Kenya Archives

Polish doctors establish medical mission to Africa

Church in Africa
Aug 19, 2019

Every summer, dozens of physicians from Poland spend their vacation treating under-served patients in Africa. Dr. Bartek Guzik, a full-time cardiologist in one of the busiest hospitals in Poland, is one of them.

Kenya wind farm welcomed, but indigenous wonder who benefits most

Catholic News Service, Church in Africa
Aug 13, 2019

As turbines turn on Africa’s largest wind farm on the shores of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, Catholic leaders welcomed the project as good for the environment and important for human development.

Science project sparked Colorado girl’s water project for town in Kenya

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Aug 11, 2019

In 2014, a science project sparked the compassion of a 10-year-old girl from Colorado. So, she set out on a walk that would change the lives of an entire town of people in Kenya.

African youth challenged to do more to fight climate change

Church in Africa
Jul 20, 2019

An international conference in Nairobi on Laudato Si’ – the 2015 environmental encyclical by Pope Francis — ended on Wednesday with young people of different faiths being challenged to take concrete action against the degradation of humanity’s “common home.”

Vietnam’s healing Masses showcase tension between charisma, authority

Church in Asia
Jun 17, 2019

Vietnam’s bishops have warned that popular religious and magical practices can cause “anxiety to the faithful and disorder in faith communities,” and insisted that Church discipline and norms on the liturgy must be obeyed.

Bishops from Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia call for disarmament of herders

Catholic News Service, Church in Africa
May 23, 2019

Catholic leaders in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia are calling for coordinated and peaceful disarmament in a common border region, where an estimated 8 million illegal small and light weapons can be found among the herder communities.