Catholic Church in Kenya

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Sister Anselimina Karimi was found dead on Oct. 12, 2025, in the Meru Diocese in Kenya.

Religious sister in Kenya detained as probe into colleague’s death continues

Oct 16, 2025

A judge in Kenya has ordered the continued detention of a Catholic religious sister accused of involvement in the death... Read more

Chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba, has announced that bottles containing altar wine must bear the official coat of arms of the bishops, as well as an official signature, to certify their authenticity.

Altar wine for Mass in Kenya now required to bear Catholic bishops’ ‘coat of arms’

Oct 12, 2025

By Nicholas Waigwa

The Catholic faithful have welcomed the news as many believe the wine previously used “had lost its sanctity due to... Read more

Bishop John Kiplimo Lelei, who has been serving as an uuxiliary bishop of the Eldoret Diocese in Kenya, has been appointed the first bishop of the new Kapsabet Diocese.

New diocese erected in Kenya, pope appoints its first bishop

Jul 11, 2025

By Silas Isenjia

Pope Leo XIV has erected a new Catholic diocese in Kenya — the Diocese of Kapsabet — and appointed Bishop... Read more

Archbishop Philip Anyolo of the Nairobi Archdiocese in Kenya.

Nairobi archbishop declines Kenyan president’s donations to Catholic parish

Nov 20, 2024

By Agnes Aineah

Archbishop Philip Anyolo Subira has declined the equivalent of $38,500 that Kenyan President William Samoei Ruto offered to a parish... Read more

Members of St. Monica Widows Group pray during Mass at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Ojolla Parish in the Archdiocese of Kisumu in Kenya.

Widows group in Kenya rescues Catholic women from polygamy, ‘wife inheritance’

Oct 7, 2024

By Agnes Aineah

St. Monica Widows Group was started in 1984 in the areas served by the Archdiocese of Kisumu in Kenya to... Read more

Cardinal Peter Turkson delivers the inaugural lecture at the opening of the 2024/2025 academic year of the Nairobi-based Hekima University College (HUC) on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024.

Cardinal Turkson explores evolution of power in Church, society in Kenya college lecture

Aug 23, 2024

By Jude Atemanke, João Vissesse

Ghanaian-born Cardinal Peter Turkson gave a lecture to open the new school year at the Nairobi, Kenya-based Hekima University College. Read more

The Archdiocese of Kisumu has formed a group called “St. Monica Widows” for women who have lost their husbands “because the other option is they are inherited” by a male relative of the deceased husband, Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba said.

St. Monica Widows: a Catholic apostolate to reduce polygamy in Kenya

Jul 7, 2024

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba of Kisumu in Kenya discussed the project with EWTN News correspondent Colm Flynn on “EWTN News... Read more