MOGADISHU NOVEMBER 10, 2017(CISA)-Pope Francis has authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate Decree of Sr Leonella Rosa Sgorbati of Consolata Missionaries who was assassinated on September 17, 2006 in Mogadishu. Pope Francis made the announcement on November 8 in audience with Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B — Prefect of the Congregation for […]

NAKURU NOVEMBER 10, 2017(CISA) – Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) have promised to spearhead peace building initiatives across the country in remembrance of the late Bishop Cornelius Korir of the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret. In a statement read at the Christ the King Cathedral in the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru after a Holy Mass in […]

LUSAKA NOVEMBER 10, 2017 (CISA) –Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu, President Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has said there is need to stop young people leaving the Church for the evangelicals. “As people who are on mission, we are not lone rangers. We move as a family. In the recent past we have head threats to the […]

NAKURU NOVEMBER 10, 2017(CISA)- The Conference of Catholic Bishops in Kenya (KCCB) yesterday held a special Mass for the late bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret, Rt. Rev. Cornelius Korir. The Mass that was celebrated at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Nakuru was led by His Eminence John Cardinal Njue of the Archdiocese of […]

VATICAN CITY, NOVMBER 9 2017- The Mass is not a show, but a beautiful, transformative encounter with the true loving presence of Christ, Pope Francis said. That is why people need to focus their hearts on God, not focus their smartphones for pictures during Mass, he said. When the priest celebrating Mass says, “Let us […]

DJIBOUTI OCTOBER 17, 2017 (CISA) – Bishop Giorgio Bertin of Djibouti has called on the people of Somalia to have hope and unity after the country suffered a deadly terrorist attack on October 14. “I would say that even though what has happened is a catastrophe, we mustn’t despair. It would be a double attack […]

NAIROBI, OCTOBER 13, 2017 (CISA) – “The current crisis can offer Kenya an opportunity to carry out honest dialogue about the underlying unresolved grievances, concerns and anguish,” the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has said. While calling on Kenyans to desist from any act of violence, the bishop conference committed to resolving the political stalemate […]

NAIROBI OCTOBER 13, 2017 (CISA) –Amnesty International has condemned the government’s decision to ban demonstrations in the central business districts of the three main cities, Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu. According to the human rights NGO the ban may be used to legitimize police crackdowns. “This ban, announced just two weeks ahead of a fraught repeat […]

NAIROBI OCTOBER 10, 2017(CISA) – Bishop Alfred Rotich, emeritus of the Military Ordinariate has called on political parties to dialogue to solve the elections issues and enable Kenyans vote peacefully on October 26. “As the Church, we have reached out to political parties, asking them to dialogue with each other for the sake of Kenyans who […]

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 […]