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RABAT FEBRUARY 8, 2017(CISA) – The High Religious Committee of Morocco has retracted a previous ruling that made apostasy from Islam punishable by death. Previously the committee known as the High Council of Ulema, which holds the responsibility of issuing Fatwas (Islamic rulings), had stated that defection from Islam merited death penalty but has since […]

NAIROBI FEBRUARY 7, 2017 (CISA)-The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has today urged the government to declare drought a national disaster noting that about 2.4 million urgently need help. While calling upon Christians and people of good will to join hands in solidarity with the Church by contributing funds, food and non-food items to […]

NAIROBI FEBRUARY 7, 2017(CISA) – Fr Padraig Devine of the Society of African Missions (SMA), has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2016 Tipperary International Peace Prize. In a memo issued by the Tipperary Press Association on February 3, 2017, the nomination was inspired by Fr Devine’s innovative peace building work through the Shalom Centre for Conflict Resolution and […]

VATICAN CITY FEBRUARY 7, 2017 (CISA) – A mercy-themed art project titled “Christo’s box, between Art and Mercy, A Gift for Bangui” has raised 200,000 Euros ($215,000) for a children’s hospital in CAR. The amount was presented to the Pope Francis who said the proceeds would be used at the hospital to care for all poor […]

LUANDA FEBRUARY 3, 2017 (CISA) –Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos confirmed today he will not run in this year’s presidential election, bringing an end to 38 years of his reign as head of state. According to Reuters, Dos Santos will however remain president of the ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) […]

KANANGA FEBRUARY 3, 2017(CISA) – A group of militia men has released a priest they had kidnapped for trying to thwart their effort of preventing pupils from attending lessons at a local school. A Catholic priest of St. Alphonsus, Kananga who tried to make sure that the children remained in school was arrested by militiamen […]

JOHANNESBURG FEBRUARY 3, 2017 (CISA)– South African Bishops have called on university students to consider ways of achieving the outcomes of their campaign without the disruption of the academic programme. In a statement signed by Archbishop William Slattery of Pretoria, who is the spokesman of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), the bishops asked the […]

PRETORIA JANUARY 31, 2017 (CISA) – The chairperson of the Laity Council in Southern Africa has reminded Catholic laypersons of their ‘distinct and very real’ role in spreading the gospel. The chairperson Mr Malatsi Leonard Kope was speaking during the launch of Southern African Catholic Bishops Laity Council according to Vatican Radio. The function held […]

ANTANANARIVO JANUARY 31, 2017 (CISA)– Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of the Holy See is in Madagascar to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Madagascar. According to Vatican Radio, Cardinal Parolin met with President Hery Rajaonarimampianina at the Presidential Palace on the first day […]

PRETORIA JANUARY 31, 2017 (CISA) – The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) will celebrate Saint Bakhita Day onFebruary 8 to raise awareness on human trafficking in Africa. “Let us celebrate the Day of St. Josephine Bakhita with honour, praying for our brothers and sisters who find themselves under the barbaric experience of being trafficked […]