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N’DJAMENA, AUGUST 9, 2016 (CISA) – President Idriss Deby Itno of Chad, has been sworn in for a fifth consecutive five-year term, following his April 10 electoral victory that was contested by the opposition. During the swearing in ceremony that was held on August 8 in the capital N’Djamena, and attended by 14 other African […]

TORORO AUGUST 9, 2016(CISA) – Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo of the Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo has warned against the teaching of wealth creation in the Church noting that it derails Christians from understanding God’s gospel. Archbishop Obbo said although the church is interested in having a congregation that is wealthier, the teaching on wealth creation should […]

YEI AUGUST 9, 2016(CISA)-Bishop Erkolano Lodu Tombe of the Catholic diocese of Yei has called on the South Sudanese government to reach out to the bodies representing the international community in order to end violence. Addressing the faithful during holy mass at Christ the King Cathedral in Yei on August 7, Bishop Tombe encouraged South […]

KISUMU, JULY 29, 2016 (CISA) – The Catholic Church, through Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (CJPC) in collaboration with Mennonite Church, has given material support to victims of ethnic clashes along the Kisumu-Nandi border. “The support we are offering you today is to help you find a place to begin from. We cannot give you […]

LUANDA JULY 22, 2016(CISA)-The government of Angola has called for closer collaboration and cooperation between the Church and state to realize, “a more just and morally upright society.” Addressing the opening ceremony of the 17th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) July 20, Vice-President of Angola, Manuel Vicente […]

CAPE TOWN JULY 15, 2016 (CISA) – The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) has called on the parliament to intervene and bring to an end to media censorship by the national broadcaster ahead of next month’s local government elections. “Through its editorial policy and the subsequent crisis, an impression has been created that the […]

MERU, JULY 12, 2016 (CISA) –  The Catholic diocese of Meru July 9, honoured Bro Guisseppe Argese an Italian Consolata Missionary for coming up with exemplary water projects that today supply clean water to close to half a million people in Meru and Tharaka Nithi Counties. “We are here today to celebrate water. Water does a […]

SAGANA JUNE 21, 2016(CISA)-Bishop Virgilio Pante, on June 20, the feast of Our Lady Consolata, urged Consolata Missionaries to be specialists of consolation. “In particular today we remember one sister who was a specialist in Consolation so much so that the Church proclaimed her Blessed: Sr Irene Stefani “Nyaatha”, the mother of Mercy. We are […]

LUSAKA APRIL 29, (CISA) – Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) has called on the country’s mining companies and those in the agricultural sector to exercise extra care in conserving environment. “Recognising that mining contributes to job and wealth creation of the country, we, however, challenge the mining sector to begin to practice responsible mining that takes […]

LAGOS APRIL 26, 2016 (CISA) – The Vice-President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Archbishop Augustine Akubeze has described the family as the stronghold of every successful nation. The Archbishop, who is the Metropolitan of the Archdiocese of Benin, made this assertion in his homily at the opening Mass for the second National […]