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What One Catholic Mission Hospital in Kenya is Doing to Weather COVID-19 Storm
The management of St. Mary’s Mumias Mission Hospital, one of the health facilities of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Kakamega, last week sent home 40 employees in one of the toughest...
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Kenyan Catholic Activist Spearheading Campaign to Reopen Places of Worship
A Kenyan Catholic activist is spearheading an online campaign for the resumption of public worship in the East African nation while adhering to “necessary measures.”
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Kenyan Nun Wins State Award for Feeding Street Children amid COVID-19
Sr. Winnie Mutuku was serving late lunch to 14 street boys inside the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart compound of the Diocese of Kitale in the western part of Kenya...
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“This is not the time to make unreasonably high profits”: Bishops in Kenya
Bishops in the East African nation of Kenya have appealed to business owners and landlords to make sacrifices for the common good and not use the current COVID-19 related restrictions...
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Kenyan Government Engages Catholic Church Leaders on Resuming Public Worship
Catholic Bishops in Kenya will be meeting in “coming days” to define a way that will see the lifting of the ban on public worship in the East African country...
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“We are concerned about the current political mood in the country”: Bishops in Kenya
Bishops in Kenya are concerned about the “divisive politics” being witnessed in the country at a time when political leaders are expected to demonstrate the unity of purpose in the...
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On Africa Day, Africans Urged to “protect their heritage from organized criminal agents.”
On Africa Day this year, the Coalition for Africa’s Liberation and Restoration (CALAR), a collaborative initiative of numerous groups on the continent and in the diaspora, has called on Africans...
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Church Leaders in Africa Encourage “stories of hope” on World Communications Day
On the occasion of the 54th World Communications Day (WCD), Church leaders and representatives of Catholic communication entities in Africa have, in separate messages, encouraged the telling of stories of hope...
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Bishops in Kenya Appeal for Support to Operationalize Catholic Television
Catholic Bishops in Kenya are soliciting funds from Catholics and other well-wishers across the globe to facilitate the operationalization of their television channel, Ukweli TV Kenya, that would enhance the...
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Nuns in Kenya among Catholics around the Globe Hoping Papal Mass Online can Continue
After the Vatican stopped livestreaming Pope Francis’ daily Masses this week, Catholics from around the world have urged the pope to resume the broadcast.
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Clerics in East Africa Pay Glowing Tribute to Late Professor of African Theology
Clerics in East Africa have paid glowing tribute to the Tanzanian-born Priest, Fr. Charles Nyamiti, known in the region and beyond following many years of teaching Theology in institutions of...
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“Think of welfare of Kenyans, desist from selfish politics”: Kenyan Archbishop
A Kenyan Archbishop has expressed his concerns about politicians in the East African nation who are engaging in political rhetoric at a time when all leaders are expected to be...
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Creation “the very first epiphany of God”: Nuncio in Kenya on Laudato Si’ Anniversary
At a tree planting ceremony organized to mark the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical letter on the environment, Laudato Si’, the Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya and South Sudan described creation...
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On St. John Paul II’s Centenary Birthday, Africans Recall Saint Who Walked in Their Midst
Of all the remarkable moments that a priest in Kenya’s Archdiocese of Nairobi recalls from the many occasions he interacted with St. John Paul II during his 27-year tenure as...
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“Rediscover personal responsibility of journalists to communicate truth”: Kenyan Bishop
The Bishop overseeing the Social Communications Commission of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has challenged journalists in the East African nation engaged in reporting about COVID-19 “to rediscover”...
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Kenyan Clerics Share 8 Enriching Avenues to Keep Faith Alive During COVID-19
A Bishop in Niger, reflecting on the post-COVID-19 era, said that closure of Churches as a way to contain the spread of the virus spelt danger for lukewarm Christians much...
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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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Flooding in Uganda Threatening COVID-19 Response, Catholic Relief Agency Cautions
Following the heavy rains being experienced in the East African nation of Uganda, an official of Malteser International (MI), the worldwide relief agency of the Rome-based Catholic Lay Religious Order of...
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“Children’s health, safety comes first”: Kenyan Bishop to Parents on Reopening Schools
The Bishop at the helm of Education at the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has sought to calm parents who are anxious about the education of their children after...
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Slum Parish Receives Aid from Kenya-based Order of Nuns, A Response to Bishops’ Appeal
Members of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of Saint Francis (LSOSF) in Kenya have reached out to needy families at a slum parish in the Archdiocese of Nairobi with...
