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Catholic Church in Kenya

Let’s Dedicate “whatever we have” to Building God’s Kingdom: Catholic Bishop in Kenya at Priest’s Funeral Mass

Jun 6, 2025

Charity should be embraced as a way of building God’s Kingdom, even in times of scarcity, Bishop David Kamau Ng’ang’a has said.

Sr. Adelaide Felicitas Ndilu. Credit: ACI Africa

Giving Hope amid Hopelessness? Kenyan Dicastery for Communication Consultor on Practice of Hope Journalism amid Distress

Jun 4, 2025

The call upon Catholic journalists to be sources of hope in their messaging and delivery of information can be a challenge if very communicator is experiencing distress, a Kenyan Consultor of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication has said. 

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“We speak same language”: Kenyan Catholic Bishop Appeals for Unity between Warring Communities after Priest’s Murder

Jun 3, 2025

Communities in bandit-infested Kerio Valley in Kenya, where Fr. Allois Cheruiyot Bett was murdered have more that unites them than divides them, the Local Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret that serves the area has said.

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Catholic Journalists Have a Role in Shaping “the message of our time”: Media Council of Kenya CEO

Jun 3, 2025

Catholic media practitioners in Kenya have been challenged to actively contribute to shaping messages in today’s world, especially in the face of growing moral and social challenges.

Bishop Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi, Credit: ACI Africa

At WCD 2025 Celebrations in Nairobi, Catholic Bishop Urges “responsible” Media Engagement, Decries News Negativity

Jun 2, 2025

The Chairman of the Commission for Social Communications of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has underscored the need for Catholic journalists to engage the media responsibly, shunning the traditional media practice that fosters news negativity through a focus on misfortunes and tragedies.

Vatican Confirms Cardinal Otunga’s Sainthood Cause “not stagnated”, Renews Hope for First Kenyan-born Saint

Jun 2, 2025

Mons. Angelo Romano, a Vatican Relator at the Dicastery of the Causes of Saints, has renewed hope in the cause of Sainthood of the Servant of God Michael Maurice Cardinal Otunga, noting that the process that started some 15 years ago is “still alive”.

Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN). Credit: ACI Africa

Share Cardinal Otunga’s Legacy with Future Generations: Catholic Archbishop to Kenyans at Fundraising Dinner

Jun 1, 2025

Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) has urged the people of God in Kenya to keep alive the legacy of the Servant of God Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga in engagements and sharing that make known the virtues he exemplified, especially to younger generations.

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Realizing “integral development” in Spiritan Missions in Kenya Key Objective of Project Management Training: Facilitator

Jun 1, 2025

The Wednesday, May 28 project management and implementation workshop that targeted members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans/Holy Ghost Fathers/CSSp.) serving in the Province of Kenya and South Sudan aimed to equip the beneficiaries with strategies to realize “integral development” in their respective missions, the facilitator has said.

Long Serving Kenyan Priest Reminisces about Moments with Cardinal Otunga, His Parents’ Conversion to Catholicism

Jun 1, 2025

Fr. Joseph Mokaya’s formation into the Priesthood in the early ‘70s, and even many years of his apostolate were hinged on the guidance and generosity of the Servant of God Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga, then at the helm of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN).

“Stop tribalism”: Catholic Bishop in Kenya Appeals at Opening of Sisters’ Convent, Urges Unity in Diversity

May 30, 2025

Bishop Mark Kadima Wamukoya of the Catholic Diocese of Bungoma has urged Franciscan Sisters of St Joseph Asumbi (FSJ) to rise above tribal identities and dedicate themselves fully to the mission of Christ, fostering unity in diversity.  

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Catholic Bishops in Kenya Decry Murder of Two Priests, Demand Justice and Protection

May 29, 2025

Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) have condemned the brutal murders of Fr. James Maina Ndegwa and Fr. Allois Cheruiyot Bett which occurred days apart within May.

Ahead of WCD 2025, Archbishop in Kenya Urges Catholic Media Professionals to Promote Dialogue, Inspire Hope

May 29, 2025

Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde of Kenya’s Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa has urged Catholic media professionals in the East African nation to make use of the communication tools available to them to promote dialogue and inspire hope in the country.

Sr. Mary Killeen. Credit: ACI Africa/Mukuru Promotion Center

Long Serving Irish Catholic Sister in Kenya Cautions against Love for “high life” among Women Religious

May 28, 2025

For Sr. Mary Killeen, who will be clocking 50 years as a Catholic missionary in Kenya in January 2026, individualism and the desire for “high life” is the number one killer of vocations to Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL).

Troubled Kenyan Community Hopes Catholic Priest’s Gruesome Murder to End Decades of Violent Conflicts

May 26, 2025

The Kenyan Catholic Priest in one of the widely circulated pictures following his brutal murder is hunched over a small bucket that has complete ornamentation, ready for Holy Mass. There is a crucifix, sacramental wine, and everything else that makes the altar complete.

Credit: ACI Africa

Missionary Founders of First School in Kenyan Slum Reunite to Mark Four Decades of Transforming Lives

May 25, 2025

When Sr. Mary Killeen, then a young member of the Religious Sisters of Mercy (RSM) from Dublin, Ireland, and Fr. Manuel Gordejuala from Spain started Mukuru Informal Primary School on the fringes of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, they thought that they were addressing a short-term need. They came together to educate the hundreds of children, who wandered aimlessly in the expansive Mukuru slums that had no school.

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Kenyan Catholic Bishop Congratulates 15 Couples at Matrimony, Cautions against Misleading Teachings on Marriage

May 24, 2025

Bishop Cleophas Oseso Tuka of the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru has lauded 15 couples who received the Sacrament of Matrimony at a Parish in the Kenyan Episcopal See.

Pope Leo XIV and Robert Cardinal Sarah. Credit: Vatican Media/ACI Africa

Fact Check: Has Pope Leo XIV Appointed Guinean Vatican-based Cardinal Sarah His “Special Envoy”?

May 23, 2025

Is the May 19 YouTube post claiming that Pope Leo XIV has appointed Guinean-born  Robert Cardinal Sarah his Special Envoy to “a newly created position” of the Holy See, authentic? 

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Kenyan Catholic Diocese Pledges to Strengthen Pastoral Exchange Program with American Archdiocese

May 22, 2025

The Catholic Diocese of Kitui in Kenya has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening and deepening its pastoral exchange partnership with the American Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

Late Fr. John Maina Ndegwa

He Identified Himself as Catholic Priest “then breathed his last”: Kenyan Priest Debunks Media Reports on Late Colleague

May 20, 2025

The late Fr. John Maina Ndegwa was conscious and expressed himself verbally moments before he passed on at St. Joseph’s Mission Hospital, Elementaita, in the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru, ACI Africa has established.

Christians in Africa Must “resist” Attempts to Redefine Marriage, Devalue Human Sexuality: Kenyan Christian Professional

May 20, 2025

Followers of Jesus Christ in Africa need to make a deliberate decision to “resist” attempts to change the meaning of marriage and family institutions, the Chairman of the Kenya Christian Professionals Forum (KCPF) has said.