CAIRO MAY 23, 2017(CISA)-Egypt has referred 48 people for military trial over suspected involvement in church bombings that killed close to 70 people. Bombings near Cairo’s Coptic Church December 2016 killed 25 people while two church bombings April 9 2017, in Alexandria and Tanta killed more than 45 people during Palm Sunday services. Islamic State claimed […]
Month: May 2017
DRC: Ebola Claims Fourth Life
KINSHASA MAY 23, 2017 (CISA) – A fourth person has died in an Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesman from the World Health Organization (WHO) said on May 23. Since the WHO declared the outbreak on May 12 in north-eastern Bas-Uele province, 37 suspected cases are being monitored, WHO’s Congo spokesman […]
KENYA: Pray for me in my New Assignment, Bishop Muheria tells Faithful of Kitui
KITUI MAY 19, 2017(CISA)- Bishop Anthony Muheria has urged Christians of the Catholic diocese of Kitui, where he worked for nine years, to pray for him as he prepares to take up his new role as the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Nyeri. “…I must confess how hard it was and still is, for me to […]
KENYA: AMECEA Chairman Calls on Kenyans to Pray Ahead of Elections
NAIROBI MAY 19, 2017(CISA)- Cardinal Berhaneyesus Souraphiel, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Ethiopia (CBCE) and Chairman of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) has called on all Kenyans to pray ahead of the General Elections. “I would request Kenyans citizens to continue to pray for peaceful elections. The people […]
TANZANIA: Priests Urged to Use New Regulations of the Roman Missal
DAR ES SALAAM, MAY 19, 2017(CISA) – Bishop Salutaris Libena, chairman of the Liturgy department of TEC has urged priests to use new regulations of the Roman Missal. Roman Missal is a liturgical book containing the prayers and responses needed when celebrating the Roman Catholic Mass throughout the year. Speaking during a diocesan liturgy coordinators meeting which involved coordinators […]
CAR: UN Raises Alarm over Flares in Killings
BANGUI MAY 19, 2017(CISA)-The United Nations has expressed concern over latest flare up of violence that has claimed over 100 people. “Violence and rising tensions are spreading to areas of the Central African Republic that had previously been spared the kinds of terrifying violence seen in some other parts of the country. This is highly […]
SOUTH AFRICA: Country becoming ‘Mafia State,’ Council of Churches Warns
JOHANNESBURG MAY 19, 2017 (CISA) –South African Council of Churches (SACC) has warned that corruption is turning the country into a “mafia state.” “We have come to recognize that South Africa may just be a few inches from the throes of a mafia state from which there may be no return, a recipe for a […]
KENYA: Bishop Anthony Muheria’s letter to Christians of the Catholic Diocese of Kitui
Through the parish priests My dear Christians of Kitui, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says Yahweh…” (Is 55, 8) The Lord’s ways are indeed different from your own. But His will is always right… by now you have all received the news of my transfer to the […]
KENYA: Archbishop Praises Role of Small Christian Communities in Church
KISUMU MAY 16, 2017(CISA)-Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu has acknowledged Small Christian Communities (SCCs) as a new way of life in the Archdiocese. The Archbishop was giving closing remarks on May 11 during the closing of a two-day SCCs workshop held in Kisumu. The Archbishop noted that the SCCs play an […]
LESOTHO: Church Leaders Call for Free and Fair Elections
MASERU MAY 16, 2017(CISA)-Christian Council of Lesotho has called on Lesotho’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to speed up preparations to conduct free and fair General elections in June 3. “We are glad preparations for elections are underway. The Independent Electoral Commission must keep working around the clock to try to manage the process. What we demand […]