Category: ARCHIVES

NAIROBI JANUARY 16, 2015(CISA) – Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) has launched “Paths of Development” a book that highlights the Catholic Church as a partner in poverty alleviation through self help projects. While officially launching the book at the CUEA grounds in Karen, Nairobi, Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu said […]

MZIMBA, JANUARY 16, 2015 (CISA) – Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza of the Catholic Diocese of Mzuzu died in a car crash on Thursday January 15. According to the Catholic Secretariat of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), Bishop Zuza died from serious injuries he sustained in the accident in Chikangawa near Nthungwa in Mzimba district, reported […]

NAIROBI, JANUARY 16, 2015(CISA) – The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has insisted that no further mass tetanus vaccination campaigns be done in Kenya until vaccines are proven safe. In a press statement signed by His Eminence John Cardinal Njue dated January 14, 2015, the bishops said some of the vials used in March […]

KWAZULU NATAL, JANUARY 14, 2015 (CISA) – South Africa’s Fr Sibusio Mhlango of St. Patrick Catholic Church ( Kwazulu Natal ) has said the new Zulu Bible translation will help “enrich Christianity in the Zulu community.” Fr Mhlango said: “The 1953 version contains considerable isiXhosa references which many Zulu speakers struggle to understand.” The Jacob […]

COLOMBO, JANUARY 13, 2015(CISA) – Pope Francis weeklong Asian tour started in Sri Lanka with a reconciliatory message calling for pursue of truth for the injustices committed during the country’s ethnic civil war. “The process of healing also needs to include the pursuit of truth,” said the Pope upon his arrival in Colombo, reported Zenit. […]

ZANZIBAR, JANUARY 13, 2015   (CISA) – Ambassador Philip Marmo of the new United Republic of Tanzania to the Holy See has denied reports of anti-Christian sentiments in Zanzibar. “I think it is mass generalisation to say there are anti-Christian sentiments by Muslims in Zanzibar.  As you know, Christianity in Eastern and Central Africa started […]

NAIROBI JANUARY 13, 2015( CISA) – A joint team of experts from the Catholic Church in Kenya and ministry of health have declared the controversial tetanus vaccine safe despite three samples of the vials testing positive for hcg beta sub unit. The three samples have been taken for further tests. The experts said while preliminary results […]

VATICAN CITY JANUARY 13, 2015(CISA)-The Vatican has pledged to send $3.5 million to Catholic dioceses and agencies in West Africa to help fight the spread of Ebola. The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace announced that the Holy See would be making a “financial contribution” to support Church-sponsored assistance to those affected by the Ebola […]

NAIROBI, JANUARY 13, 2015 (CISA) – A team of pilgrims accompanying the walking staff of St. Teresa of Avila as it journeys around the world arrived in Nairobi on January 10, the first stop in Africa. The pilgrimage dubbed “Way of Light” began on October 15 2014 -St Teresa’s feast day and will end in Avila on […]

LILONGWE JANUARY 9, 2015(CISA) – Fr George Nyanga from the Archdiocese of Lilongwe has said seminaries play a huge role in nurturing upcoming leaders. The cleric was speaking as the Catholic Church in Malawi is preparing to officially inaugurate Kachebere Major Seminary’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations that will take place this Saturday, January 10 and shall […]