PRETORIA MARCH 4, 2016 (CISA) – The Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SABC) has urged the government and university leadership to promote an environment for dialogue with protesting varsity students. “They have not done enough to promote an environment that enables open and honest dialogue to happen. We call […]

NYERI, MARCH 1, 2016 (CISA) – Archbishop Peter Kairu on Monday February 29, led the faithful of Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri in breaking the ground for the construction of a shrine in memory of Sr Irene Stefani ‘Nyaatha.’ The shrine will be constructed in Gikondi parish, where Sr Irene Stefani who was beatified in May […]

ACCRA MARCH 1, 2016 (CISA) – West African bishops have expressed solidarity with countries in the region affected by persistent terrorist attacks during the just concluded second West African Catholic Bishops’ regional plenary assembly in Accra, Ghana. In a statement sent to CISA, the bishops stated that violence perpetrated by extremist groups such as  Boko […]

NAIROBI, MARCH 1, 2016 (CISA) – African nations with high numbers of refugees and migrants have been encouraged to cultivate peace and enhance development so that they may reduce such forms of exodus from their countries. During a workshop organised by the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) and attended by the Commission for Refugees, […]

ACCRA MARCH 1, 2016(CISA) – Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos and President of the Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria has been elected the new president of The Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA) and The Regional Episcopal Conference of Francophone West Africa (CERAO). Archbishop Kaigama takes over from Cardinal Théodore Adrien Sarr, Archbishop Emeritus of […]

VATICAN CITY MARCH 1, 2016(CISA)-Pope Francis has called for peaceful coexistence in the face of “a devastating outbreak of violence against Christians in the world.” Speaking when he received  Ethiopian Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Pope Matthias I, in the Vatican February 29, Pope Francis told Pope Matthias I “what unites us is […]

BANGUI, FEBRUARY 26, 2016(CISA) – Bishop Juan José Aguirre Muños of the Catholic Diocese of Bangassou has expressed hope that the election of president Faustin-Archange Touadéra will finally bring peace to the country. “The political situation gives us great hope now because we see the light at the end of the tunnel, but here in […]

TORIT FEBRUARY 26, 2016(CISA) – Hundreds of laity, priests and government officials on February 25 welcomed Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo on his first pastoral visit to Torit diocese. The Nuncio says his visit aims at interacting with priests, religious and faithful of the Catholic Diocese of Torit, reported Catholic Radio Network. Speaking during the welcoming […]

ACCRA FEBRUARY 26, 2016 (CISA) – West African Catholic bishops have called on Africans to desist from copying practicing harmful western practices. Cardinal Théodore Adrien Sarr, Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar reminded Africans that they have their own “culture, traditions and so we need to avoid the several limitations of the Western world instead we must do things […]