Search results

As climate change induced floods terrorize communities in East Africa, clerics and officials here fear that nature was hitting back.

Floods have struck Kenya and Tanzania, leaving behind a trail of death, destruction, and displacement. Floods are most intense in some of the same areas previously struck by a lengthy drought described by the UN as the worst in four decades.

At the Orthodox Patriarchal Cathedral of St Anargyroi Church in Nairobi, Christians joined for ecumenical services to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the annual event celebrated from 18-25 January.

After fighting battles against severe droughts, Kenyan churches are preparing their communities for extreme rainfall, as weather experts warn of a possible El-Nino phenomenon from October-December.

En medio de una avalancha mundial de homenajes y condolencias, se celebraron la vida de la canóniga Dra. Agnes Regina Murei Abuom, su valiente testimonio cristiano y su labor como pacificadora y firme ecumenista.

Amidst a global outpouring, tributes and condolences at a memorial service, Canon Dr Agnes Regina Murei Abuom was celebrated as bold Christian, peacemaker, and resolute ecumenist.

At an Anglican Church in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, rhymes, children’s songs, and noises in a school are constant reminder of Dr Agnes Regina Murei Abuom, the global ecumenist and peacemaker who died on 31 May at age 73.

Agnes Abuom, querida dirigente ecuménica e infatigable pacificadora, ha fallecido a los setenta y tres años, en su Kenia natal, tras una breve enfermedad.

Beloved ecumenical leader and indefatigable peacemaker Dr Agnes Abuom has died at the age of 73 in her native Kenya, following a short illness.

Del 17 al 21 de abril se celebró en Nairobi un seminario de capacitación centrado en el liderazgo, la diaconía y el desarrollo de las iglesias en África. 

A capacity building seminar held in Nairobi on 17-21 April focused on leadership, diakonia, and development for churches in Africa.

After persistently calling for dialogue to end violent anti-government protests, Kenyan religious leaders are welcoming President William Samoei Ruto and opposition leader Raila Amollo Odinga consultations, during which the two have agreed to tackle critical issues troubling the east African nation.