WAU MARCH 28, 2017 (CISA)-The President of Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference (SCBC), Bishop Barani Eduardo Hiiboro, has urged catholic faithful to promote unity in honour of the late Bishop Rudolf Deng Majak. “Promote unity, love and take care of one another to honour Bishop Rudolf Deng Majak. Bringing peace to Wau and the whole Greater […]
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SOUTH SUDAN: Six Aid Workers Killed in an Ambush, says UN
JUBA MARCH 28, 2017 (CISA) – Six aid workers were killed in an ambush in South Sudan on March 25 while traveling from the capital Juba to the town of Pibor, the United Nations has said. “I am appalled and outraged by the heinous murder yesterday of six courageous humanitarians in South Sudan,” UN humanitarian coordinator […]
KENYA: Speed up Preparations to Avoid Chaos, Religious Leaders Urge Electoral Body
NAIROBI MARCH 24, 2017(CISA) – Religious leaders in Kenya have called on the Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to speed up preparations for the August 8 General elections. “The journey towards August 2017 elections has been challenged by hindrances arising from logistical, legal and political factors. This has called to question the readiness for the country […]
DRC: Implementing Peace Agreement is the only Solution to Crisis, Bishop tells UN
KINSHASA MARCH 24, 2016 (CISA) – Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa, President of the Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of Congo (CENCO) has said that fulfilling the terms of a peace agreement signed in December 31, 2016 is the only way out of the political crisis in the country. “The Democratic Republic of Congo is now […]
NIGERIA: Disburse Relief Aid through Religious Bodies, Bishop tells NGO’s
MAIDUGURI MARCH 24, 2017 (CISA) – Bishop Oliver Doeme Dashe of Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri, has called on donor agencies to involve religious bodies in the administration of relief aid to internally displaced persons (IDPs). “If you want your funds or aids to reach the targeted victims of insurgency in the North-east, give it to religious […]
KENYA: Consolata Shrine Breaks Ground For Ultra-modern Allamano Office Block
NAIROBI MARCH 21, 2017 (CISA)-TheConsolata Shrine Parish in Westlands on March 18 broke ground for the construction of an ultra-modern office block dubbed Allamano Centre. The centre estimated to cost KShs 500 Million and expected to complete in two years time will host offices, meeting rooms, car parking bays, Sunday school hall, a large auditorium […]
VATICAN: Pope Apologizes for Church Failure During Rwandan Genocide
VATICAN CITY MARCH 21, 2017 (CISA) – Pope Francis on March 20 expressed his sadness for members of the Catholic Church who participated in the 1994 genocide, asking for forgiveness and assuring those who still suffer of his prayer. He was speaking March 20, during a brief meeting with Rwandan president Paul Kagame at the Vatican. […]
KENYA: Religious Leaders Mark Golden Jubilee of Vatican II Declaration
NAIROBI MARCH 21, 2017 (CISA) – Religious Leaders from different backgrounds including Muslim, Catholic, Hindu, on March 18 commemorated 50 years of Nostra Aetate (Vatican II Declaration) at Tangaza University College. The Nostra Aetate document otherwise referred to as the Vatican II declaration shows how the church should relate with non Christian religions. The document was […]
S SUDAN: Italian Bishops Conference Donates €1 Million to Fight Famine
JUBA MARCH 21, 2017(CISA) – Italian Catholic Bishops Conference (CEI) has donated €1 Million through Caritas International to help fight the famine in South Sudan. Don Dante Carraro, director of Cuamm, one of the Non-Governmental organizations that will handle the donation allocated by the Italian bishops for the crisis, said that the hunger situation in the […]
KENYA: Cardinal Njue Flags off Relief Food to Northern Kenya
NAIROBI MARCH 17, 2017 (CISA)-John Cardinal Njue on March 17 flagged off food donations from the Archdiocese of Nairobi to drought-stricken Isiolo and Marsabit Dioceses. “The decision to mobilise food from our parishes came about from the realisation that nearly half of the counties in Kenya are adversely affected by drought with millions of people facing starvation […]