YEI REBRUARY 14, 2017 (CISA) – Bishop Erkolano Lodu Tombe of Yei has called on the Sudanese government to release information on the late Sr Veronica Rackova’s death. “We demand for justice,” said the bishop Tombe adding that “the investigation on her murder had been started by the government but after making few arrests the government […]

KINSHASHA FEBRUARY 14, 2017(CISA) – Catholic Bishops of Congo have cancelled a tour to Europe due to Clashes between militia loyal to deceased tribal leader Kamwina Nsapu and the military. Bishop Felicien Mwanama Galumbulula of the Catholic Diocese of Luiza who was leading the delegation interrupted the journey and returned immediately to his diocese. “Violence and unimaginable […]

IBADAN FEBRUARY 10, 2017 (CISA) –Catholic Bishops of the Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province in Nigeria have called on the government to confront the country’s challenges including insecurity, corruption and a failing economy. In a statement at the end of their first meeting for 2017 held in oke-ado, Ibadan February 6-7 the bishops condemned what they termed […]

KOUTIALA FEBRUARY 10, 2017 (CISA) -Two suspects have been arrested by Mali security forces following the kidnapping of Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvez Argoti February 7. Sister Gloria, of the Franciscan sisters of Mary Immaculate was kidnapped from Karangasso Parish in Koutiala at around 9 pm by unknown assailants and got away with the parish ambulance, reported […]

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 […]