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At the last stop before Hell, Matthew 25 is a mission statement
- Dec 12, 2017
When Bishop Dominic Kimengich was appointed auxiliary bishop of Lodwar in 2010, the bishop who had ordained him a priest asked him the equivalent of “what did you do to get sent there?”

By Inés San Martín
A week in Kenya issues challenge to American takes on the Church
- Dec 10, 2017
The developing world debunks American stereotypes about most everything, including the Catholic Church. Kenya this week offered proof of the point on the categories of left v. right, women, and how big help can come in small gestures.

By John L. Allen Jr.
An Immaculate Conception for the ages unfolds under Kenyan acacia tree
- Dec 9, 2017
Reporters covering the Church go to a lot of Masses, but even by that standard, an Immaculate Conception celebration under an acacia tree in Turkana, Kenya, one of the hottest, poorest, and most abandoned places on earth, was something special.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Contrast between Kenya and Kalamazoo teaches key lesson in global church
- Dec 8, 2017
As random as it may seem, the dioceses of Lodwar in Kenya and Kalamazoo in southern Michigan have a very tight bond. The contrasts between what it means to do mission in both places offers an important lesson in the realities of the global church.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Elephant rows in Kenya prove if all politics is local, so’s mission
- Dec 8, 2017
Westerners sometimes assume that their issues are those of the entire world, and Kenya offers a terrific wake-up call. For instance, the Church here has to be concerned with “human/wildlife conflict,” such as the perils of wandering elephants that sometimes pose risks to small farmers who depend on crops they don’t want damaged by peripatetic pachyderms.

By Inés San Martín
For new Catholic radio in Kenya, ‘evangelization’ covers a lot of ground
- Dec 7, 2017
A new Catholic radio station in Mombasa, Kenya, often a hot-spot for Muslim/Christian conflict, has an expansive understanding of “evangelization.” Its audacious aim is nothing less than changing the world, or at least their piece of it.

By John L. Allen Jr.
Kenyan city’s shepherd says it proves Christian/Muslim battles aren’t inevitable
- Dec 6, 2017
Although the deck often seems stacked in favor of Muslim/Christian animosity, Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde of Mombasa, Kenya, says his city’s experience in the wake of a horrific 2015 attack by Islamic militants on a local university shows it doesn’t have to be that way.

By John L. Allen Jr.
If singing is praying twice, these Kenya kids set new prayer records on Tuesday
- Dec 6, 2017
On Tuesday afternoon, my Crux colleague John L. Allen, Jr. and I paid a visit to St. Martin Catholic Church, where 150 children put up a wildly raucous, enthusiastic and upbeat welcome for two strangers they’ll probably never see again in their lives.

By Inés San Martín