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Fr. Albert Ikpenwa, Rector of Bigard Memorial Seminary (BMS) in Nigeria's Enugu Diocese. Credit: Courtesy Photo

“Church is only against what is bad in our culture,” Catholic Priest in Nigeria Says

Nov 26, 2021

The Catholic Church is not against the good aspects of cultures in Africa, a Catholic Priest ministering in Nigeria’s Enugu Diocese has said.

Kenya's official 2019 population Census figures released by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) on November 4, 2019.

Reduced Growth Rate, Household Size in Kenya Evidence of Contraceptives, Bishops Decry

Nov 8, 2019

While Kenya’s overall population has increased by about nine million people since the last census in 2009, the report of the 2019 census released early this week shows not only a comparative downward trend in the rate of growth over the years but also a significant drop in the household size, results that seem to reveal, according to some Catholic clergy and laity in Kenya, the use of modern family planning methods including contraceptives.

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“Church is only against what is bad in our culture,” Catholic Priest in Nigeria Says

Reduced Growth Rate, Household Size in Kenya Evidence of Contraceptives, Bishops Decry

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