Nairobi — President William Ruto has mourned Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as a towering theologian and a steadfast servant of the church. In his message of comfort, the Head of State stated that his death marks the end of a truly great life. “As a quiet and gentle leader, the late Pope Benedict XVI astutely […]
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For many Ghanaian Christians, listening to their pastors make predictions during the new year’s services has become an annual ritual. Ghana’s police want to stop proclamations that create fear and panic among the public. Emmanuel Donkor, a corporate worker in Ghana’s capital, Accra, is always looking forward to the last day of the year to […]
Benedict XVI leaves behind a complex legacy as a Pope and theologian. To many observers, Benedict was known for criticizing what he saw as the modern world’s rejection of God and Christianity’s timeless truths. But as a scholar of the diversity of global Catholicism, I think it’s best to avoid simple characterizations of Benedict’s theology, […]
“I entered the water, and it washed me. That was how I got myself back.” On a cloudy Saturday afternoon in mid-September, 2022, Patrick Ogbonna, a resident of the Awhum community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, wore a smiling face, as he emerged from the famous Awhum water cave in the community, […]
IN SHORT: Religion plays a major role in Nigerian politics. But a claim that the governing APC party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 elections railed against a “same faith” ticket in 2015, and then in 2022 turned around and chose such a ticket, is an embellishment on what he actually said. A screenshot doing the […]
The Ghana Police Service has said the ban on alarmist New Year prophecies is still in place. The Ghana police spokesperson Grace Ansah-Akrofi in a statement yesterday said those found culpable will be punished. Recall that the Police banned what it described as “misleading” new year prophecies in churches, maintaining that they can cause panic […]
Nairobi — The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM) has defended remarks byDefence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale who said those running public institutions must allow Muslim women and girls to wear hijabs or “find another country.” Reacting to a news report published by The Nation on Tuesday, SUPKEM accused a news reporter from the media […]
The Catholic Church in Ghana has petitioned the government to re-consider returning ownership of the Church’s development projects which are solely financed by its donors in the country. The Church has also pleaded with the government to intervene in the ‘exorbitant’ annual payments of resident permits by its missionaries who had come into the country […]
Hwange — A Nigerian pastor has been arrested at Victoria Falls International Airport after being found in possession of over 2,33kg cocaine stuffed in hats and jackets, with a street value of $126 752 000. Desmond Onyii Onuoha (46) is of Number 22 Samuel Eknola Street, Lagos in Nigeria. He appeared before regional magistrate, Mr […]
If the media, popular entertainment, and retail habits are taken as indicators then the celebration of Christmas is no longer just the reserve of Christians. This has some consequences for the religious and non-religious alike. In popular culture and the media, Christmas is portrayed as a time of happiness, togetherness, generosity, and peace. In the […]
An Amnesty International report published on Monday found that many children in Senegal’s Koranic schools continue to face multiple abuses as well as financial exploitation through forced begging. The human rights organisation is calling on the government to enforce existing conventions to better protect children. In the Muslim-majority nation where religious leaders wield wide social […]
“Women are told to pray and fast, but men are not told to stop beating their wives” Church leaders should take a stand against domestic violence instead of covering up for violent husbands, speakers said at a workshop in Cape Town at the weekend. The workshop, held by Africa Unite Tusimame Wanawake women’s movement, was […]
Cape Town — No News Is Good News as Eskom Mum on Duration of Stage 6 Load Shedding As the new week begins, Eskom is unclear on how long the current stage five power cuts will continue. Last week saw the rolling blackouts escalated to stage six, the highest stage the country’s seen since […]
Lagos — Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto and other religious leaders, yesterday, expressed worry over the polarisation of the country’s along primodial lines such as religion and ethnicity. The religious leaders spoke differently as guests at the Society of African Mission’s, SMA, 166th anniversary thanksgiving in Lagos. They said that […]
The Gambia held its first ever Africa intra-religious conference that attracted guests from 54 different African countries, including religious leaders, government officials and political actors to discuss peace and tolerance. The conference organised by Muslim World League dubbed ‘African Ulamas and Religious Affairs Ministers’, was held at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara Conference Centre in […]
Following a Supreme Court decision of the 17th of June, 2022, which approved the use of Hijab head cover for Muslim girls in schools, the Lagos Government yesterday authorised the immediate implementation of the policy in all schools in the state. The government in a circular No 068 signed by the Head of Service, Mr. […]
Cape Town — Disaster Strikes Baptism at Jukskei River as 15 Church Members Drown Fifteen members of the Baptist Church were swept away after a flash flood in the Jukskei River in Bramley on Saturday afternoon. The City of Johannesburg’s emergency management has confirmed that a total of nine bodies were recovered of 15 […]
Pope Francis I has rescheduled his long-delayed trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan for 31 January to 5 February 2023 – cutting out a stop over in the troubled eastern DRC, but fulfilling a long-held wish to accompany other Christian leaders to South Sudan. On Thursday, the Vatican published the itinerary […]