaders. The bishop was speaking during the 5th Annual cross-border peace conference held at St. […]
KENYA: Bishop Cornelius Korir Cautions Against Tribal Alignments Ahead of Elections
NAIROBI FEBRUARY 28, 2017 (CISA)- Bishop Cornelius Korir has cautioned Kenyans against aligning along tribal lines ahead of the August General Elections. “Unfortunately we have this terrible habit of placing our country on dangerous paths every time we approach elections. Many lives have been lost as our people are incited to fight one another on tribal […]
VATICAN: Pope Francis Hints at Possible Visit to South Sudan
VATICAN CITY FEBRUARY 28, 2017(CISA)-Pope Francis has hinted at visiting war-ravaged South Sudan this year following invites by the bishops of South Sudan’s Anglican, Presbyterian and Catholic Churches. “I’m studying, my colleagues are studying, the possibility of a trip to South Sudan in response to an invitation by bishops from the country,” he said. The […]
KENYA: Maralal Diocese Launches Five-year Strategic Plan
NAIROBI FEBRUARY 28, 2017 (CISA) – Caritas Maralal has unveiled a new strategic plan that highlights the activities and goals the diocese aims to achieve by the year 2020. Christened ‘The New Dawn’; the Strategic Plan 2016 – 2020 consists of five major pillars namely, Food and Security, Access to basic Services, Justice and Peace, Organizational […]
SOUTH AFRICA: Churches Condemn Xenophobic Violence
LODWAR FEBRRUARY 28, 2017(CISA) – “Peacemaking is the mandate given to the Church, therefore, we should not give up working for peace until we have lasting peace in the region,” Bishop Dominic Kimengich of the Catholic Diocese of Lodwar urged church leaders. The bishop was speaking during the 5th Annual cross-border peace conference held at St. […]