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Catholic Church in Kenya

Archbishop Philip Anyolo Subira of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) during the Inauguration Mass of the New Academic Year 2024-2025 at Hekima University College (HUC). Credit: Hekima University College (HUC)

Nairobi-based Jesuit University College Lauded for Educating, Forming “men, women of integrity, competence, conscience”

Aug 19, 2024

Hekima University College (HUC), the 41-year-old Nairobi-based institution under the auspices of the Society of Jesus (SJ/Jesuits), has been instrumental in empowering the people of God with values that St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the global Society, espoused, Archbishop Philip Anyolo Subira has said. 

In Inaugural Lecture at Jesuit University in Kenya, Vatican Cardinal Explores Evolution of Power in Church, Society

Aug 18, 2024

The Chancellor of the Roman Curia, Ghanaian-born Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson, has addressed the evolving nature of power in ecclesial and societal contexts.

Bishop Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi (left) and Mons. Peter Kimani Ndung’u (right)

Auxiliary Bishop in Nairobi Appointed Kenya's Military Ordinary, Country's Embu Diocese Gets Bishop

Aug 15, 2024

Bishop  Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi, one of the three Auxiliary Bishops of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) in Kenya, has been appointed the Local Ordinary of the country’s Military Ordinariate. 

Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba addressing journalists at a conference in Nairobi ahead of the Ad Limina visit scheduled for end of August. Credit: ACI Africa

Kenyan Bishops Eager to Engage the Holy Father on Country's Full Seminaries, Vibrant Church in Rome Visit

Aug 15, 2024

Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) have expressed their eagerness to talk about the growth of the Church in the East African country during their upcoming Ad Limina visit.

Br. Elias Mokua, a Kenyan member of the Society of Jesus (SJ/Jesuits). Credit: ACI Africa

Journalists in Nairobi-based Catholic Media Houses in Artificial Intelligence Training to “remain relevant, competitive”

Aug 11, 2024

Journalists in Nairobi-based Catholic media outlets have lauded the training on effective engagement with Artificial intelligence tools (AI) important for their journalism apostolate in view of maintaining relevance and “competitive”.

Let’s “do necessary groundwork” to Evangelize Effectively amid Increasing Challenges: Cardinal in South Africa

Aug 10, 2024

Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier of South Africa is calling on his colleagues in the Episcopacy, members of the Clergy, and women and men Religious to put in place strategies that will make them “effective agents of evangelization”.

Church in Africa asked to Address Cultural Impediments to Healthy Relationships between Local Ordinaries and Religious

Aug 5, 2024

Patriarchal structures that characterized the traditional African setting were introduced in the Church and have continued to affect the relationship between Local Ordinaries and those in Religious Life, a Kenyan theologian has said.

Why Catholic Church in Nigeria is Not Ready for Married Deacons

Aug 3, 2024

It is highly unlikely that the Catholic Church in Nigeria will cheer up to married men being ordained Deacons, a participant at the ongoing synodal conversations has said, noting that the West African nation is not ready for such a ministry.

Sr. Josée Ngalula. Credit: ACI Africa

Congolese Catholic Theologian Proposes Ordination of Permanent Female Deacons to Address Abuse in Church

Aug 1, 2024

A majority of victims of abuse in the Catholic Church are women, a Congolese Theologian has said, noting that ordination of more female deacons will see “women look after their fellow women.”

Sr. Agnès Sory. Credit: PACTPAN

Pastoral Solution for Polygamous Marriages “presents a difficulty” for Church in Africa: Catholic Theologian, Canonist

Aug 1, 2024

The proposed pastoral solution for the polygamous Catechumen seeking to convert to Catholicism presents a difficult situation for African families, a Catholic Theologian has said.

Credit: PACTPAN

Catholic Theologians in Africa Propose “gradual conversion” of People in Polygamous Marriages

Jul 31, 2024

Giningakpio Justin Dapu is one of the most active members of South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY). He leads various groups that are focused on the development of the Diocese. 

