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Kenyan faith leaders urge calm after court indicts politicians

Kenyan faith leaders urge calm after court indicts politicians

Nairobi, Kenya, 23 January (ENInews) Faith leaders in Kenya called for calm after the International Criminal Court in The Hague committed to trial high-ranking politicians for crimes against humanity in connection with violence following elections in 2007.

25 January 2012

Archbishops Visit to Bor Town, Jonglei State

Archbishops Visit to Bor Town, Jonglei State

Archbishop Daniel Deng along with a provincial support team travelled to Bor in order to meet with the newly-formed Inter-Church Committee for Peace, Mediation and Reconciliation.

25 January 2012

Be humble, Anglican cleric tells leaders

Be humble, Anglican cleric tells leaders

An Anglican cleric, Ven Ugochukwu Ekeada of the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Egbu in Owerri North Local Government of Imo State, has challenged leaders at all levels, to humble themselves in their services to the nation and mankind. 

19 January 2012

Persecution Increased Most in Sudan, Nigeria, Report Says

Persecution Increased Most in Sudan, Nigeria, Report Says

Open Doors’ 2012 World Watch List ranks countries where Christians suffered in 2011.

19 January 2012

South Sudan, agencies aid victims of inter-ethnic fighting

South Sudan, agencies aid victims of inter-ethnic fighting

17 January (ENI news). Christian humanitarian agencies are delivering relief aid to thousands of people displaced in inter-tribal conflict in South Sudan, the world's newest nation.

18 January 2012

Archbishop of Cape Town's Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury - 'A Necessary Covenant'

Archbishop of Cape Town's Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury - 'A Necessary Covenant'

The Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Dr Thabo Makgoba, has written to the Archbishop of Canterbury in response to his Advent Letter to the Primates of the Anglican Communion and Moderators of the United Churches. In his letter, Dr Makgoba reflects on the Anglican Covenant as ‘necessary’ for Anglicans ‘in recalling us to ourselves’.

10 January 2012

Archbishop Orombi calls for the election of next Archbishop

Archbishop Orombi calls for the election of next Archbishop

Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi has called for the election of the next Archbishop of the Church of Uganda. The announcement came during a regularly scheduled meeting of the House of Bishops on Saturday, 7th January, in Mbarara.

08 January 2012

Abp Makgoba on climate change summit: "Leaders must hear those who are suffering"

Abp Makgoba on climate change summit: "Leaders must hear those who are suffering"

Capetown, South Africa—Archbishop of Capetown and Primate of Southern Africa, Dr Thabo Makgoba, has said that he had hoped “much greater progress would have been made at COP 17 - the recent UN climate change conference in Durban.

04 January 2012

Southern Africa Primate tells President Mugabe: "Stop police persecuting the church".

Southern Africa Primate tells President Mugabe: "Stop police persecuting the church".

The Most Revd Dr. Thabo Makgoba, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town and Primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, today called on President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe to put an end to police persecution of the church there. He was reacting to the action of police in stopping the annual prayer retreat of clergy from the Diocese of Harare.

04 January 2012

Anglican Bishop wants Amosun government to have human face

Anglican Bishop wants Amosun government to have human face

The Bishop of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Egba Diocese, Revd. Emmanuel Adekunle has urged the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun to allow his administration has human face.

03 January 2012