The chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops -Catholic Justice and Peace Department (KCCB-CJPD) in a statement released at the commencement of the CJPD Annual Consultative Meeting in Mombasa on November 21, decried how corruption is deeply rooted in Kenya’s political system.
The Kenya Council of Governors (CoG) has expressed willingness to collaborate with Mother Earth Network on environmental conservation and management, and information sharing in addressing the effects of climate change in the 47 counties in the country.
While calling for respect and recognition of the traditional African religious beliefs and practices, adding that not all religious beliefs were demonic, Most Rev Nicodème Barrigah-Benissan, the Archbishop of Lomé has described the push by some Pan-Africanists for a return to the practice of the African traditional religion as a reaction against the demonization of the ancestral cultures by westerners.“Indeed, carried by the mentality of their time and their ignorance of our cultures, many missionaries thought that all our rites and traditions were diabolical. It was therefore necessary to renounce it before being baptized. We must recognize it and humbly ask for forgiveness,” he said.
While appreciating the goodwill of the government to restructure the economy to create an enabling environment for the development of the country, Catholic Bishops in Zambia are calling on the state to review mining concessions and tax holidays given to multinational corporations.
In a Keynote address at the opening of the 2023 plenary assembly in Sunyani, Most Rev Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, has disclosed plans to set up a research department that will help find data-based solutions to the declining number of Catholics in the country.