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Bishop Peter Kihara Kariuki of the Catholic Diocese of Marsabit in Kenya. Credit: Burudika kikatoliki

Catholic Bishop Serving Kenya’s Marginalized Communities Urges Development Agencies to Serve without Discrimination

Sep 12, 2024

The Local Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of Marsabit in Kenya has called upon the faithful and those tasked with the implementation of development projects in support of the needy to reach out to all compassionately without discrimination.

Food donation after Mass at a settlement in Chalbi Desert that is served by Kenya's Catholic Diocese of Marsabit. Credit: Fr. Aurelian Herciu

Fruits of Evangelization Trickling in at Kenyan Diocese Decades After First Missionaries

Aug 6, 2023

In one of his numerous writings, Fr. Paolo Tablino, one of the founding Missionary Priests of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Marsabit expressed his frustration over how long it was taking the missionaries to evangelize locals.

Isacko Jirma Molu, the Executive Director of Caritas Marsabit (CM). Credit: ACI Africa

Pastoralists in Kenyan Diocese Have "absolutely nothing" as Drought Intensifies: Official

Jul 13, 2022

Pastoralists in the Catholic Diocese of Marsabit in Kenya have been left with “absolutely nothing” as starvation in the Kenyan region intensifies due to severe drought, the Executive Director of Caritas Marsabit (CM) has told ACI Africa in an interview. 

A screenshot of part of the proceedings at the Subukia National Marian Shrine in Kenya's Ctholic Diocese of Nakuru on Saturday, October 2. Credit: Capuchin Tv

Catholic Bishop in Kenya Invites Prayer for “servant leaders” Ahead of Country’s Elections

Oct 5, 2021

The Catholic Bishop of Kenya’s Marsabit Diocese has urged the people of God in Kenya to start praying to get hardworking leaders who will have the people’s interests at heart as campaigns toward August 2022 general elections gain momentum.

Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB). Credit: KCCB

Catholic Bishops in Kenya “deeply concerned” about Violence in Three Dioceses

Sep 18, 2021

Catholic Bishops in Kenya have voiced their concern about the ongoing violence in Laikipia, Kerio Valley and Marsabit, areas that fall within the Kenyan Dioceses of Nyahururu, Kitale and Marsabit, respectively. 

Fr. John Baptist Oese Imai, first-ever Benedictine Abbot of the Benedictine Missionaries of St. Ottillien in Tigoni.

Kenya’s First Benedictine Abbot Told to “cut out stubborn” Monks at Blessing Ceremony

Nov 16, 2020

The Catholic Church in Kenya witnessed the blessing of the country’s first-ever Benedictine Abbot who was told not to hesitate in cutting “out stubborn” members from the 106-year-old Religious Order that is part of the Benedictine Confederation.

Late Bishop Ambrogio Ravasi who died October 30 in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi of heart-related complications.

Late Italian-born Bishop in Kenya Mourned as “devout shepherd, of impeccable character”

Oct 30, 2020

The late Bishop Ambrogio Ravasi who served as the second Bishop of Kenya’s Marsabit Diocese until his retirement in November 2006 is being remembered as a “devout shepherd” and “a man of impeccable character and heroic virtues.”

Bishop John Oballa Owaa, Chairman of KCCB's Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (CJPC).

Persistent Insecurity in Two Kenyan Dioceses “unfortunate, regrettable”: Bishops

Jul 3, 2020

Catholic Bishops in Kenya have, in a collective statement, said they are “deeply concerned” about persistent violent conflicts in two areas covered by the dioceses of Ngong and Marsabit “due to ethnic, clan hatred, competition over resources and leadership wrangles” and described the situation as “barbaric, unfortunate, saddening and regrettable”.