VATICAN CITY APRIL 4, 2017(CISA) – The Vatican has released the itinerary for Pope Francis’ Apostolic Journey to Egypt on April 28-29. According to the program released on March 3, Pope Francis will arrive at Cairo International Airport around 14:00 on Friday where he will be welcomed at the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis before making a courtesy visit […]
Day: 5 April 2017
NIGERIA: Concern Raised Over Religious Extremism by Masqueraders
NSUKKA APRIL 4, 2017 (CISA) – The Catholic Church and the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) have called for the prosecution of masqueraders who attacked a catholic seminarian in Nsuka. A Catholic seminarian, Lawrence Ezeugwu, was attacked by masqueraders and beaten to coma. In his homily at St. Joseph Catholic Church on April 2, Bishop Godfrey Onah […]
SOUTH SUDAN: Government Suspends $10,000 Work Permit Fee
JUBA APRIL 4, 2017 (CISA) – The government of South Sudan has suspended plans to charge foreign workers a $10,000 work permit fee after criticism that it would penalize aid agencies. “The Ministry of Finance acknowledges these significant issues … and steps are being taken to formulate the best way forward,” Finance Minister Stephen Dhieu Dau […]
DRC: Pope Calls for Peace and Tolerance Following Attacks on Church Property
KINSHASA APRIL 4, 2017 (CISA) –Pope Francis has called for peace and tolerance in DRC following recent attacks on Catholic Church buildings. “I assure that nation of my closeness and urge everyone to pray for peace, and pray that the hearts of the perpetrators of these crimes may be freed of the slavery of hatred and […]