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Catholic Church in Kenya

Pope Francis during the virtual dialogue with African Catholic students on Tuesday, November 1. Credit: PACTPAN

University Students in Kenya Share Progress Three Months after Dialogue with Pope Francis

Feb 18, 2023

A section of young people from Catholic Universities in Kenya who participated in the virtual dialogue with Pope Francis last November have shared about the progress realized from the responses of the Holy Father concerning various issues including politics in the country.

Official logo of the Synod on Synodality. Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican Wants Laity “to speak their minds” in Ongoing Synod on Synodality: Nuncio in Kenya

Feb 17, 2023

For the ongoing preparations for the Synod on Synodality to bear fruits for the Church in Africa and the whole world, the Vatican would like that the Laity “speak their minds” without feeling “intimidated”, the Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya has said.

Participants during the two-day conference of Spiritans in Kenya on “Safeguarding and Care of Self” held at St. Austin’s Msongari Parish of Nairobi Archdiocese 14-15 February 2023. Credit: ACI Africa

“Grateful to organizers”: Spiritan Priests in Kenya on Gains of Safeguarding Conference

Feb 16, 2023

Members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) who participated in a two-day safeguarding conference in Nairobi, Kenya, have lauded the program, noting that it is eye-opening for them in how they interact with minors and vulnerable groups.

Participants and facilitators in the two-day conference of Spiritans in Kenya on “Safeguarding and Care of Self” held at St. Austin’s Msongari Parish of Nairobi Archdiocese 14-15 February 2023. Credit: ACI Africa

Conference Equips Spiritans in Kenya with Safeguarding Skills in Priestly Ministry

Feb 15, 2023

Members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) have been equipped with safeguarding skills to deal with abuses of minors and vulnerable adults in their Priestly ministry, including “fear about false allegations”.

Mons. Cleophas Oseso Tuka, appointed Bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru in Kenya. Credit: Nakuru Diocese

In Kenya, Catholic Bishop for Nakuru Appointed, Isiolo Vicariate Elevated to Diocese

Feb 15, 2023

Pope Francis has appointed Mons. Cleophas Oseso Tuka as the Bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru in Kenya and elevated the Apostolic Vicariate of Isiolo in the East African nation to a Diocese “with the same denomination and territorial configuration”.

Dr. Wahome Ngare. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Seek “professional help”: Catholic Doctor in Kenya to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies

Feb 14, 2023

Persons with homosexual tendencies need to consider seeking “professional help” to address their sexual inclinations that are “not natural”, the Chairman of the Kenya Catholic Doctors’ Association (KCDA) has said.

Credit: LCMC

Jesuit Apostolate to Focus on Youth’s “resilience in digital age” in Planned Conference

Feb 11, 2023

Officials of Loyola Centre for Media and Communications (LCMC), an apostolate of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in Eastern Africa, are set to realize a national conference, which is to focus on fostering the “resilience” of young people in Kenya in the digital era. 

Bishop John Oballa Owaa blessing the MArian Grotto at Olchekut Supat Apostolic School Narok. Credit: Ngong Diocese

“It is going to wreck our society”: Catholic Bishop on Same-sex Union Advocacy in Kenya

Feb 10, 2023

The advocacy for same-sex unions and gender transition in Kenya is not good for the East African nation, Bishop John Oballa Owaa has said.

Credit: KCPF

Planned Chastity Conference to Teach Youth Skills in “healthy” Relationships: Convener

Feb 10, 2023

The 2023 edition of the Youth Chastity Conference (YCC) will seek to empower young people with skills for “healthy” relationships, a convener of the annual event has told ACI Africa. 

Credit: Fr. Sahaya Selvam

Catholic Priest in Kenya Develops Tool to Conquer Bad Habits ahead of Lent, Easter

Feb 9, 2023

Many people are struggling to get out of various addictions, including spending too much time on social media and watching pornographic content, a Catholic Missionary Priest in Kenya has said.

Fr. Boniface Kariuki, Spiritual Director, Legion of Mary in Kenya.

