AMECEA Latest NEWS & EVENTS

The late Bishop Moses Hamungole who until his death on Wednesday, January 13, was the Local Ordinary of Zambia’s Monze Diocese, has been remembered as a Prelate who encouraged the use of digital technologies as media of proclaiming the word of God in the contemporary society. In his condolences message on behalf of the Church in the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa ...
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Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania Kassim Majaliwa has called on Tanzanians to honor the legacy of Late Bishop Anthony Banzi, whose pastoral services were marked by humility. He made the comments during the burial ceremony of Bishop Banzi who passed on 20th December, 2020 Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), in Dar es Salaam, where he was receiving treatment. The funeral service of t...
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The Malawi Government has directed that the remains of Archbishop Tarcizio Gervasio Ziyaye of the Archdiocese of Lilongwe be buried with military honours on Saturday, 19th December 2020 in the capital city Lilongwe. Archbishop Ziyaye who died early hours of Monday 13th December 2020 in the Republic of Namibia will be laid to rest inside Maula Parish per Canon Law. In a statement released on ...
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Archbishop Ignatius Chama has expressed gratitude to the Catholic Women Organization (CWO) in the Archdiocese of Kasama for, once again, supporting seminarians as they pursue their priestly studies despite 2020 being a difficult year due to Covid-19 related challenges. He has since implored all Catholic women in the Archdiocese not to relent in their work of supporting the education of seminari...
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Bishop Ambrogio Ravasi, Emeritus of Kenya’s Marsabit Diocese has died Friday, October 30, at 91- years- old at a Nairobi Hospital. The Secretary General of the Consolata Missionaries (IMC) announced the demise of Bishop Ravasi hours after his death. “On behalf of the Superior General, I’m sending you the communication about the demise of Msgr. Ambrogio Ravasi, a Consolata missionary and emer...
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The Holy Father on Tuesday, September 29, appointed Bishop Roberto Bergamaschi a member of the Congregation of Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) as the new Vicar Apostolic of Gambella Vicariate. The Vicariate Apostolic of Gambella has been under the leadership of Apostolic Administrator Fr. Tesfaye Petros Botachew after the death of Bishop Angelo Moreschi in Italy early this year on March 25. Speakin...
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Planning for the Holy Childhood Conference to be held virtually on a date to be set soon are at an advanced stage in the Archdiocese of Lilongwe. Fr. Francis Lekakeka is the Diocesan Coordinator for the Pontifical Missionary Society (PMS), which oversees the activities of the Holy Childhood in the Archdiocese who said so far they have attended two virtual meetings coordinated by Zambian PSM Nat...
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Catholic Bishops in Kenya have called on government to close all clinics and health units that are procuring abortions and administering contraceptives to minors and teenagers in the name of protecting them. In a joint statement read by the Chairman of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB), Most Rev. Philip Anyolo, on 29th August 2020 during the Episcopal Consecration of the new Bishop of...
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Pope Francis has given Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) 100,000 Euros. ZCCB Secretary General Father Cleophas Lungu has disclosed the development. Fr. Lungu said that money given is after the ZCCB president Rt. Rev. George Lungu appealed to the Holy Father through the Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia and Malawi to support people in Zambia that are lacking good nutrition and failing to have...
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The Pontifical Missionary Society (PMS) in Malawi has launched a three months preparation period for World Mission Sunday normally celebrated in October every year. Speaking at the launch of the Preparation in Lilongwe, PMS National Director Fr Vincent Mwakhwawa has urged the Christians to be instruments of missionary work to the ends of the world through acts of love. “It is my sincere hope...
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