Category: ARCHIVES

BUJUMBURA, JULY 03 2015 (CISA) – UN election observers yesterday termed the June 29 parliamentary elections in Burundi as “not free and credible.” Elections took place “in a tense political crisis, and a climate of widespread fear and intimidation in parts of the country, Episodes of violence and explosions preceded, and in some cases accompanied Election Day […]

TAITA-TAVETA, JULY 03 2015 (CISA) – Hon Thomas Mwadeghu, Chairman of the Catholic Members of Parliament Association has defended Bura Girls High School against allegations of imposing Catholic faith on non- Catholic students. “All schools have traditions and regulations and the students signed in their admission letters that they will abide by the school rules… I maintain that […]

KITUI JULY 03, 2015 (CISA) – The Catholic diocese of Kitui has held a ground breaking ceremony for the Our Lady of Protection Shrine in Museve. John Cardinal Njue led the ceremony that took place June 27, 2015. “Our Lady of Protection Shrine in Museve will upon its completion be “a place to encourage prayer and […]

BUJUMBURA, JUNE 30 2015 – The Parliamentary Elections in Burundi went on, Monday June 29 despite international calls to postpone the controversial elections. The Electoral commission though expecting 3.8 million people to vote reported delays and low voter turnout, as many people feared eruption of violence. Many polling centres in the capital were relocated at the […]

KINSHASA JUNE 30, 2015 – The Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo have condemned the insecurity in the north, east and south of the country. In a statement at the end of their 52nd Plenary Assembly, which was held in Kinshasa June 22 to 26, the bishops said they “have heard the cry of alarm […]

JUBA, JUNE 30, 2015 – The Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference (SCBC) is to open schools for South Sudanese who fled to Sudan. Speaking on Sunday June 28 at St Joseph’s Church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba, the Secretary General of SCBC, Fr Jacob Odwa Paul observed that many South Sudanese have gone to Khartoum, Sudan […]

JOHANNESBURG, JUNE 30 2015 – The Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has called for lessons to be learned from the Marikana massacre in which 34 miners were killed and many others injured. This followed the release last week of a report by a Commission of Inquiry that President Jacob […]

BUJUMBURA, JUNE 30 2015 – The Parliamentary Elections in Burundi went on, Monday June 29 despite international calls to postpone the controversial elections. The Electoral commission though expecting 3.8 million people to vote reported delays and low voter turnout, as many people feared eruption of violence. Many polling centres in the capital were relocated at the […]

KISUMU, JUNE 30, 2015 – The Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu yesterday marked 25 years since it’s establishment. The event celebrated at the Uzima University College Grounds in Kisumu also marked 47 years of Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth’s service to diocese. The event was attended by President Uhuru Kenyatta, his deputy William Ruto and leader of opposition […]

NAIROBI, JUNE 26, 2015 (CISA) – “The Vatican has formally contacted the government about a visit to Kenya in November. The government has responded in the affirmative. We look forward to this historic visit by the Holy Father,” President Uhuru Kenyatta’s spokesman Manoah Esipisu said June 20. “You heard that the Pope is to come …It has now […]