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Regional Conference Equips Journalists in South Sudan with COVID-19 Reporting Skills
The Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA), the Kenya-based regional conference of Catholic Bishops in nine countries, has facilitated a skills-based training of Catholic journalists in South Sudan, which...
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Regional Catholic University in Kenya Staff Lauded for Bearing with "painful decisions"
The leadership of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) has lauded the personnel engaged at the Kenya-based institution for bearing with the “painful decisions” of downward salary adjustments or...
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SECAM Leadership Defers Annual Collection amid COVID-19 Challenges
The leadership of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has announced that the usual annual collection of funds to support the symposium activities on the continent...
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Tanzania’s Former President Mourned as “a man of faith, a dedicated Pan-Africanist”
Tanzania’s former President Benjamin William Mkapa, a Catholic who was at the forefront of brokering peace deals during conflicts in Africa, is being eulogized as a “man of faith” and...
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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...
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Why First Sunday of August is Meant to be Important for the Church in Africa
The first Sunday of next month, August 2, is meant to be important for the people of God in Africa because the Catholic Bishops on the continent are expected to...
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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...
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Why “Catholic media institutions (in Africa) rarely survive beyond founders”: New Book
Church-run projects in Eastern Africa and across the continent struggle to survive beyond their founders owing to gaps in succession planning and management, a Religious Cleric based in Kenya has...
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After Midwifing Victory of ICC Law Award, Catholic University Lecturer Explains Benefits
The faculty member of the Kenya-based Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) who guided law students in the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) Moot competition where they scooped the Best Regional Memorial...
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Plans Underway to Celebrate Laudato Si' Week in Africa amid COVID-19 Restrictions
Plans are underway in Africa to mark the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter on the environment, Laudato Si’ through a series of activities, which the Global Catholic Climate Movement in...
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Maryknoll Cleric Growing Online Small Christian Communities amid Kenya’s COVID-19 Measures
Saturdays are usually busy days for Ben Wanjala, the moderator of St. Kizito Small Christian Community (SCC) at St. Austin’s Parish in the Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya.
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Catholic Universities in Africa Embracing Virtual Learning after Closure over COVID-19
Catholic-run institutions of higher learning in Ghana, Kenya, Cameroon and in other African countries have taken to technology-based virtual learning to help students interact with their lecturers in the safety...
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Church in Africa Cancels Six Major Events as Cases of COVID-19 Add Up
With deaths related to the novel coronavirus hitting over 3,000 and 64 countries, including 10 African nations confirming cases of the virus, different Church and secular events scheduled to take...
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Kenya-Based Catholic Medical School Defends Its Credibility After Closure
Following last week’s closure of a Kenya-based Catholic medical institution, the leadership of the facility has, in a Wednesday, March 11 statement, defended its credibility, blaming the state of things...
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AMECEA Child Protection Officers Committed to Stopping “children from shedding tears”
A year after the inaugural global summit on the Protection of Minors in the Church that saw the Holy Father instruct Bishops’ conferences across the globe to review and strengthen...
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Kenya-based Catholic University Initiates a Response to Papal Call for Child Safeguarding
In an effort to respond to Pope Francis’ call that all local churches across the globe set working systems to address sexual crimes committed by clerics and religious, the Institute...
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“We are required to account for resources we receive”: Ugandan Bishop at AMECEA Training
At an ongoing training spearheaded by the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa focusing on self-reliance and sustainability in various Church institutions in the East African nation of...
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“Maintain optimism, try new ways of doing things”: Zambian Prelate to Conferences’ Staff
At a meeting bringing together a section of Church personnel serving in Bishops’ conferences that constitute the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences of Eastern Africa (AMECEA), a Zambian Prelate has...
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In the Long-term, Bishops Envisage Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe Sub-regional Conference
In a collective statement issued at the conclusion of their three-day maiden consultative meeting, the Catholic Bishops in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe have outlined their short-term intention to remain within their...
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Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe Bishops Lauded by President Lungu for Showing “unity of purpose”
At the opening of the ongoing Sub-regional consultative meeting, the first-ever, that has brought together Catholic Bishops in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, Zambian President Edgar Lungu who officially opened the...
