Burundi'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 ArticleRwandan bishops apologize for role in 1994 genocide
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service Rwanda: The apology is being seen as a crucial development that joins the government and church in the efforts to heal the country.
View ArticleKenyan bus ambush in which Muslims shielded Christians is now a movie
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya A 2015 bus attack in northern Kenya during which Muslims shielded Christians from al-Shabab militants is the subject of "Watu Wote,"— Swahili for...
View ArticleOn World Water Day, African church leaders highlight shortages
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya The U.N. agency estimates that there are more than 663 million people “living without a safe water supply close to home.”
View ArticleTerrorist group al-Shabab delivers food relief to drought-stricken Somalia
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service Mogadishu The Somalia-based Islamist militant group al-Shabab is distributing food to drought-stricken residents in southern parts of the war-torn country, as...
View ArticleKenyan bishops warn against election violence, insecurity
Fredrick Nzwili Catholic News Service NAIROBI, Kenya Kenyan Aug. 8 elections: Kenyan Catholic bishops said they fear widespread violence in the next general elections.
View ArticleKenyan court orders Catholic bishops to pay Muslim restaurant owner $125,000
Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops has been ordered to pay a Somali Muslim restaurant owner 13 million Kenyan shillings ($125,000) for breach...
View ArticleCatholic bishop says troubled Somali refugees still need acceptance, help
Fredrick Nzwili Catholic News Service NAIROBI, Kenya In Dadaab, the world's largest refugee complex, Somali refugees are caught in a very delicate and complex situation and Bishop Joseph Alessandro of...
View ArticleChurches provide refuge to Kenyans fleeing al-Shabab attacks
by Fredrick Nzwili by Catholic News Service NAIROBI, Kenya The moving populations had been living near the dense Boni Forest, which the militants have allegedly been using as a cover to terrorize...
View ArticleAbductions of two priests in Congo a growing concern
by Fredrick Nzwili by Religion News Service Armed raiders entered the parish, looted a vehicle and motorbike and beat up seminarians before fleeing with the two priests, according to news reports.
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Kenyan bishops urge calm as opposition rejects early results
NAIROBI, Kenya 20170810T1227-11080-CNS-KENYA-BISHOPS-ELECTION-PEACE.jpg People gather outside a polling station Aug. 8 at St. Monica Catholic Church in Kitengela, Kenya. (CNS/Fredrick Nzwili) Catholic...
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Nigerian clergy demand compensation for churches destroyed by Boko Haram
NAIROBI, Kenya webRNS-BOKO-HARAM1-083017.jpg People gather at the site of a suicide bomb attack at Redeem Christian church in Potiskum, Nigeria, on July 5, 2015. (AP/Adamu Adamu) Religious leaders in...
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South Sudanese leaders don't know how to make peace, say Catholic bishops
NAIROBI, Kenya 20180223T1101-14848-CNS-SOUTH-SUDAN-BISHOPS-LEADERS.jpg Rebels carry an injured fighter near Yondu, South Sudan. (CNS/Goran Tomasevic, Reuters) On the day Pope Francis designated for...
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Priest's death shows fragility of peace in Central African Republic
NAIROBI, Kenya 20180327T1454-15880-CNS-CAR-FRAGILE-PEACE.jpg A Franciscan stands near U.N. peacekeeping soldiers in 2017 in the village of Ndim, Central African Republic. The recent death of a...
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Another Catholic priest killed in Central African Republic
CAR.jpg U.N. forces from Rwanda patrol the streets of Bangui, Central African Republic, in this Feb. 12 2016 file photo. (AP/Jerome Delay) Militants killed a Roman Catholic priest this week in Bangui,...
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Central African bishops distance themselves from group promising violence
NAIROBI, Kenya 20180717T0929-18501-CNS-CENTRAL-AFRICA-BISHOPS-AVENGE.jpg Cardinal Dieudonne Nzapalainga of Bangui, Central African Republic, greets youths after celebrating Mass for internally...
View ArticleKenyan priest killed as he takes Mass collection funds to the bank
NAIROBI, Kenya A Catholic priest was shot dead by unknown robbers Dec. 10 near his parish in central Kenya as he was taking the Sunday Mass offerings to the bank.Fr. John Njoroge Muhia of Kinoo Parish...
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Faith activists urge UN Environment Assembly to address human side of climate...
NAIROBI, Kenya RNS-Environment-Assembly2-031819.jpg A man pedals past an art installation of a boat made from plastic waste during the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, on March...
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South Sudan's Christian leaders say papal kiss is message of Easter
NAIROBI, Kenya 20190412T0911-25863-CNS-POPE-SOUTH-SUDAN.jpg South Sudan Vice President Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior reacts as Pope Francis kneels to kiss her feet April 11, 2019, at the conclusion of a...
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