NAKURU JULY 22, 2016(CISA)-The Catholic Church in Kenya has called for tough measures to end the increased burning of schools in the country. Addressing the media in Nakuru July 20, Bishop Maurice Muhatia, Chairman of The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) – Commission for Education and Religious Education said that the Church was concerned […]

LUSAKA JULY 22, 2016(CISA)-Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has warned politicians against instigating violence ahead of next month’s General Elections. In a pastoral letter read by Kasama Diocese Archbishop Ignatius Chama on July 17, at the end of the celebrations of 125 years of Catholicism in Zambia held at St Annes Cathedral Parish, the […]

NAIROBI JULY 22, 2016(CISA)-Religious leaders drawn from different faiths, members of the civil society and trade unions have called for urgent reforms at the Electoral and Boundaries Commission before next year’s general elections. In a press statement read in turns by Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth, Vice chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops-Catholic Justice and […]

JUBA JULY 22, 2016(CISA) – Pope Francis has sent an envoy, Cardinal Peter Turkson, to South Sudan for peace-building against the civil war that has been going on in the recent past in the country. The president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace took with him a letter from the Pope for President […]

HARARE JULY 19 2016(CISA)-Church leaders in Zimbabwe have called on the government to “listen to the cries of its suffering citizens, warning that their grievances could soon explode into civil unrest if not addressed.” “We call upon our Government to listen to the cries of citizens whose cries and sufferings are loud and clear. There […]

ADIS ABABA JULY 19, 2016(CISA) – The Association Member of Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) have condemned the increased violence in South Sudan. “In the spirit of solidarity, we, Catholic Bishops in the AMECEA region condemn all acts of violence without exception. Fighting for whatever reason is an act of unjustifiable evil. To all […]

LUWEERO JULY 19 2016 (CISA) – The Catholic Church unveiled St Kizito’s birth place in Luweero District, July as one of its religious tourist sites. Waluleta shrines with a historical Mvule tree shade believed to have been the playing ground for St Kizito, the youngest of the Uganda Martyrs who was burnt alive at the […]

NAIROBI JULY 19, 2016(CISA) – Awareness Against Human Trafficking (HAART Kenya) in collaboration with PAWA254 will be hosting its second annual Arts to End Slavery exhibition in late July. “This exhibition takes human trafficking as a point of departure and increase in meaning to a level where the artworks have qualities that touch us – […]

NAIROBI JULY 15, 2016(CISA)-Pope Francis appointed John Cardinal Njue alongside other 16 people to the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communications including six cardinals, seven bishops and two laypersons. The appointments came two days after the announcement of a new director and vice director of the Holy See Press Office. Cardinal John Njue, born 1944 is the […]

NAIROBI JULY 15, 2016(CISA) – Kenyans want the runway corruption experienced in both the counties and the national government addressed before the next year’s general elections, a new study has shown. According to the study commissioned by Jesuit Hakimani Centre across 30 counties in Kenya, 23 percent of the respondents want corruption addressed “with the […]