Kenyan clergy joins battle against deadly homemade brews
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya Clergy in Kenya are backing a presidential decree banning homemade brews, largely blamed for a recent spate of over 50 deaths in the East African...
View ArticleKenya’s Council of Churches launches climate change campaign ahead of Paris...
Fredrick Nzwili Eco Catholic COP 21 Paris NAIROBI, Kenya While calling for global carbon emissions cuts, Kenya’s National Council of Churches has launched a multifaith campaign to lobby governments,...
View ArticleProposal to loosen Anglican Communion ties draws mixed responses
Religion News Service Trevor Grundy Fredrick Nzwili Canterbury, England A proposal to loosen the ties of the bitterly divided Anglican Communion drew mostly favorable reactions in Britain, while...
View ArticleMeet the Nobel-nominated priest who rescues African refugees from Mediterranean
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya With a cellphone and GPS coordinates, Rev. Mussie Zerai, 40, has been helping to save African and Syrian refugees crossing into Europe for more...
View ArticleKenya to ‘re-integrate’ hundreds of returning al-Shabab recruits
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya Kenya has welcomed the return of 700 citizens who had joined Somalia’s al-Shabab militant group that has attacked churches, malls and government...
View ArticleVatican urges World Trade Organization to remember the poor
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya A Vatican envoy urged the World Trade Organization to keep promises made to the poor, amid concerns that its tariff-cutting efforts are...
View ArticleMuslims shield Christian passengers in militant attack on Kenyan bus
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya Christian leaders have hailed as an act of bravery and selflessness the shielding of some Christians by Muslims after suspected al-Shabab gunmen in...
View ArticleAfrican countries clamp down on churches tied to 'miracle cures'
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya African churches are swelling with promises of miracle healings, signs and wonders. Governments across the continent are trying to rein in these...
View ArticleSouth Africa's Anglican bishops move toward gay inclusion
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service South Africa's Anglican bishops have taken an initial step toward including LGBT people as full members of their congregations with the passage of a resolution at...
View ArticleAfrican bishops to boycott meeting of Anglican council over Episcopal Church...
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya The Anglican Church in Kenya has become the latest province to announce it will boycott the Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Zambia over...
View ArticleBurundi's Catholic church rejects government's 'terrorist' label
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service A breakdown between the Roman Catholic church and the government in Burundi is raising concerns over stability in the East African nation, as officials accuse the...
View ArticleNigerian cardinal escapes injury as attacks on clergy mount
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service Last week, gunmen shot at a car carrying Roman Catholic Cardinal John Onaiyekan.
View ArticleProposal to loosen Anglican Communion ties draws mixed responses
Religion News Service Trevor Grundy Fredrick Nzwili Canterbury, England A proposal to loosen the ties of the bitterly divided Anglican Communion drew mostly favorable reactions in Britain, while...
View ArticleMeet the Nobel-nominated priest who rescues African refugees from Mediterranean
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya With a cellphone and GPS coordinates, Rev. Mussie Zerai, 40, has been helping to save African and Syrian refugees crossing into Europe for more...
View ArticleKenya to ‘re-integrate’ hundreds of returning al-Shabab recruits
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya Kenya has welcomed the return of 700 citizens who had joined Somalia’s al-Shabab militant group that has attacked churches, malls and government...
View ArticleVatican urges World Trade Organization to remember the poor
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya A Vatican envoy urged the World Trade Organization to keep promises made to the poor, amid concerns that its tariff-cutting efforts are...
View ArticleMuslims shield Christian passengers in militant attack on Kenyan bus
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya Christian leaders have hailed as an act of bravery and selflessness the shielding of some Christians by Muslims after suspected al-Shabab gunmen in...
View ArticleAfrican countries clamp down on churches tied to 'miracle cures'
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya African churches are swelling with promises of miracle healings, signs and wonders. Governments across the continent are trying to rein in these...
View ArticleSouth Africa's Anglican bishops move toward gay inclusion
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service South Africa's Anglican bishops have taken an initial step toward including LGBT people as full members of their congregations with the passage of a resolution at...
View ArticleAfrican bishops to boycott meeting of Anglican council over Episcopal Church...
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya The Anglican Church in Kenya has become the latest province to announce it will boycott the Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Zambia over...
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