It is almost a year now since Pope Francis made his first trip to Africa, visiting Kenya, Uganda, and the Central African Republic. In Kenya, the Pope had tough words on corruption, in response to […]
In late September, while on a visit to South Africa, I quickly found out that almost everyone was talking about “Fees must fall,” in reference to nation-wide protests by students demanding free university education. By […]
Kenya’s National Assembly voted on Thursday afternoon, to approve the appointment of Lady Justice Philomena Mwilu as the country’s next Deputy Chief Justice. This means Mrs. Mwilu automatically joins the seven member Supreme Court bench. […]
The key to making mining an ethical industry, is to “intervene with an ethic of care rather than a mentality of disrespect, or even violence”, said Cardinal Peter Turkson, Monday, in his keynote speech at […]
Many Christian leaders in Kenya are unhappy with two documents issued this week, one by the Attorney General’s office, titled “Religious Societies Compliance Rules” and the second one published by the Communications Authority of Kenya […]
A month has already gone by since Pope Francis set foot on Kenya soil, on his first apostolic visit to the African continent, a visit which also took him to Uganda and the Central African […]
Burundi is bleeding. Yet it seems no one is paying attention, while those with the capacity to help restore peace are occupied with other priorities; especially Burundi’s neighbors, Tanzania, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of […]
“Be artisans of the human and spiritual renewal of your country. I underline, artisans of the human and spiritual renewal.” With these words to the Christians of Central Africa, Pope Francis ended his historic first […]
When Pope Francis met the Kenyan bishops during their ad limina visit at the Vatican in April 2015, one of them, Bishop Anthony Muheria of the Diocese of Kitui, joked in Italian, “Thank you, Your […]
The Church in Southern Africa is rejoicing. On Sunday, September 13, at a colorful Mass in his home town of Tshitanini, Thohoyandou, in the Limpopo province of South Africa, Tshimangadzo Samuel Benedict Daswa was officially declared […]
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