Legion of Mary Official Highlights “recruitment, extension” in Kenyan Church institutions

Feb 9, 2023

The Spiritual Director of the Legion of Mary in Kenya has highlighted indicators of progress of the "lay apostolic association of Catholics who, with the sanction of the Church and under the powerful leadership of Mary Immaculate, Mediatrix of All Graces, serve the Church and their neighbor on a voluntary basis", in the East African nation.

Some members of the Interreligious Council of Kenya. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Kenya’s Religious Leaders Decry “new regime of rights” Pushing for Same-Sex Relations

Feb 8, 2023

Religious leaders in Kenya have decried the “swelling spread and support” for what they describe as “a new regime of rights” that is pushing for same-sex relations in Africa in general and in the East African nation in particular.

Catholic Activists Call for Investigation into Possible Trafficking of Congolese Children

Feb 8, 2023

The recent nabbing of Croatians in a suspected case of trafficking of Congolese children lifts a lid on numerous such cases that happen underground, Catholic Activists in Africa under their umbrella organization CitizenGo have said.

Shamsa Abubakar Fadhil, known as “Mama Shamsa”, and the logo of the Sant’Egidio Community. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Kenyan Activist, Rome-based Lay Catholic Association Receive Human Fraternity Award

Feb 1, 2023

A Kenyan community activist, and the Rome-based lay Catholic association dedicated to the provision of social services and arbitrating conflicts, Sant’Egidio Community, are the recipients of the 2023 Zayed Award for Human Fraternity.

Archbishop Hubertus van Megen. Credit: KCCB

Deepen Relationship with God “step by step, patiently”: Nuncio in Kenya to Seminarians

Jan 29, 2023

Strive to deepen your personal relationship with God in steps, exercising patience, the representative of the Holy Father in Kenya has told Major Seminarians in the East African nation.

Credit: ACI Africa

SECAM Unveils Groups to Participate in Planned Plenary Assembly in Ethiopia

Jan 25, 2023

The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa & Madagascar (SECAM) has identified groups that will be representing the entire Church on the continent in the Plenary Assembly that has been scheduled to take place during the first week of March in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Bishop Michael Cornelius Odiwa and religious leaders after Holy mass. Credit: Homabay Diocese

Christian Unity “must be understood to be another aspect of prayer”: Bishop in Kenya

Jan 25, 2023

The unity of the followers of Jesus Christ is “another aspect of prayer” and needs to be understood as such, Bishop Michael Cornelius Odiwa of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Homa Bay has said.

Fr. Michael Mithamo King’ori during the January 14 Ordination Mass. Credit: Nyeri Archdiocese

“Grace saw me through”, First Blind Catholic Priest in Kenya on Adjusting to Sight Loss

Jan 23, 2023

Fr. Michael Mithamo King’ori has already celebrated six Masses in the Archdiocese of Nyeri in Kenya where he was ordained a Catholic Priest on January 14. 

Cake cutting session after Episcopal Consecration of Kenyan Bishop. From left: Newly Consecrated Local Ordinary of Kitale Diocese in Kenya, Bishop Henry Juma Odonya, President of Kenya, Dr. William Ruto, Bishop emeritus of Kitale Diocese, Maurice Anthony Crowley. Credit: Moses Mpuria/Sheshi Visual Arts

President of Kenya Hails Pioneer Catholic Bishop of Kitale Diocese as “a giant of faith”

Jan 23, 2023

The President of the Republic of Kenya has hailed Bishop Maurice Anthony Crowley, the first Local Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of Kitale whose retirement was accepted on 4 November 2022, as “a giant of faith”. 

Risen from the Ashes: Theology as Autobiography in Post-genocide Rwanda by Fr. Marcel Uwineza. Credit: Pauline Publications Africa

In New Book, Rwandan Priest Recounts Genocide Experience, Says Forgiveness “is a miracle”

Jan 21, 2023

Fr. Marcel Uwineza was only 14 years old when he witnessed the painful experience of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. He saw his father, mother, two brothers, and a sister murdered during the civil war between the Tutsis and Hutus.