Popular Kenyan priest, suspended for rapping, hasn’t missed a beat with youth
RNS The sun shone brightly on a recent Sunday morning over St Monica Catholic Church in Rapogi, a village in western Kenya. The house of worship was packed wall to wall. The choir’s singing filled the nave. Everyone waited for their favorite priest to show up. Soon, Rev Paul Ogalo appeared in the pulpit dressed in flowing […]
Kenyan court orders Catholic bishops to pay Muslim restaurant owner $US125,000
RNS The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops has been ordered to pay a Somali Muslim restaurant owner 13 million Kenyan shillings ($US125,000) for breach of contract and discrimination along ethnic and religious lines. The High Court in Nairobi ruled that the church owes the Al-Yusra Restaurant Ltd compensation for evicting it from Waumini House, where […]
Catholic bishops appeal to striking Kenyan doctors
Agenzia Fides Catholic bishops in Kenya have for a second time appealed to the striking doctors in the country to resume essential medical duties especially regarding patients in danger of life and those who need urgent care. The medical staff working in public health facilities been on strike since 5th December. The protest is causing […]