kenya Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/tag/kenya/ England and Wales Fri, 24 Oct 2025 13:47:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png kenya Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/tag/kenya/ 32 32 174395915 World Mission Sunday https://www.cbcew.org.uk/world-mission-sunday/ Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:53:05 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=58290 World Mission Sunday is observed annually on the second to last Sunday of October, and this year it falls on 19 October. It is a day when Catholics around the world come together in prayer, solidarity, and support for the Church’s mission work. For World Mission Day in the Jubilee Year 2025, the central message […]

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]]> 58290 “I’ve been in a hundred slums throughout the world” – Father Chantry describes his missionary life  https://www.cbcew.org.uk/fr-chantry-describes-his-missionary-life/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/fr-chantry-describes-his-missionary-life/#respond Fri, 20 Oct 2023 11:27:39 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=81194 Father Anthony Chantry, the National Director of Missio in the UK, the Pope’s official charity for world mission, has explained his life as a missionary, also giving some valuable insight into what Africa’s biggest slum, in Kibera, Kenya, is like.  Speaking to the bishops’ conference in a podcast, Father Chantry said: “I’ve been in a […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/fr-chantry-describes-his-missionary-life/feed/ 0 81194 Food is scarce, but faith is strong in northern Kenya as the Church leads the fightback after deadly drought https://www.cbcew.org.uk/food-is-scarce-but-faith-is-strong-in-northern-kenya-as-the-church-leads-the-fightback-after-deadly-drought/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/food-is-scarce-but-faith-is-strong-in-northern-kenya-as-the-church-leads-the-fightback-after-deadly-drought/#respond Fri, 02 Jun 2023 14:51:17 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=76190 Finally in April, after five long, devastating seasons without rain, water fell from the skies onto the dusty, baked earth of northern Kenya. Anyone breathing a sigh of relief, ready to turn away from the drought and food crisis in East Africa, should not be so hasty. The word to keep at the front of […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/food-is-scarce-but-faith-is-strong-in-northern-kenya-as-the-church-leads-the-fightback-after-deadly-drought/feed/ 0 76190 Millions facing starvation in East Africa https://www.cbcew.org.uk/millions-facing-starvation-in-east-africa/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/millions-facing-starvation-in-east-africa/#respond Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:55:48 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=66321 CAFOD, the Church’s overseas aid and development charity, warns that up to 20 million people are fighting for their lives in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan. This is down to the spiralling cost of food and the fact that the region is facing the worst drought in 40 years. The Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya, the […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/millions-facing-starvation-in-east-africa/feed/ 0 66321 Priest serving in London parish appointed bishop in Kenya https://www.cbcew.org.uk/priest-serving-in-london-parish-appointed-bishop-in-kenya/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/priest-serving-in-london-parish-appointed-bishop-in-kenya/#respond Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:26:19 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=63907 Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor John Mbinda C.S.Sp. as Bishop of the Diocese of Lodwar in Kenya. Monsignor Mbinda, former Provincial Superior of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit in Kenya and South Sudan, has been serving as an assistant priest at Our Lady of Grace and St Edward in Chiswick, west London. Prior to […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/priest-serving-in-london-parish-appointed-bishop-in-kenya/feed/ 0 63907 Cardinal: Abuse survivors must be central to any safeguarding policy and programme https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-abuse-survivors-must-be-central-to-any-safeguarding-policy-and-programme/ Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:00:00 +0000 https://cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-abuse-survivors-must-be-central-to-any-safeguarding-policy-and-programme/ Safeguarding Conference

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]]> 35439 Bishops’ Conference sends message of prayerful support to Bishops of East Africa https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishops-conference-sends-message-of-prayerful-support-to-bishops-of-east-africa/ Mon, 14 Jul 2014 09:51:00 +0000 https://cbcew.org.uk/bishops-conference-sends-message-of-prayerful-support-to-bishops-of-east-africa/ East Africa

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]]> 34686 CAFOD’s Pope Paul VI Lecture: A Billion Reasons to Believe in Africa https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cafods-pope-paul-vi-lecture-a-billion-reasons-to-believe-in-africa/ Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:31:00 +0000 https://cbcew.org.uk/cafods-pope-paul-vi-lecture-a-billion-reasons-to-believe-in-africa/ Paul VI Lecture

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