GHANA:Sustain the Fight to Save Environment, Bishops urge

HO, NOVEMBER 21, 2017(CISA)-Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCB) has called on the government and all stakeholders to sustain all efforts aimed at ending the destruction of environment caused by illegal mining in the country. In a communique signed by President of the Conference, Archbishop Philip Naameh, of Archdiocese of Tamale, the bishops said that illegal mining, popularly […]

KENYA: Utilize Knowledge Acquired to Transform the World, Graduands told

NAIROBI NOVEMBER 17, 2017 (CISA) – “Let the Education you acquired in University provide solutions to the problems that the society experience,” Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba, Chairman of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) told graduands on November 17. The Bishop was speaking during the 36th graduation ceremony that took place at the main campus […]

VATICAN: Pope to Lead Prayer for Peace in South Sudan, DRC

VATICAN CITY NOVEMBER 17, 2017 (CISA) – Pope Francis will on November 23rd preside over a Prayer for Peace in South Sudan and in the Democratic Republic of Congo in St. Peter’s Basilica at 5.30pm Rome time. The prayer has been organized by “Solidarity with South Sudan” in association with the Justice and Peace office of religious organizations worldwide, and according to the organizers when Pope Francis heard […]

SOMALIA: Elections in Somali-land Prove Democracy is Possible in the Horn of Africa, says Bishop

DJIBOUTI NOVEMBER 14, 2017 (CISA) – Bishop Giorgio Bertin of Djibouti and the Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu has said the recent elections in Somali-land gives hope and represents an encouraging form of democracy in the region.“ These elections are important because they can continue to demonstrate that some form of democracy is possible in Somali-land and, […]