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 […]
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ZIMBABWE: Church Leaders warn of Unrest in Nation
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 […]
ETHIOPIA: AMECEA Bishops in Solidarity with Victims of Violence in South Sudan
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 […]
UGANDA: Church Unveils Religious Tourist Site in Luweero
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 […]
KENYA: Awareness Against Human Trafficking Agency to Hold Exhibition on World Day against Trafficking
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 – […]
KENYA: John Cardinal Njue Appointed to Vatican’s Secretariat for Communications
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 […]
KENYA: Kenyans want Government to deal with Corruption before 2017 Polls, Study shows
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 […]
KENYA: Inform Citizens of their Role in Electoral Campaigns, Media urged
NAIROBI JULY 15, 2016 (CISA) – The media has a duty to constantly explain to citizens their electoral responsibility during campaigns, Dr James Oranga Lecturer, School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Nairobi has said. “Citizens ought to hold people, who have been seeking election to account,” said Dr Oranga during a […]
VATICAN: Pope Appoints Greg Burke New Director of Holy See Press Office
VATICAN CITY JULY 12, 2016(CISA)-Pope Francis has appointed Greg Burke, 56, currently as Director of the Holy See’s Press Office. The 40 year old Spanish journalist from Madrid, Paloma García Ovejero has also been appointed the Vice director of the press office. She will be the first woman to hold the position of the Press Office’s Vice […]
ETHIOPIA: Steer Africa to prosperity, Cardinal Souraphiel tells AU
ADDIS ABABA JULY 12, 2016(CISA)-Cardinal Berhaneyesus Souraphiel, Chairman of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa(AMECEA) has called on the African Union(AU) member states to work together to enable the continent achieve its intended goals. “As the African Heads of States come together in Kigali, in Rwanda, I ask that we pray together for […]