Month: July 2017

ABUJA JULY 21, 2017(CISA) – John Cardinal Onaiyekan of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, has called on the government to collaborate with the Church in taming infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS. The Cardinal said that faith based organizations involved in provision of health care services should have access to public funds to enable them discharge their services […]

YAOUNDE JULY 21, 2017(CISA)-The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cameroon (CENC) has filed a private lawsuit challenging the autopsy report of the late Bishop Jean-Marie Benoit Bala of Bafia, whose body was found floating in River Sanaga in June 2017. “We were not satisfied with investigators’ findings that Bishop Bala drowned after he disappeared overnight May 31, […]

KINSHASA JULY 21, 2017 (CISA) – The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) has appealed for the release of two kidnapped Catholic priests and urged security forces dismantle the criminal network that destabilizes peace in the region of Beni. “Priests are men of God who devote their lives to the good of the population without a […]

ITEN JULY 18, 2017(CISA)-Bishop Cornelius Korir, Chairman of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops-Justice and Peace Commission(CJPC) has called on Kenyans to exercise tolerance towards presidential aspirants irrespective of their political affiliations. Speaking in Iten during Sing’ore Girls high School Golden Jubilee celebrations on July 14, the Bishop condemned recent cases of violence witnessed during campaign […]

LUSAKA JULY 18, 2017 (CISA) –Berhaneyesus Cardinal Souraphiel, Chairman of the Association of Members Episcopal Conferences of Eastern Africa (AMECEA), has applauded the Church in Zambia for 125 years of Catholic Faith. In his message to the Church in Zambia, Cardinal Souraphiel thanked God for the gift of faith and all the Missionaries who brought the […]

JOHANNESBURG JULY 18, 2017(CISA)-Southern Africa Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has opposed recommendations by the government to regulate churches in the country. “We fully understand and share government’s unhappiness with certain practices done in the name of religion, such as requiring adherents to drink petrol or eat grass. However, we believe that there is sufficient existing […]

LILONGWE JULY 18, 2017(CISA) – Archbishop Tarsizio Ziyaye of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe has thanked the Church for the support over the years in episcopate. “…God works through people and thus I thank all the people who have always supported me including Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict, and the current Pope Francis and all […]

DUBLIN JULY 18 2017 (CISA)-The Irish Catholic Bishops Conference has announced special collections in all Masses in Ireland to help resolve humanitarian crisis facing 25 million people across East Africa. “With the failure of successive rains and a prolonged drought having taken hold of the region, just surviving has now become the main challenge facing […]

NAIROBI JULY 14, 2017(CISA)-Religious leaders from different faiths in Kenya have urged security agencies to enforce security coverage for all Kenyans noting that the strongest threat to credible, peaceful, free and fair elections is the compromise of peace and security. Expressing worries at the rising number of violent attacks on citizens in different parts of […]

MOGADISHU JULY 14, 2017 (CISA) – About 16 million people are in need of humanitarian aid across areas of Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda – 30 percent more than in late 2016 and their number expected to increase in the coming months, the UN has warned. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, […]