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Sr. Olga Massango, presenting during the Saturday, January 25 workshop. Credit: ACI Africa

Why Pauline Sisters in Africa Targeted Gez Z in Digital Media Training for Evangelization

Jan 27, 2025

The January 26 workshop that members of the Pious Society of the Daughters of St. Paul (FSP) in Africa conducted was designed with young people in mind, organizers have shared with ACI Africa, noting that the younger generation, mainly comprised of the Generation Z (Gen Z), urgently need training on how to effectively use digital media for evangelization.

Sr. Olga Massango and Sr. Roselyne Sophy, presenting during the Saturday, January 25 workshop. Credit: ACI Africa

Beware of Media’s Potential to Reduce People to “mere commodities for sale”, Pauline Sister in Kenya Cautions

Jan 26, 2025

A member of the Pious Society of the Daughters of St. Paul (FSP/Pauline Sisters) in Africa has called for media literacy especially among audiences, warning about the potential of media to “defy” people’s intellect, and to convert human beings into sellable commodities.

Credit: CUEA

Christian Denominations in Kenya Urged to Embrace Christ-Like Love to Overcome Religious, Ethnic Divisions

Jan 24, 2025

To overcome religious and ethnic divisions in Kenya, Christians in the East African country must embrace Christ-like love, a member of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) Ecumenical Committee, has said.

Archbishop Hubertus van Megen, Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya. Credit: Pious Society of the Daughters of St. Paul (FSP)

Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya Urges Church to Dive Deeper into “the world without limits” Presented by Social Media

Jan 23, 2025

Amid the world’s rapid technological advancements and evolving communication landscapes, the church should consider diving deeper into the world of social media, the Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya has said.

Catholic Journalists in Kenya Urged to be Conveyers of Hope During the 2025 Jubilee Year

Jan 22, 2025

Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) have urged Catholic communicators to be at the forefront of disseminating the message of hope to the people of God in the East African nation during the Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year.

Fr. Melchior Marandu. Credit: Paulines Publications Africa

Catholic Priest’s Highly Acclaimed Book Offers Tips to Resolve Marital Conflicts the African Way

Jan 22, 2025

One of the takeaways from reading “Becoming One Flesh: Theology of Marriage, in African Perspective” by Fr. Melchior Marandu is the richness of African traditions in resolving marital conflicts.

Kenyan Catholic Archdiocese Encourages Couples to Wed in Church as Part of 2025 Jubilee Year Celebrations

Jan 22, 2025

The Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) in Kenya is encouraging those in the Archdiocese who have not solemnized their marriages to embrace the sacrament of Matrimony during the Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year as a way to strengthen families.

Mons. Jackson Murugara, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Meru in Kenya. Credit: Seed Consolata

Pope Francis Appoints Coadjutor Bishop for Kenya's Meru Catholic Diocese

Jan 16, 2025

Pope Francis has appointed Mons. Jackson Murugara, the Parish Priest of Our Lady of Consolata Shrine in Kenya, and member of the Consolata Missionaries (IMC) as the Coadjutor Bishop of the country’s Catholic Diocese of Meru.

Religious Profession of 13 members of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mary of Kakamega (SMK) in Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Kakamega

Kenyan Superior General Urges Newly Professed Nuns to “deepen personal, community prayer” During 2025 Jubilee Year

Jan 7, 2025

The Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year gives women Religious an opportunity to “deepen” their communion with God in prayer, both communal and especially personal, the Superior General of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mary of Kakamega (SMK) that is headquartered in Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Kakamega has said.

Bishop John Oballa Owaa. Credit: Focus Media Production

“You have chosen a life of sacrifice”: Catholic Bishop to Women Religious at Perpetual Profession in Kenya

Jan 7, 2025

Members of the Missionary Congregation of Evangelizing Sisters of Mary (ESM), who took their perpetual vows as women Religious at their Mother House at Ongata Rongai in Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Ngong have been reminded of their lifelong choice “of sacrifice”.

