Category: ARCHIVES

SAGANA, MARCH 3 2015 – The General Government of the Consolata Missionaries has noted that the future of the congregation is here in Kenya. “In about 15 years we will have a big bulk of Consolata missionaries from Africa. That means that our congregation is moving geographically from Italy to Africa and specifically Kenya. This […]

KIGALI MARCH 3, 2015(CISA) – Fr Celestino Bundi, Kenya National Director of the Pontifical Missions Societies (PMS) has said that the Catholic Church will use the idle land in the Archdioceses, congregations and major seminaries for food production. Speaking during the African National Directors of Pontifical Mission Societies meeting at St Vincent Pallotti Pastoral Centre […]

VATICAN CITY, MARCH 3, 2015(CISA) – Members of the Episcopal Conference of North African Bishops, CERNA on March 2 met with Pope Francis during their Ad Limina visit. CERNA brings together prelates from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. During the audience the bishops presented the Pope with a pastoral letter entitled “Servants of Hope” that […]

KINSHASA, FEBRUARY 27, 2015(CISA) – Bishop Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka of the Catholic Diocese Bishop of Goma has condemned the state of insecurity in the area following the recent killing of a priest. Fr Jean-Paul Kakule Kyalembera, of the parish of Mweso (in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) was killed in an apparent robbery attempt […]

MASERU, FEBRUARY 27, 2015(CISA) – A delegation of the Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) is in Lesotho as observer in the national elections to be held on February 28. The group sent to Lesotho consists of the Bishops of Angola, Mozambique and Swaziland and two lay people from Mozambique and Zimbabwe, as […]

ADDIS ABABA, FEBRUARY 27, 201(CISA)-African Catholic bishops have made a major step towards representation at the African Union with the appointment of a liaison between the AU and the symposium of African bishop’s conferences. Bernhanu Tamene Woldeyohannes was on February 23 appointed head of the office for relations between the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of […]

ABUJA, FEBRUARY 27, 2015(CISA) – Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has appealed for unity ahead of the forthcoming general elections in March 28. “We have been witnessing an electioneering campaign largely devoid of issues of national interest but full of threats of violence, falsehood, rumour mongering, mudslinging and suspicion. These events make millions of Nigerians […]

over temptation, Zenit news Agency reported. “The Church reminds us of that mystery at the beginning of Lent, so that it may give us the perspective and the meaning of this time, which is a time of combat,” he said. “A spiritual combat against the spirit of evil; and while we cross the Lenten “desert”, […]

HARARE FEBRUARY 24, 2015(CISA)-Archbishop Robert Ndlovu of the Catholic Archdiocese of Harare has said that this year’s Lenten collection will be channeled to support diocesan healthcare system. “The situation of the sick in our country is well known, and their plight is personally felt by all of us,” Archbishop Ndlovu said in a Lenten Pastoral […]

MOMBASA, FEBRUARY 24, 2015 (CISA) – Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde was on February 21 installed as the archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa. The installation ceremony took place at Mombasa Municipal Stadium presided over by John Cardinal Njue. It brought together civic and church leaders including bishops and priests as well as thousands of faithful […]