Category: ARCHIVES

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 […]

CAPETOWN, JULY 31, 2015 (CISA) – South Africa’s Archbishop emeritus, Desmond  Tutu has been re-admitted to a hospital in Capetown just a week after being, Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation said. “He was discharged from hospital on July 21 and re-admitted on July 29, after expressing renewed discomfort. His doctors considered it prudent for […]

NAIROBI, JULY 31 2015 (CISA) – The Conference of Catholic Bishops of Kenya (KCCB)has urged Kenyans not to participate in an upcoming Polio Vaccine campaign till tests are done to confirm the safety of vaccine. In a press statement dated July 28 titled, The Truth will set us free: The safety of Kenyans must be […]