Fr. Alain Mayama, Superior General of the Spiritans

Superior of 321-year-old Order with Dominant African Membership Cautions against “impoverished” Spirituality

Dec 24, 2024

There is a growing “spiritual crisis” among some members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans/Holy Ghost Fathers/CSSp.), the Superior General of the 321-year-old Missionary Congregation with members across all continents, most them natives of Africa, has warned.

Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) in Kenya. Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN)

“Secularism, busyness, fragmented relationships” among Obstacles to Family as “first school of faith”: Kenyan Archbishop

Dec 17, 2024

Tendencies towards secularism, day-to-day errands to make ends meet, and the inability to maintain harmonious interpersonal relationships are some of the obstacles to the realization of the institution of the family as the inaugural “school of faith”, Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) has said.

Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) in Kenya. Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN)

Small Christian Communities in Nairobi, Kenya, Urged to Help Members in Non-Catholic Marriages to Celebrate Matrimony

Dec 16, 2024

A majority of couples in the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) have not solemnized their marriages, the Local Ordinary of the Kenyan Metropolitan See, Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo, has observed. 

Children gather around the statue of Sr. Anna Ali of the Most Holy Eucharist at the Eucharistic Center in the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret. Credit: ACI Africa

A Catechist’s Memories of Sister Anna Ali Whose Tears of Blood Transformed Volatile Kenyan Community

Dec 12, 2024

For many years, Burnt Forest in Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Eldoret lived up to its name. Every general election in the settlement located some 273 kilometres outside Kenya’s capital Nairobi came with tribal clashes, leaving a trail of killings and massive displacements.

“Vibrant spiritual home”: Catholic Bishops, Clergy, Laity Laud Kenyan 125-year-old Parish for Fostering Faith Practice

Dec 11, 2024

125-year-old St. Austin’s Msongari Parish has facilitated the practice of Christian faith as a “spiritual home” characterized with vibrancy, this is how Catholic Bishops, the Clergy, and Laity have described Kenya’s oldest Inland Catholic Parish.

Pilgrims Throng Resting Place of Stigmatic Nun who Inspired Deep Eucharistic Devotion in Kenyan Catholic Diocese

Dec 10, 2024

About 100 pilgrims, eager to deepen their devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, left Kenya’s capital Nairobi on December 5, travelling some 273 kilometres to the Eucharistic Centre Burnt Forest, the resting place of Sr. Anna Ali of the Most Holy Eucharist in the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret.

Bishop John Mbinda of the Catholic Diocese of Lodwar in Kenya. Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN)

Keep “fire of faith burning”: Spiritan Bishop to Parishioners of Kenya’s Oldest Inland Parish at Anniversary Conclusion

Dec 9, 2024

Parishioners of St. Austin’s Msongari Parish, Kenya’s oldest Inland Catholic Parish, have been challenged to continue making manifest their Christian faith as they conclude the celebrations of the 125th anniversary celebrations.  

Kenya’s Oldest Inland Catholic Parish Concludes 125th Anniversary Celebrations with Launch of Prayer Garden

Dec 8, 2024

St. Austin’s Msongari Parish of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) has launched a Prayer Garden, a move that could see the oldest Catholic Parish in Inland Kenya become a destination for pilgrims seeking a space for prayer and fasting.

Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN). Credit: Capuchin TV

“Don’t rush to be like the world”: Catholic Archbishop in Kenya Cautions Consecrated against Distractions

Dec 7, 2024

Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) has urged Consecrated Persons to remain committed to their vows and avoid distractions that come from worldly desires.

National youth Convention 2024 at Subukia National Marian shrine. Credit: ST. PATRICK'S KAPCHEROP CATHOLIC PARISH

Catholic Youths in Kenya Told to Embrace Sacrament of Matrimony after Expressing Fear of Marriage

Dec 3, 2024

Bishop Peter Kimani Ndung’u of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Embu has urged young people in the East African country to embrace Church sacraments, singling out Matrimony as the sacrament that he says sanctifies couples and ensures that families are holy.