IMO JULY 25, 2017(CISA) – Pope Francis has begun replying to letters from priests of Ahiara Catholic diocese, Mbaise in Nigeria’s Imo state who have refused to accept Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke as their bishop for the past five years. On June 8, Pope Francis gave the priests of Ahiara diocese a 30-day deadline to either […]

KINSHASHA JULY 25, 2017(CISA)-United Nation Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’ Brien has urged the international community to scale up relief funding in the country. This, he said would help save millions of people suffering from violence, diseases and malnutrition. “I urge and encourage the international community not to let down the millions of people in […]

LUSAKA JULY 21, 2017(CISA)-Archbishop Telesphore-George Mpundu, Archbishop of Lusaka and President of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has thanked women for their active role in the church. “Women are the heartbeat of our parishes and the church in general, without them, the Church would be dead,” said Archbishop Mpundu. He called on the […]

JUBA JULY 21, 2017(CISA)–The World Health Organization (WHO) will launch a vaccination campaign on July 28 to respond to 17,785 cases of Cholera including 320 deaths reported since the outbreak in the country on June 2016. The organization has received 500,000 doses of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) and is working with South Sudan’s Ministry of Health and […]

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 […]