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Launch of the book, “The Catholic Liturgical Singing: Its Nature and Approach” by Fr. Petri Assenga. Credit: Paulines Publications Africa (PPA)

Newly Launched Book in Kenya on Catholic Liturgical Singing Offers Vital Insights into Sacred Music, Worship

May 19, 2025

Readers of the book, “The Catholic Liturgical Singing: Its Nature and Approach”, which was launched on May 13, are to gain insights into sacred music and its essential role in the Catholic liturgy, the reviewer of the new publication has said.

Dr. Wahome Ngare, Chairperson of the Kenya Catholic Doctors’ Association (KCDA), addressing delegates during the Second Pan-African Conference on Family Values (PCFV) in Kenya. Credit: ACPF

Attempt “to push for policy change”: Kenya Catholic Doctors’ Association Official on Government Abortion Statistics

May 18, 2025

The Chairperson of the Kenya Catholic Doctors’ Association (KCDA) has cast doubt on the methodology used in the abortion statistics that Kenya’s Ministry of Health (MoH) released on May 2, saying the numbers were inflated to promote pro-abortion legislation.

Ms. Ann Kioko. Credit: ACI Africa/ACPF

“Africa is under attack”: Catholic Activists Raise Alarm over Abortion, LGBTQ+ Agenda in Donor-Funded Programs

May 16, 2025

Catholic activists under their umbrella organization, CitizenGO Africa, have raised concern over infiltration of government programs and projects by promoters of ideologies that undermine the family values in Africa, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+).

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All Set for Maiden Research Symposium on Religious Life in Africa, Opportunity to Share “fresh findings, experiences”

May 16, 2025

Everything is set for the first ever symposium that the Kenya-based Centre for Research in Religious Life and Apostolate (CERRA-Africa) has organized in Nairobi next month.

Second Pan-African Conference on Family Concludes in Kenya with Renewed Conviction to Defend Family Sanctity

May 15, 2025

Religious leaders, activists, and policymakers at the Second Pan-African Conference on Family Values (PACFV) have pledged to continue resisting all forms of attacks on the sanctity and integrity of the institution of the family.

“Life is tough”: Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya Lauds Spiritans for Being “consolers” to Marginalized Communities

May 15, 2025

The Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya has lauded members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans/Holy Ghost Fathers/CSSp.) ministering in Turkana County for being a source of consolation to residents of the northern Kenya region, widely considered the poorest in the East African nation.

Kenya’s Parliament Speaker Urges Conference on Family Delegates to “harness collective strength” to protect Family Unit

May 14, 2025

Participants in the Second Pan-African Conference on Family Values (PACFV) in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, have been urged to foster synergy in the efforts to protect the institution of the family amid attacks from multiple quarters. 

Defend Family Values, “don’t yield to pressure”: Kenya Christian Professionals Forum Official to Africa’s Leaders

May 13, 2025

Africa’s leaders need to be actively involved in defending the family institution and its values, the Chairman of the Kenya Christian Professionals Forum (KCPF) has said. 

Catholic Bishop in Kenya Calls for Strengthening Families as Foundation of Church, “social fibre of society

May 13, 2025

Bishop Cleophas Oseso Tuka of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Nakuru has emphasized the importance of strengthening the family as the foundation of the society and the Church.

Learn Servant Leadership from Papal Conclave, Election of Pope Leo XIV: Catholic Bishop in Kenya to African Governments

May 12, 2025

The 2025 Conclave that brought together 133 Cardinal Electors on May 7 resulting in the following day’s election of Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the Catholic Church’s 267th Pontiff has a lot to teach governments, especially those in Africa, a Kenyan Catholic Bishop has said. 

Pan-African Conference on Family Values Opens in Kenya with Call to “fight for” Family Institution “without apology”

May 12, 2025

The Second Pan-African Conference on Family Values (PACFV) has opened in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, with a call to unapologetically defend the institution of the family as willed and made by God “in the Garden of Eden”.

“Satan is never far from God’s servants”: Catholic Bishop in Kenya Urges Caution among Clergy at Priestly Ordination

May 12, 2025

A Catholic Bishop in Kenya has urged the Clergy to be cautious of how they relate with the people of God under their pastoral care, noting that “the evil one is closer” to them, waiting for them to fail in their Priestly calling.

Catholic Archbishop in Kenya Appeals for Spiritual Solidarity with Newly Elected Pope Leo XIV

May 9, 2025

The Archbishop of Nyeri Catholic Archdiocese in Kenya has urged the people of God in the East African nation to pray for Pope Leo XIV as he begins his Pontificate.

Sr. Praxides Nafula (left) and Sr. Olga Massango (right). Credit: ACI Africa

Late Pope Francis Had Africa among Pastoral Priorities: Pauline Sisters in Kenya on Late Pontiff’s Legacy

May 7, 2025

The late Pope Francis loved Africa and was committed to the evangelization of the people of God on the continent, members of the Pious Society of the Daughters of St. Paul (FSP/Pauline Sisters) in Kenya have said in their glowing tributes to the late Pontiff, who was laid to rest on April 26.

Late Pope Francis “gave himself completely”, Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya Urges Selflessness in Honour of Late Pontiff

May 7, 2025

The late Pope Francis manifested selflessness in his 12-year Pontificate, the Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya has said. 

Fr. George Omondi, the Parish Priest of St. Austin's Catholic Church Msongari addressing participants in the May 2 golf tournament that was organized to raise funds for the construction of a prayer garden at the Parish. Credit: ACI Africa

Members of Oldest Catholic Parish Inland Kenya “adopt” Parts of Prayer Garden as Construction Begins

May 6, 2025

The construction of a prayer garden at St. Austin’s Msongari Parish of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) has begun, with individuals, groups and families at the Parish “adopting” parts of the garden to fund its completion.

At Perpetual Profession of Pauline Sisters in Kenya, Catholic Bishop Cautions against Attachment to “material things”

May 2, 2025

Members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL) need to detach themselves from “material things”, Bishop Peter Munguti Makau of Kenya’s Isiolo Catholic Diocese has said.

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“Ready to give back”: Well-Wishers Warm Up for Formation Funds-Drive for Oldest Missionary Congregation in Kenya

Apr 30, 2025

While Rose Mumbi Gichuhi grew up in Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN), parishioners did not have to worry about the financial needs of the Church.

Time to Look Inward for Funds as Oldest Missionary Congregation in Kenya Rallies for Support to Form Future Priests

Apr 29, 2025

“It is not cheap to train a Priest.” These are the words of Fr. Henry Omwoyo, the Vice Provincial Superior of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) in Kenya and South Sudan. He explains that without a sustainable funding strategy, Spiritans, members of the oldest missionary Congregation in Kenya, have been struggling to meet the ever growing expenses of training Seminarians. 

Pope Francis “wanted to learn Swahili”: Kenyan Nun Reminisces Light Moments with Late Pontiff before First African Trip

Apr 26, 2025

Sr. Jane Joan Kimathi first met Pope Francis in 2015 when the Holy Father was getting everything set for his maiden trip to Africa as pontiff, starting with Kenya.