VATICAN: Pope BENEDICT XVI Makes His Final General Audience
“I ASKED GOD TO ENLIGHTEN ME TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION, NOT FOR MY OWN GOOD, BUT FOR THE GOOD OF THE CHURCH.” Pope Benedict XVI on wednesday 27 February 2013 celebrated his last general audience in...
View ArticleVATICAN: Roman Pontiff Emeritus Benedict XVI to Work for the Good of the...
Yesterday afternoon, shortly after 5:00pm, Benedict XVI left the Vatican for the last time as Supreme Pontiff. A few moments earlier, in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Vatican Apostolic Palace,...
View ArticleVATICAN: List of Members of the College of Cardinals
The College of Cardinals is currently comprised of 207 cardinals: 117 Cardinal electors who can vote in the election of the Pope and 90 cardinals who are over the age of 80. First in the order of the...
View ArticleKENYA: Catholic Bishops Call for Calm as Final Election Results are Awaited
Catholic bishops in Kenya have called for calm and peace as the country awaits the final results of Mondays March 4, General Elections. The tallying process had to start afresh manually after the...
View ArticleKENYA: Nairobi to Host 12th SIGNIS TV Producers Seminar
The 12th SIGNIS Seminar for TV producers and broadcasters will be held in Nairobi (Kenya) on 10th-14th May. The seminar will be organized in the framework of the Catholic Media Festival, that has been...
View ArticleTANZANIA: Bomb blast at Catholic Church: The Apostolic Nuncio unharmed
The Vatican ambassador to Tanzania, Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla, escaped unharmed yesterday in a suspected grenade attack as he was about to consecrate the new church building of St Joseph...
View ArticleTANZANIA: Four Saudis Linked to Arusha Catholic Church Blast
The government strongly condemned a terrorist bomb attack on new Catholic church in Arusha that killed three people and wounded 58 others, vowing to pursue the suspects behind the incident wherever...
View ArticleThe New Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya Promised to work closely with the AMECEA...
“I am here to serve you all.” This was the message of His Excellency the Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya, Most Rev. Charles Daniel Balvo to a group of thirty AMECEA Bishops he met in Nairobi. Speaking at a...
View ArticleMalawi: Preparations for AMECEA Plenary in Malawi are On Track
The Catholic Secretariat of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi has sent message that the preparations for the forthcoming AMECEA Plenary in July 2014, which are already underway, are on track, with the...
View ArticleSUDAN: SCBC Plenary kicks off in Khartoum
Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference SCBC plenary started on Wednesday 21st August, 2013 in Khartoum to discuss affairs of the Catholic Church in South Sudan and Sudan.SCBC week plenary is an annual...
View ArticleKENYA: Cardinal Otunga Plaza Blessed and Officially Opened
Cardinal Otunga Plaza which is meant to host the Nairobi Arch Diocese and other offices was blessed and officially opened on 16th August 2013 by the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops Chairman and...
View ArticleKENYA: Time to refer to Vatican II, Bishop advises Kenyan Catholics
Kenya’s golden jubilee coincides with another equally important golden jubilee-Vatican II-one of the most important reference points in the Church’s history, a bishop has said.Rt. Rev. Bishop Philip...
View ArticleKENYA: Do not rush to amend the constitution, Bishop advises Kenyans.
Kenyans have been urged not to rush to amend the current constitution; the Vice Chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB), Bishop Philip Anyolo said in an exclusive interview with...
View ArticleAMECEA Capacity Building Training was a Success
Participants debating during group discussion meetingAMECEA Executive Capacity Building Training which was held in Addis Ababa Ethiopia for top Management Staff from all the Catholic Dioceses of the...
View ArticleZAMBIA: H.E. Medardo CARDINAL Joseph Mazombwe Pass Away
The Catholic Archdiocese of Lusaka and the Zambia Episcopal Conference regret to announce the death of His Eminence Medardo CARDINAL Joseph Mazombwe, the Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka Archdiocese. His...
View ArticleTANZANIA: Kondoa Diocese Prepares for the Consecration of the Holy Spirit...
Erected in 2011 the diocese of Kondoa prepares for the consecration of its new Holy Spirit Cathedral in October 19th, 2014 during the Feast of St Paul of the Cross - the diocese’ patron. Speaking to...
View ArticleZAMBIA: Pope Francis Sends Greetings to Zambian Pilgrims
The Holy Father, Pope Francis has sent his apostolic blessings to the people of Zambia and Christians who gathered on Saturday 17 August, 2013 for the Lusaka Archdiocesan Marian Shrine annual...
View ArticleAMECEA: The AMECEA Pastoral Strategic Plan to be ready by Next AMECEA Plenary
AMECEA Secretariat is preparing a ten-year ‘Pastoral Strategic Plan’ that will be tabled for approval in the next AMECEA Plenary Assembly to be held in Malawi in July 2014. The idea of having ten...
View ArticleAMECEA: AMECEA Mourns the Death of Cardinal Mazombwe
The Late Cardinal MazombweAMECEA has received with great shock the news about the death of H.E. Medardo Cardinal Mazombwe of Zambia. Cardinal Mazombwe is remembered in AMECEA for his dedication as...
View ArticleKENYA: KCCB conducts a Seminar on Liturgy
The Liturgical Commission of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishop (KCCB) conducted a seminar on liturgy in order to adhere with the changes found in the New Missal.The four-day’s seminar which was...
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