BAMENDA OCTOBER 6, 2017(CISA) – Catholic Bishops of the Bamenda Provincial Episcopal Conference of Cameroon have condemned police killings of protesters demanding independence from the Central African country. In a statement dated October 4, Bishop George Nkuo of the Catholic Diocese of Kumbo, Bishop Cornelius Fontem Esua of Buea, Bishop Andrew Nkea of Mamfe and […]
CANTERBURY OCTOBER 6, 2017 (CISA) –Three of 39 primates in the Anglican Communion have shunned the Anglican Communion Primates’ Meeting in a show of continuing disagreement with same-sex relationships. Archbishops Nicholas Okoh of Nigeria, Stanley Ntagali of Uganda and Onesphore Rwaje of Rwanda said that they have boycotted the meeting in protest of what they see […]
DAKAR OCTOBER 6, 2017(CISA)-Catholic Bishops from across Africa have called on the continent’s leaders to work hard to end extreme poverty. “Our hearts are bleeding to see that the misery of our people is often caused by some of our own leaders, in collaboration with foreign powers, while these very ones are supposed to fight […]
CAIRO, OCTOBER 3 2016(CISA) – Franciscan Friars in Egypt have begun celebrations to mark the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’s visit to the country in 1219. Speaking on the sidelines of the first celebrations at Cairo on October 2, Fr Ibrahim Faltas, councilor of the Custody of the Holy Land, said the celebrations are meant to […]
HARARE OCTOBER 3, 2017(CISA) -The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has called on President Robert Mugabe to address the nation’s economic crisis in order to regain the people’s trust. “Zimbabweans have lost trust that the government is sincere in addressing national problems when they see the government officials choosing to send their children to foreign schools […]
LIMBE OCTOBER 3, 2017(CISA) -The Catholic University of Malawi has launched an agribusiness program targeting the clergy. The training is supported by Mission of United states of America and will be powered by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS). Speaking September 26, during the official launch of the six months program, the chairman of the Episcopal Conference […]
NAIROBI SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 (CISA)– Civil society groups under the Kura Yangu Sauti Yangu umbrella have today condemned proposed amendments to the elections act terming the move unconstitutional. The Jubilee Party, through its majority in the National Assembly, is pushing to change election laws using the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2017 which they said will […]
NAIROBI SEPTEMBER 29, 2017(CISA) – Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) Bishops have raised their voice against the proposed amendment of the election laws saying the move will, “…mutilate the constitution and weaken the independence of government institutions.” In a statement read September 27 by Archbishop Jackson ole Sapit at All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi, the […]
JALINGO SEPTEMBER 22, 2017(CISA) – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to fulfill election pledges he made during his inauguration as the President in 2015. In a communiqué signed by Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama, President of CBCN and issued after the end of their Second Plenary Meeting of the year […]
HARARE SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 (CISA) – Pastor Evan Mawarire a prominent critic of President Robert Mugabe was on September 25 put on trial on accusation of attempting to subvert the government, a charge that carries up to 20 years in prison. Mawarire was arrested on Sunday September 24 as he stepped down from his pulpit after […]
