AMECEA Latest NEWS & EVENTS

Mwenya Mukuka Inspired by the third universal apostolic preference of the Jesuits, the Covid-19 response by the Society of Jesus in Zambia, has helped over 3,800 families in Lusaka at a cost of USD $72,642.84/= over the last year. More than 30 parishes and institutions in Lusaka were the beneficiaries of such food parcels. This is according to a statement issued by Fr Matthew Charlesworth, SJ, ...
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Pope Francis has appointed Reverend Father Peter Adrian Chifukwa as the new Bishop for Dedza Diocese. According to the announcement which was made on Saturday May 8, 2021 at Vatican City in Italy, Rev Fr. Chifukwa’s  appointment comes after the death of Bishop Emmanuel Kanyama on February 18, 2018. The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) announced the news through a press release issued by the ...
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The Catholic Diocese of Mansa has lost one of its senior priests to death, Father Roch Mwansa,73, who succumbed in the early hours of 20th April, 2021 at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka. Announcing the death of Fr Mwansa, the bishop of Mansa Diocese Rt. Rev. Patrick Chisanga Ofm Conv. said the late priest was evacuated to Lusaka from Mansa on April 14, 2021, following cardiac c...
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At farewell Mass for Most Rev. Paulino Lukudu Loro on Monday, April 12, the Archbishop-emeritus of Juba Archdiocese who died Monday, April 5, has been remembered as a prelate who dedicated his service to God and His people of God and untiringly worked for peace and reconciliation in South Sudan. Reading the eulogy of the late Archbishop, the Auxiliary Bishop of Juba Rt. Rev. Santo Loku Pio high...
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Episcopal ordination of Bishop-elect for Rumbek Diocese Monsignor Christian Carlassare has been slated for next month Sunday, May 23. “Consecration of the new Bishop will be in Rumbek on May 23rd, 2021, on the Solemnity of Pentecost,” reads an excerpt of the statement signed by the Secretary General of Sudan and South Sudan Bishops’ Conference (SSSBC) Fr. Peter Suleiman Botis and addressed to Chu...
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On Easter Sunday as Christians marked the resurrection of Jesus Christ, a South Sudanese Prelate has urged Christians that this Easter season may be a moment to rekindle hope among the people of God in the Church. In a statement addressed to priests, Religious and lay faithful of Wau diocese in South Sudan, Bishop Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku highlighted that, “Easter is the feast of hope for tho...
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The Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), an institute founded by the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) is mourning the first Vice Chancellor of the University Monsignor Dr. Deogratius Hukumu Mbiku who died on Easter Sunday, April 4, while undergoing treatment at Cardinal Rugambwa Hospital in Dar-es-Salam, Tanzania. Addressing Archbishop Jude Thadae...
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The Catholic Church of Uganda is mourning Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of Kampala Archdiocese who was found dead in the morning of Saturday, April 3, a day after he joined the Uganda Joint Christian Council to commemorate the Way of the Cross. “The Archbishop was found dead in his room this morning,” the Chancellor of Kampala Archdiocese, Fr. Pius Male Ssentumbwe said in a statement announc...
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On Saturday, February 6, 2021, the Vicariate of Hosanna  celebrated the blessing of St. Joseph Catholic Cathedral with a Holy Mass and magnificent ceremony. The ceremony was honoured by the attendance of Cardinal Berhaneyeus Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop, H.E. Antoine Camilleri Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia and Djibouti, bishops from different dioceses, priests, sisters, parishioners, zonal, Wor...
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