VATICAN CITY APRIL 11, 2017 (CISA) – Pope Francis’ trip to Egypt at the end of the month will go on as planned, despite terrorist attacks which killed more than 43 people during Palm Sunday celebrations in the country, the Vatican has said. “There is no doubt the Holy Father will maintain his offer to go […]

CAPE TOWN APRIL 11, 2017 (CISA)-The South Africa Catholic Bishop Conference (SACBC) has appealed to President Jacob Zuma to intervene for speedy retrieval of three mine workers trapped underground since February 5, 2016. “The pain of the three families should be considered the pain of the nation. We therefore make an appeal to the president […]

SOKOTO APRIL 11, 2017 (CISA) – Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto diocese has called urged Catholic media in Nigeria to protect the integrity and sovereignty of the country while reporting violence and crises. Speaking during the opening of the Association of Diocesan/Religious Directors of Social Communications in Nigeria’s first 2017 plenary meeting in Sokoto, Bishop […]

ASSINIE, APRIL 11, 2017(CISA) – Catholic Bishops from the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA/CERAO) has warned against religious intolerance in the region. The bishops called for religious tolerance among other challenges facing communities in the region to be addressed. The bishops spoke in  a statement issued April 4 at the end of the 5th Standing […]