NAIROBI AUGUST 11, 2015(CISA) – Bishop Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka of the Catholic Diocese of Goma has called upon Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government to improve on security of her citizens. “Benue located in Eastern DRC has been badly affected by violence in recent past and I call upon the government to take necessary measures to […]

NEW JERSEY, AUGUST 7, 2015(CISA) – The Ghanaian Catholic Laity Council of New York, New Jersey and New England will hold its annual Retreat at Newark, New Jersey from August 14-16 2015. The Council chairman Anthony Boadu, explaining the rationale behind the convention, said “as Christians, there is the need for us to meet from time […]

LILONGWE AUGUST 7, 2015(CISA)-Catholic Bishops in Malawi have urged the government to approve a climate change policy to put to end issues of environmental degradation that contribute to climate change. Archbishop Thomas Msusa, Chairman of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) said during the launch of Pope Francis’s Encyclical Letter, entitled ‘Laudato Si’ in August […]

ABUJA, AUGUST 7, 2015(CISA) – The third National Mission congress of the Church in Nigeria will take place in Abuja, from October 1 to 5 this year. According to Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), delegates, Archbishops, Bishops, priests, delegations of all the religious congregations in the country and lay faithful, will attend the programme. […]

NAIROBI AUGUST 7, 2015(CISA) – All Catholic dioceses in Kenya will own radio stations by 2020, Bishop Joseph Obanyi, Chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) Commission for Social Communications has said. “Our aim is to see spiritual and social transformation of people, we want to see integral transformation of the human person as […]

VATICAN CITY AUGUST 4, 2015 (CISA) – Pope Francis will have a dialogue with members of Eucharistic Youth Movement (EYM) that comprise of young people from around the world. According to the Vatican, members of EYM who are in Rome for the EYM International Conference from August 4-10, on the occasion of its 100-year anniversary will have […]

NAIROBI AUGUST 4, 2015 (CISA) – Fr Charles Odira, Pastoral Coordinator Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops has called on the Church to play its role in protecting the environment. “Pastoral work and evangelisation is not just talking about God but actually participating in protecting the great deeds that God has done for us… because you can only speak […]

ADDIS ABABA AUGUST 4, 2015 (CISA) – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia (CBCE) closed their Golden Jubilee celebrations this week with pomp and colour, Vatican Radio reported. A thanks giving Mass was held at St. Gabriel’s Parish in Addis Ababa on Sunday,coinciding with the annual feast of Archangel Gabriel in the Ethiopian Liturgical Calendar. In his homily, […]

JUBA AUGUST 4, 2015 (CISA) – The Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference (SCBC) will join other  members of the South Sudan Council of Churches’ in Juba from August 4-7 to discuss the status of the Council’s peace plan. The Secretary of South Sudan Bishops secretariat Fr Charles Abbud said on Monday that they have started receiving some Bishops […]

ACCRA, JULY 31, 2015 (CISA) – The Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) on July 29 launched the Year of Reconciliation in Africa with a solemn Eucharist Celebration in Accra. The convocation of the theme, A reconciled Africa for Peaceful Coexistence, was in response to the invitation that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI […]