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The government and all relevant actors should ensure a democratic atmosphere prevails for free and fair elections this year, the Catholic bishops said. (AllAfrica)

A group of Muslim clerics in central Somalia were briefly arrested and later released by Ethiopian soldiers deployed to help restore order in the chaotic Horn of Africa country, our central regions correspondent reported. (AllAfrica)

Africa has been the fastest growing market worldwide in communication technology over the past three years, according to the head of the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU). (AllAfrica)

A Catholic bishop has called for the speeding up of efforts to solve the political crisis in Zanzibar to reduce the pressure for secession by some elders in neighbouring Pemba Island. (AllAfrica)

Bishop Philip Anyolo of Homa Bay Diocese has been named the new apostolic administrator for Nakuru Diocese, following the elevation and transfer of Archbishop Peter Kairo to Nyeri. (AllAfrica)

President Mwai Kibaki on Monday launched a multimillion-dollar fund for resettlement of displaced persons, to be chaired by the retired Catholic Archbishop of Nairobi, Raphael Ndingi Mwana a' Nzeki. (AllAfrica)

A run-off presidential election will not be possible without an immediate end to intimidation, violence and torture and deployment of reliable international election observers, the Catholic Church in the region said. (AllAfrica)

Authorities of the Sierra Leone Muslim Brotherhood (SLMB) mission have completed the rehabilitation of their storm damaged lower primary school building at Nikkibu section in Bo. (AllAfrica)

THE Central Archdiocesan Caritas Women's Association, an umbrella organisation to promote the socio-economic empowerment of Christian women, has been launched in Namugongo Martyrs' Shrine. (AllAfrica)

The Anglican church has called on leaders at all levels to be accountable for their actions while in office. (AllAfrica)

As children of God most Rwandans have lost their innocence, thanks largely to the actions of the self proclaimed representatives of Christ's message on earth. (AllAfrica)

State sponsored violence against members of the Anglican Church reached new levels over the weekend as police in different parts of Harare gatecrashed church services and beat up parishioners loyal to new bishop Sebastian Bakare. (AllAfrica)

The Presidential Religious Working Group and President Thabo Mbeki have noted with concern the current violence in Zimbabwe. (AllAfrica)

PURGATORY is defined by The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) as "purification after death, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven". (AllAfrica)

Besides boosting the opposition side in the House by one seat, the recent victory of acting Democratic Party (DP) Secretary General Dr. Phillip Michael Lulume Bayiga in the Buikwe South by-election has raised a lot of excitement among certain big people in the Catholic Church, who have been mourning the loss of their party to the Anglican Church. The current party president, John Ssebaana Kizito, is a Protestant. (AllAfrica)

THE Police are looking for Pastor William Muwanguzi of the Holy Fire Ministries in Namulanda, a church on Entebbe Road (AllAfrica)

On Ash Wednesday, Christians begin the annual celebration of the paschal mystery which reaches its peak on the feast of Pentecost. (AllAfrica)

The adage "when the going gets tough, the tough keep going" could probably not ring a bell to a deacon of the Ilboru Evangelical Lutheran Church who on May 2 reportedly committed suicide leaving a message saying, "enough is enough". (AllAfrica)

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has met the committee organising the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC). (AllAfrica)

A CHOIR member once quit the team and stopped going to church. When her pastor stumbled upon her and asked her why she quit, she said: "To be safe from gossip, I now follow the church's programme on Lighthouse Television." (AllAfrica)

A gathering of political leaders from all over the country for the burial of the mother of Ogun State governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel in Omu- Ijebu yesterday provided an opportunity for the officiating clergy, Most Revd. Ayo Ladigbolu, Bishop of the Methodist Church of Nigeria to warn leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which controls the federal government and 27 state governments. (AllAfrica)

Like many Rwandans - upwards of sixty per cent before the 1994 genocide - I was brought up Catholic. As a child I looked forward to going to mass. Going to Church was like an outing for the entire family. (AllAfrica)

The Catholic Church yesterday called for the speeding up of efforts to solve the political crisis in Zanzibar as a means to stem the increasing secession talk by some Pemba elders. (AllAfrica)

A section of senior church leaders from central Kenya wants the government to sit down for talks with Mungiki, a banned ultra-traditionalist tribal sect dreaded for bizarre murders, extortion and a campaign to impose circumcision and a strict dress code on women. (AllAfrica)

A group of Christian religious leaders, including John Cardinal Njue, on Thursday told the government to hold talks with the outlawed Mungiki sect. (AllAfrica)

Should the Church tell people how to vote? Or leave it to the individual conscience? Even the wrongly informed conscience, misled by a sustained campaign of false propaganda and lies as in Zimbabwe? Put plainly: Is the dictator and his party still a genuine option for a Christian? (AllAfrica)

The 35th Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) will be held here between June 18-20, attended by foreign ministers and businesspeople from Muslim countries. (AllAfrica)

Formal and informal polygamy remains widespread in Kenya, according to a recent survey, but Catholic lay leaders said sacramental marriage was still intact in the mostly Christian nation. (AllAfrica)

Some 3,000 people attended the closure of the National Eucharistic Congress with Cardinal Ivan Dias, Special Envoy of the Holy Father, who later proceeded to Djibouti. (AllAfrica)

Two Catholic sisters were among 15 people who died when a bus and a truck collided on Friday morning. (AllAfrica)

The Church of Uganda House of Bishops has appointed the Rev. Can. Samuel Kaziimba bishop of Mityana Diocese, while the Rev. canon Patrick Gidudu is for Mbale. (AllAfrica)

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