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Magdalene Kahiu

Magdalene Kahiu

Magdalene Kahiu is a Kenyan journalist with passion in Church communication. She holds a Degree in Social Communications from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). Currently, she works as a journalist for ACI Africa.

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Code of Canon Law Translated to Kiswahili after Seven Years of Work in Tanzania

The Code of Canon Law is now available in Kiswahili language following seven years of “difficult” work undertaken by a...

Advent Season 2020

Ahead of Advent Season, Bishops in Zimbabwe Call for Reconciliation, Unity

As Catholics across the world prepare to usher in the Season of Advent on Sunday, November 29, Bishops in Zimbabwe...

Families fleeing violence in the Cabo Delgado province arrive at the port city of Pemba.

Bishops in Mozambique Express “fraternal closeness” With Violence-stricken Citizens

Members of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (CEM) have expressed their solidarity with the people of God in the Province...

Late Fr. Emil Blaser who passed on Monday, November 16. / Radio Veritas South Africa/Facebook Page.

South Africans Pay Glowing Tribute to Missionary, Founder of First Catholic Radio

Members of the Clergy, Religious and Laity in South Africa have paid glowing tributes to Fr. Emil Blaser, a Religious...

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After Zambia is Denied Appeal for Suspending Debt Repayment, Jesuits Encourage Debt Relief

After Zambia’s external creditors denied the government’s appeal for the suspension of the re-payments of the Eurobonds for six months,...

Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama with Catholic youth leaders in the Archdiocese of Abuja. / Archdiocese of Abuja/Facebook Page

“Do not be deceived by ethnic, religious jingoists,” Nigerian Prelate Cautions Youths

The Archbishop of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese has cautioned the youth under his pastoral care against giving room to antagonism on...

Young people during protests in Lagos, Nigeria, October 17, 2020, over alleged police brutality.

Police Brutality Protests in Nigeria Offered Prospect for “Church to guide youths”: Bishop

Peaceful protests against police brutality in Nigeria presented an opportunity for the Catholic Church in the West African nation to...

Late Jerry John Rawlings, Ghana's longest-serving President.

Ghana’s Longest Serving President, Known for Calling Church Leadership to “speak up” Dies

Ghana’s longest serving President, Jerry John Rawlings, a practicing Catholic who is known for calling on the leadership of the...

Bishop George Zumaire Lungu of Zambia’s Chipata Diocese speaking at the opening of a two-day workshop on peacebuilding in Zambia's capital Lusaka. / Zambia Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ZCCB).

Zambia’s Treasured Peace Threatened By “some worrisome trends”: Bishop

A Bishop in Zambia has expressed concerns about some “worrisome” trends in the Southern African nation, cautioning that the “treasured...

Ghana’s Religious, Civil Leaders Petition President over Plant Variety Protection Bill

Religious leaders and heads of civil societies in Ghana have launched an online petition seeking to block the legislation of...

Br. Peter Mokaya Tabichi receiving the 2020 Ahimsa Award.

Kenyan Franciscan Friar Says Latest Award “great honor, privilege, by God’s grace”

The Kenyan Franciscan Friar who won the Global Teacher Prize for 2019, Br. Peter Mokaya Tabichi, has described his latest prize,...

“Tread with caution” in Handling Anti-Police Brutality Protesters: Nigerian Prelate

Reports of Nigeria's federal government seizing passports and freezing the bank accounts of protesters who demonstrated against police brutality orchestrated...

Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe of Nigeria's Makurdi Diocese during Holy Mass to officially launch the third Diocesan Synod Monday, November 9, 2020. / The Catholic Star Newspaper/Facebook Page

Synod in Nigeria’s Makurdi Diocese to "look into proper ways of evangelization": Bishop

The third Diocesan Synod of Nigeria’s Makurdi Diocese that kicked off over the weekend seeks to “look into” methods of...

Late Archbishop Benedicto Roberto who died Sunday, November 8 at the age of 74.

Late Angolan Prelate “distinguished by his goodness, sincerity, great love of the Church”

The late Archbishop Benedicto Roberto who has been serving as the second Local Ordinary of Angola’s Malanje Archdiocese is being...

Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku of DR Congo's Butembo-Beni Diocese.

Congolese Bishop Concerned about Protracted Insecurity, Massacres “happening in silence”

Promises of action from “political authorities” amid persistent insecurity and killings that have been going on for at least 10...

Fr Sebastian Aduko, the Parish Priest of the Christ the King, Sandema of Ghana’s Navrongo-Bolgatanga Diocese. / Ghanaweb

Do “not just call for peace, back such calls with actions,” Cleric in Ghana to Politicians

A Catholic Priest serving in Ghana’s Catholic Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga is challenging politicians in the west African country to walk...

Mr. Eugene Kabilika, Executive Director of Caritas Zambia. / Caritas Zambia/Facebook Page.

Recently Launched Journalism Award to Boost Zambia’s Climate Change Advocacy: Official

The Agro-ecology and Climate Change Media Awards, which Caritas Zambia launched October 29 in partnership with Action Aid and Zambia’s Participatory...

Map showing the Sahel region.

Caritas Internationalis Officials Highlight Five Lines of Action to Address Sahel Crisis

The leadership of the global confederation of Catholic relief agencies, Caritas Internationalis (CI), has outlined five lines of action that...

The campus of the Catholic University College of Ghana (CUCG).

Ghana’s President Promises to Grant Charter to Catholic University College

A year after members of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) petitioned the President to grant the Catholic University College of Ghana...

CERNA members identify Pope Francis’ New Encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, and the forthcoming canonization of Blessed Charles de Foucauld as two events important for the Church in North Africa.

Bishops in North Africa Acknowledge Two Recent Events that “shed a new, joyful light”

Members of the Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa (CERNA) have acknowledged with appreciation two events in recent times that...