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In his inaugural speech during his installation and the convocation of the new academic year 2023-2024, Tangaza University College (TUC) new Vice Chancellor, Rev Prof Patrick Mwania, CSSp, avowed to re-assert the identity and status of Tangaza as one of the most desired universities for many in Kenya and beyond.

The Catholic Justice and Peace Department (CJPD) of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has announced plans for the 23rd anniversary of the late Rev. Fr John Anthony Kaiser MHM under the theme ‘Let Justice Be Our Shield and Defender’

In an interview with CISA on the sidelines of the two-day preparatory meeting of the African Delegates to the Synod on Synodality in Rome in October held at the Mariapolis Retreat Center in Nairobi, Kenya, Bishop Coffi Roger, the only prelate chosen to represent the West African country at the Synod says that the Catholic Church in Benin has taken a keen interest in the synodal process.

Fr Rafael Simbine Junior, the Secretary General of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), flanked by Fr Kaufa and Ms Sheila Pires, said the seminar was to help the delegates familiarize themselves with the Instrumentum Laboris- the working document as well as the methodology of Spiritual Conversation which shall be used at the Synodal Assembly in Rome.

Most Rev. Paul Ssemogerere, the archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala has caused quite a stir among the faithful in Uganda by declaring that God does not like the poor and the poor will not go to heaven in a statement made on August 13, 2023.

In an interview with CISA in July 2023, Bishop Lagho said the Church in Kilifi was not silent about the intrigues of Pastor Paul Mackenzie, the alleged man behind the Shakahola Massacre that has claimed over 400 lives, adding that the interfaith council had alerted the authorities about the pastor and his unorthodox teachings since he was a well-known figure within the evangelical circle.

As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria and Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened another Extraordinary Summit of the Authority on the political situation in Niger, scheduled to take place on August 10, 2023, Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has urged President Tinubu to dehort ECOWAS Heads of States from using military might to subdue the coup ...

In a letter addressed to the Group of 20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, African Faith Leaders drawn from across the continent are appealing for a decree of a debt moratorium and debt relief initiatives for African countries and the mobilization of additional resources through grant and development bank support.

After a three-year hiatus, the Consolata Missionaries Kenya-Uganda Region celebrated the First Religious Profession of 11 Consolata Missionaries Novices (2022-2023) at Sagana Noviate in the Catholic Diocese of Muranga, Kenya.

As displacement numbers continue to surge and delivery of assistance remains heavily constrained by insecurity, lack of access and funding shortfalls in Sudan, Most Rev. Stephen Ameyu Martin Mula has appealed to various dioceses in South Sudan to set up emergency centres for resettling refugees and returnees seeking safety in the country.