Category: ARCHIVES

NAIROBI FEBRUARY 10 2015(CISA) – The Catholic Church in Kenya through the Conference of Catholic Bishops Commission for Missions has laid out 14 series of events that will take place in the course of the year to mark 25 years of Mission work in Kenya. Four of the events will be national and these include […]

DOUALA, FEBRUARY 10, 2015(CISA) – Thousands of Cameroonians marched on February 7 in capital Douala, in support of the Cameroonian army which is confronting the Nigerian Islamist terrorists, Boko Haram. The marchers in Cameroon carried placards praising the army and calling for peace. The organisers of the march said that they had invited Cameroonians to […]

MACHAKOS FEBRUARY 10 2015(CISA) – Archbishop Charles Balvo, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and South Sudan has said consecrated men and women are here because they gave themselves to God, which is a gift. “We are here because we know this is a gift too, this is a way of serving,” said Archbishop Balvo on February […]

JUBA, FEBRUARY 10, 2015(CISA) – United Nations humanitarian chief Valerie Amos has warned that continued conflict in South Sudan risks depriving the country of a generation of “lost” children. She added that the continued economic stagnation would hold back development and prevent support for essential sectors like health and education. “People need peace, stability and […]

MACHAKOS, FEBRUARY 10, 2015(CISA) – Archbishop-elect Martin Kivuva of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa has urged faithful to work towards promoting peace, harmony and transformation to create unity. “As Christians we are challenged to take up our place in the society mainly to be agents of peace, harmony and positive transformation knowing that we are […]

ABUJA FEBRUARY 6, 2015 (CISA) – The Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri led by Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme, began a nine-day Novena for peace on February 5. Fr Gideon Obasogie, Director of Communications at the Diocese of Maiduguri has appealed to all Nigerians and well-wishers all over the world to join the diocese in praying for […]

   LUSAKA, FEBRUARY 06, 2015(CISA) – The Zambian Catholic bishops have called upon the newly elected president to strengthen the nation’s unity. In a statement issued on January 30 signed by Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu, President of the Episcopal Conference of Zambia (ECZ), the bishops urged President Edgar Lungu “to work to strengthen national unity, threatened […]

CAPETOWN, FEBRUARY 6, 2015(CISA) – Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of the Anglican Archdiocese of Cape Town has called on the faithful to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela by committing to “a new struggle for social cohesion and the end of inequality.” In a statement issued from a meeting of the Synod […]

ABUJA FEBRUARY 6, 2015(CISA) – The United Nations Security Council on February 6 urged West and Central African countries to improve regional military coordination to combat Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. In a statement, the UN Security Council welcomed a meeting of experts in Yaoundé, Cameroon, from 5 to 7 February to finalize how the […]

NAIROBI, FEBRUARY 6, 2015(CISA) – The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops through the Commission for Education and religious education has expressed concern over the high school fees being charged in public secondary schools in the country. In a press statement sent to CISA, the bishops urged the government to make education affordable for all students […]