Some of the environmentalists campaigning against EACOP during the Friday, 26 July 2024 workshop at Franciscan Family Centre, Nairobi. Credit: ACI Africa

“Negative impacts outweigh the benefits”: Catholic Environmentalists in Africa on Uganda –Tanzania Crude Oil Pipeline

Jul 30, 2024

Catholic environmentalists in Africa under their umbrella body,  Laudato Si' Movement - Africa, are advocating for the halting of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP).

Archbishop Hubertus van Megen with Catholic communicators in the Archdiocese of Nairobi. Credit: BEAMS

Uphold, Protect Journalists’ Right to Information, “stop ongoing attacks”: Catholic Journalists in Nairobi to Govt

Jul 30, 2024

The leadership of the forum bringing together journalists in Nairobi-based Catholic media outlets has expressed support for Kenya’s journalists, who have taken to the streets to decry escalating attacks on reporters covering recent anti-government demonstrations.

Some of the environmentalists campaigning against EACOP during the Friday, 26 July 2024 workshop at Franciscan Family Centre, Nairobi. Credit: ACI Africa

Africa’s Laudato Si’ Movement Creating Awareness on Dangers of Fossil Fuel, Halting Uganda –Tanzania Crude Oil Project

Jul 30, 2024

Members of Laudato Si' Movement - Africa are creating awareness on the dangers of fossil fuel on the continent in an initiative that also seeks to halt the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP) – the Uganda-Tanzania initiative that was confirmed in April 2016 as a 1,443km pipeline project to transport oil produced from Uganda’s Lake Albert oilfields to the port of Tanga in Tanzania to be sold to world markets.

Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba, Chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) delivering the message of Catholic Bishop during the Episcopal Consecration of the Coadjutor Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Isiolo in Kenya. Credit: Radio Shahidi

Kenya’s Catholic Bishops Distance Themselves from Petition to Oust President, Commit to “multi-stakeholder engagement”

Jul 29, 2024

Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) have distanced themselves from a petition that has been filed at the High Court in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, seeking to remove President William Samoei Ruto and his Deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, from office.

Credit: Caritas Isiolo

“Get out of your comfort zone”: Newly Consecrated Coadjutor Bishop in Kenya Urged to Continue His Missionary Exploits

Jul 28, 2024

The representative of the Holy Father in Kenya has encouraged the newly Consecrated Coadjutor Bishop for the country’s Catholic Diocese of Isiolo to continue his missionary lifestyle in the Kenyan Episcopal See. 

Fr. Odomaro Mubangizi. Credit: ACI Africa

At Launch of Africa Edition Book on Leadership, Jesuit Priest Highlights Leaders’ Challenge of “unpredictability”

Jul 27, 2024

Contemporary society is characterized by the reality of “unpredictability”, and successful leaders know how to adapt to this challenge, a Ugandan member of the Society of Jesus (SJ/Jesuits) has said.

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Kenyan Jesuit Reflects on Characteristics of “New Instrumentum Laboris” for October Synod on Synodality Session

Jul 26, 2024

Acknowledging “a common dignity” as children of God, the fostering of interpersonal encounters and dialogue, and the practice of listening are among the qualities of the New Instrumentum Laboris (working tool) the guiding document for the final session of the multi-year Synod on Synodality scheduled for 2-29 October 2024 in Rome, a Kenyan members of the Society of Jesus (SJ/Jesuits) has said.

In Newly Launched Africa Edition Book, U.S. Author Shares “four foundational pillars that characterize great leaders”

Jul 24, 2024

Readers of a newly launched Africa edition book on leadership, which the Paulines Publications Africa (PPA) co-published, are to gain insights into some four “foundational pillars” that are behind successful leaders. 

Participants during the 19 July 2024 webinar. Credit: PACTPAN

Catholic Priest on How “survival mentality” is Impeding Authentic Formation in African Major Seminaries

Jul 23, 2024

Major Seminarians in Africa are not allowed “to be themselves” but must find ways to get by, a Catholic priest from Nigeria has said, and challenged institutions of formation of future Priests to encourage open communication between Seminarians and their respective formators.