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JRS on Plight of Refugees in Eastern Africa amid Cash Shortfalls, COVID-19 Restrictions
The leadership of Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has, in an interview with ACI Africa, highlighted the plight of refugees in Eastern Africa as they grapple with the double crisis of reduced food rations from the World Food Program (WFP) due to cash shortfalls and COVID-19 restrictions.
One-stop Virtual Counseling to Respond to COVID-19 Challenges in AMECEA Region
People weighed down by COVID-19 challenges in Kenya have, for the past three months, found solace by speaking to counsellors through an online virtual service launched by Archdiocese of Nyeri and the Diocese of Kitui in the East African country.
Catholic Journalists in Africa Pledge Support for Vatican Radio’s Africa Service @70
Members of the Union of the African Catholic Press (UCAP), which brings together Catholic journalists in both the Catholic Church communications and those practicing journalism in secular media outlets have pledged their support for the English Africa Service of the Vatican Radio as the Rome-based media house celebrates 70 years of broadcasting on the continent.
Government of Kenya Recognizes Catholic Church’s “care, love, support” Through Healthcare
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Health has acknowledged with appreciation the “care, love and support offered everyday” by the Catholic Church through healthcare programs in the hundreds of health facilities, which Church leaders have established in the Dioceses across the country.
Reopening Kenya “dependent on taking personal, social responsibility seriously”: Bishops
After Kenya’s Government announced the “conditional” and partial easing of COVID-19 restrictions last week, Catholic Bishops in the East African nation have called on the people of God in the East African nation to take “personal and social responsibility seriously” if the country has to reopen.
Clergy, Laity in Africa Eulogize Founder of Worldwide Network of Marian Radio Stations
Clergy and the lay faithful in Africa have paid glowing tribute to the late Emanuele Ferrario, the founder and first President of the Italy-based World Family of Radio Maria (WFRM), a private initiative within the Catholic Church that runs over 80 Marian radio stations across the world, 25 of them in Africa.
“Dear learners, continue studying at home”: Kenyan Bishop on Extended School Closure
The Bishop overseeing the Commission for Education of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has encouraged students to continue undertaking educational and creative activities at home following the announcement that schools in the East African country will remain closed until January 2021 at the earliest due to COVID-19.
Kenyan President Excludes Sunday Schools, Madrassas in Phased Reopening of Public Worship
Children attending Sunday School and those who go for Madrassas in Mosques are among the groups of congregants who will not be allowed to attend public worship in a new set of directives given by Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta who announced the resumption of public worship in the East African country.
In Campaign Against Reproductive Healthcare Bill, Bishops in Kenya want Christians Engaged
Catholic Bishops in Kenya have, in their ongoing campaign against the Reproductive Health Care Bill 2019, reached out to “Christians and people of goodwill” in the East African nation, urging them to get engaged in the campaign as a manifestation of their religious and cultural identity “as Kenyans.”
Social Media to Be an Essential Service for Church Post-COVID-19: African Panelists
At a virtual meeting targeting Francophone Africa convened to explore ways media can best serve the Church in Africa amid COVID-19 challenges, panelists have said that social media, which has been widely used during the pandemic, will continue to be engaged post-coronavirus.
Persistent Insecurity in Two Kenyan Dioceses “unfortunate, regrettable”: Bishops
Catholic Bishops in Kenya have, in a collective statement, said they are “deeply concerned” about persistent violent conflicts in two areas covered by the dioceses of Ngong and Marsabit “due to ethnic, clan hatred, competition over resources and leadership wrangles” and described the situation as “barbaric, unfortunate, saddening and regrettable”.
Bishops in Kenya Propose Small Christian Community Masses in New COVID-19 Guidelines
The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB), an umbrella body of all Catholic Prelates in Kenya is proposing the celebration of Holy Mass within rural-based Small Christian Communities (SCCs) in a set of guidelines the Bishops have developed for re-opening of churches in the Eastern African country.
Equipped in Self-sustenance, 4,000 Agroecology Farmers in Kenya Managing amid COVID-19
Some 4,000 farmers practicing agroecology in Kenya have not had the negative impacts of COVID-19 crisis having been equipped with skills that foster self-sustenance, ACI Africa has been told.
CAFOD and Kenya’s Isiolo Vicariate in a Radio Show Partnership on COVID-19 Measures
The development and humanitarian arm of the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) is partnering with Catholic Church entities in Northern Kenya to sensitize local community members about COVID-19.
Meet Widely Published Kenyan Nun Seeking to Breathe Life in University Research
Sr. Agnes Lucy Lando understands what ails research in universities from her 14 years of teaching at Kenyan tertiary institutions and eventually becoming a professor.
African Media Practitioners Recall Memorable Moments with U.S. Cleric Who “married” Media
The rest of the world is mourning the passing on of Fr. Robert (Bob) Astorino who “married media professionalism” for the Church in Asia, founding the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCA News) and serving as its Executive Director for 30 years.
Amid COVID-19, “duty, obligation to worship God remains indispensable”: Bishops in Kenya
Catholic Bishops in Kenya have reminded the people of God in the East African nation about their “duty and obligation” to continue worshipping God despite COVID-19 restrictions and urged families to turn their respective homes into a “domestic church.”
Bishops in Malawi Congratulate Newly Elected President, Hail Electoral Process
Bishops in the southeastern African nation of Malawi have congratulated the country’s newly elected President, Lazarus Chakwera, following his victory in the presidential election rerun of June 23 and hailed various stakeholders in the electoral process for overseeing the poll.
Kenya's Inter-faith Council Relying on "wisdom of science" in Planning for Public Worship
Members of Kenya’s Inter-faith Council, constituted to develop protocols for the resumption of public worship are being guided by their faith in the Almighty, advice from relevant experts, and the wishes of the people of God in East African nation as they go about planning the resumption of public worship and related ceremonies, they have said in a statement.
African Panelists Emphasize Need for “social media training” amid COVID-19 Restrictions
At a virtual session aimed at exploring ways the media can best serve the Church in Africa amid COVID-19 challenges, panelists have underscored the need to train members of the Clergy in appropriate ways of engaging social media for effective evangelization.
