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Catholic Church in Kenya
Let’s “continue to inspire hope”: Catholic Bishop to the Consecrated in Kenya at Planned Walk ahead of 2025 Jubilee Year
Women and men Religious serving in Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) have been urged to foster hope among the people of God they encounter as they journey towards the Jubilee of Consecrated Life planned for 8-9 October 2025 in Rome.
Kenyan Catholic Parish in Shock as Body of Missing Sacramentine Postulant Found Floating in a Well
Mystery surrounds the death of Yvonne Jirangwa, a Kenyan Postulant with the Sacramentine Sisters of Bergamo, whose body was found floating in a well after she went missing for four days.
“A realized dream”: Catholic University of Eastern Africa Celebrated for 40 Years of Steady Growth
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), the university that is owned by the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) has been celebrated as “truly a realized dream”.
Pope Francis' Conversation with African Youths Continues to Drive Change as Projects Launched to Transform Communities
Over 40 African digital faith influencers who graduated in an eight-month formation program last month have been given the go ahead to run their projects in their zeal to transform their communities.
Consolata Missionaries Founder Canonization Time to Sing “Magnificat”: Kenyan-born Superior General, 1,300 to Witness
The joy that the Blessed Virgin Mary expressed after exchanging greetings with Elizabeth in her song of the Magnificat is inspiring members of the Institute of the Consolata Missionaries (IMC) and the Consolata Missionary Sisters (MC) at the canonization of their founder, Blessed Joseph Allamano.
Religious Leaders in Kenya Call for Calm amid Historic Impeachment of Country’s Deputy President
Kenyan lawmakers have impeached the country’s Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, in one of the most historic ousters in the East African country.
Religious Leaders in Kenya Urge Government to Radically Redeem Country Shown to be “headed in wrong direction”
Religious leaders in Kenya have weighed in on the findings of an Infotrak research showing the East African country is “headed in the wrong direction”, and called for a radical shift in governance to redeem the country from what they describe as “a man-made disaster.”
“Big mistake, blunder”: Kenyan Catholic Archbishop Criticizes Education Devoid of Spiritual Development
Archbishop Philip Anyolo Subira of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) in Kenya has underlined the importance of incorporating the understanding of God in education, warning of moral decay in societies that only focus on intellectual development among learners.
At Installation of Kenya’s Military Bishop, Nuncio Lauds Defence Forces for Christ-like Sacrifice in Peacekeeping
The Papal representative in Kenya has commended the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) for their unwavering commitment to peacekeeping, highlighting the deep connection between their sacrifice and Christ's sacrifice.
Like St. Daniel Comboni Let’s Embrace Patience during Hardships in Marriage, Religious Life: Nuncio in Kenya
The Nuncio in Kenya has encouraged those in marriage and in Religious life to have patience in the challenges they face, emulating St. Daniel Comboni who endured hard labour, unbearable climate, sickness, the deaths of several of his young fellow-missionaries while he served in Africa.
Relief for Kenya’s Faith-Based Health Institutions as Government Formulates Plan to Settle Long Standing Debt
The Kenyan government has formulated a plan that seeks to settle over seven billion Kenyan shillings (USD 54,360,487) owed to Faith-based health institutions in the East African nation.
Women Religious Orders in Kenya Urged to Keep “good records” of New Members to Manage Old Age Health Complications
To prepare for the complications that manifest in old age, Sisters congregations must keep health records of their members, a Kenyan-based financial consultant has said.
“Good work!”: Pope Francis Congratulates Kenya’s New Military Ordinary after Short Stint as Auxiliary Bishop
Pope Francis has described Bishop Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi who he recently appointed Local Ordinary of Kenya’s Military Ordinariate as “a hardworking evangelizer” and “a passionate pastor”.
“We must find ways”: Catholic Bishop in Kenya on Need for Self-Reliance in Episcopal Sees
The people of God in the Metropolitan Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu have to explore ways of realizing self-reliance, the Local Ordinary of one of the Suffragan Dioceses in the Kenyan Metropolitan See has said.
Servant of God Michael Cardinal Otunga’s Love for Military “is my inspiration”: New Bishop of the Kenyan Military
The new Catholic Bishop of Kenya’s Military Ordinariate hopes to walk in the footsteps of the Servant of God Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga, who served as the first Local Ordinary of the Military in the East African country, and is now on a journey to the sainthood.
22 Orders of Women Religious in Kenya Launch Strategic Plan with Commitment to Uphold Dignity of Aging Members
For their many years of service in society, aging Catholic Sisters are heroines, and must be taken care of with dignity, the leadership of the Care for Aging Sisters Association of Kenya (CASAK) has said at the unveiling of their five-year strategic plan.
Shun “kiosk mentality”: Bishop in Kenya Faults “unnecessary competition” in Duplicating Catholic Health Facilities
Bishop Norman King'oo Wambua of the Catholic Diocese of Machakos in Kenya has faulted the practice of duplicating Catholic health facilities in the same geographical locations, describing the move as a “kiosk mentality” that bring about “unnecessary competition”.
Let’s Be “promoters of a Synodal Church”: Catholic Bishop in Kenya to 16 Newly Ordained Spiritan Deacons
Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe, one of the Auxiliary Bishops of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) in Kenya, has called on the 16 members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost Fathers/Spiritans) he ordained Deacons to help realize the theme of the multi-year Synod on Synodality, which Pope Francis extended to 2024, among the people of God.
Couples, Families on Pilgrimage Share Testimonies of Strengthened Bonds, Inner Healing at Kenya’s National Marian Shrine
The “Village of Mary”, as the Subukia National Marian Shrine is fondly referred to, was a vast sea of blue on October 5. Over 50,000 pilgrims donning one of the colours associated with Mother Mary flooded the shrine in Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Nakuru to express their devotion for the Mother of Jesus, the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Let’s Keep Membership of Small Christian Communities “small enough” for Closer Interpersonal Encounters: AMECEA Chairman
A Small Christian Community (SCC) is ideally a group of people, who understand each other, and where close relationships are fostered, the leadership of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) has said, and urged SCCs in the nine-nation region to keep their membership small.
