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Catholic Church in Kenya

AU Commission Elections 2025: Catholic Activists Want Pro-Life Candidate Elected to Safeguard African Values

Feb 14, 2025

The African branch of the international Catholic activist organization, CitizenGo, is urging African leaders to elect a pro-life candidate as new Chair of the African Union Commission (AUC) in the election scheduled for Saturday, February 15.

Valentine’s Day 2025: A Kenyan Priest’s Prayer for Young Catholics Discerning Marriage

Feb 14, 2025

Valentine’s Day, celebrated on February 14, has been said to be a long day not only for someone who has not found their ideal wife or husband, but also for those in difficult relationships and marriages.

Sr. Adelaide Felicitas Ndilu. Credit: ACI Africa

World Radio Day 2025: Director of Catholic Bishops’ Radio in Kenya Urges Media to Prioritize Climate Change

Feb 14, 2025

The director of Radio Waumini, established by the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB), has challenged media outlets invest more resources on climate change content.

Participants during the two day workshop at the Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations (HIPSIR) at Hekima University College on Wednesday, February 12. Credit: ACI Africa

Catholic Communicators in Kenya Trained on Good Governance in the Wake of Political Unrests

Feb 13, 2025

Catholic communicators from various Dioceses in Kenya have completed a training that was designed to equip them with skills to articulate governance issues.

Credit: Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network (PACTPAN)

“This is business”: Catholic Bishops in Africa Warn about Biggest Beneficiaries in Human Trafficking

Feb 10, 2025

A lot of money is exchanging hands in the business of human trafficking, the leadership of the Symposium of Episcopal Conference of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has observed, and underlined the urgency of fishing out those benefitting from modern-day slavery so as to stop the menace.

Daudi Francisco Kahuha

Kenyan Catholic Couples Urged to Denounce “self-imposed voluntary slavery” of Contraception to Safeguard Marriages

Feb 8, 2025

A  Kenyan marriage and family therapist and Natural Family Planning (NFP) specialist is calling on Catholic couples to reject artificial contraception, warning that such methods of “family planning” threaten the stability of marriages.

Sr. Caroline Ngatia. Credit: Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International

Catholic Sisters in Kenya Witness to “total transformation” of Girls Rescued from Streets

Feb 6, 2025

Members of the Assumption Sisters of Eldoret (ASE) working with homeless children in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, have described the joy of getting the children, especially the girls, completely off the streets.

Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo during the inaugural Mass for the start of the academic year at St. Mary School, Msongari. Credit: Capuchin TV

Beware of Reality of Evil, even “young people learning to steal exams”: Nairobi Catholic Archbishop to Staff, Students

Feb 5, 2025

Students, the administrative and teaching staff at St. Mary School, Msongari, have been cautioned against undermining the “reality” and prevalence of evil.

Bishop Joseph Obanyi Sagwe of the Catholic Diocese of Kakamega in Kenya. Credit: Catholic Justice and Peace Department - Diocese of Kakamega

Clergy in Kenyan Diocese Urged to Ensure the Sick Experience “warmth of Christ's love” in 2025 Jubilee Celebrations

Feb 4, 2025

Bishop Joseph Obanyi Sagwe of the Catholic Diocese of Kakamega in Kenya has urged members of the Clergy ministering in his Episcopal See to prepare the sick people in their Parishes and Church institutions for the Diocese’s Jubilee of the Sick slated for February 11, the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and the World Day of the Sick.

Mark 2025 Jubilee Year by Supporting Families to Sustain Vocations, Safeguarding Environment, Kenya’s Consecrated Urged

Feb 3, 2025

Supporting families to sustain vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life and engaging in activities that safeguard the environment are some of the ways members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL) can mark the yearlong Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year.

Celebration of the 2025 Jubilee Year for the Consecrated in the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN). Credit: ACI Africa

What 2025 Jubilee of Consecrated Life Means for Women and Men Religious in Kenya’s Nairobi Catholic Archdiocese

Feb 2, 2025

Members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL) serving in Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) gathered on Saturday, February 1 in celebration of the 2025 Jubilee of Consecrated Life.

Archbishop Hubertus van Megen during the Saturday, 1 February 2025 celebration of the 2025 Jubilee Year for the Consecrated in the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN). Credit: ACI Africa

What Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya Said at Jubilee Year for Consecrated Celebration in Nairobi that “pricked” Consciences

Feb 1, 2025

The tendency on the part of the Clergy to be “busy with money” and tribalism in Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL) are among the issues that the Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya highlighted during the celebration of the 2025 Jubilee Year for the Consecrated in the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN).

Sunday of the Word of God at the Holy Family Basilica of Kenya's Archdiocese of Nairobi. Credit: Paulines Publications Africa (PPA)

Catholic Communicators Must “conceive, share the word of God”: Mozambican Nun

Feb 1, 2025

A Mozambican-born member of the Pious Society of the Daughters of St. Paul (FSP/Pauline Sisters) has underscored the need for Catholic communicators to anchor their work in the Word of God, highlighting the Bible as an essential tool for evangelization.

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.