Zimbabwe: Anglican Church Saga - Kunonga Remains Defiant
The Herald (Harare)
Published by the government of Zimbabwe
3 March 2008
BISHOP Nolbert Kunonga has vowed not to revoke his decision to break away from the Church Province of the Central Africa or compromise with the rival group led by Retired Bishop Sebastian Bakare as that would mean betraying the fundamental principles of the Anglican faith.
Speaking at a meeting called by the Department of Public and Interactive Affairs in Harare last week, Bishop Kunonga said the withdrawal from the province was a synod decision.
He blamed the courts for causing the current skirmishes and violence in the church after allowing Bishop Bakare and his followers to use Anglican Church property.
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Kunonga Loses Ground
01 March 2008
HARARE
Ousted Harare Anglican Diocese bishop, Nolbert Kunonga has lost ground in his battle against Bishop Sebastian Bakare, and has also lost all moral authority among parishioners, senior clergyman in the embattled church said this week.
Kunonga - who as Bishop of Harare tried to use the pulpit to defend President Mugabe's insane policies - was dismissed by the Anglican synod of Central Africa after he attempted to withdraw the Diocese of Harare from the synod.
The synod, the Church’s supreme authority in the region, appointed retired Bishop Bakare as caretaker head of the Harare diocese, a move Kunonga is fiercely resisting.
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Kenya: Church Now Urges Local Leaders to Initiate Peace
Brian Adero And Stephen Makabila
The East African Standard (Nairobi)
2 March 2008
The Catholic Church wants grassroots leaders to be involved in efforts to find lasting peace.
Eldoret Diocese Catholic Bishop Cornelius Korir said for the purpose of lasting peace and co-existence, grassroots leaders should be involved in reconciling all communities.
He said a meeting of elders from all communities should be called.
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Kenya: Tortuous Road That Led to Power Deal
Athman Amran
The East African Standard (Nairobi)
2 March 2008
The path that led to the signing of the power sharing deal between President Mwai Kibaki and Mr Raila Odinga had many hurdles.
The two adversaries had their swords drawn even before last year's December 27 General Election. Emotions that would later burst open in violence and deaths when President Kibaki was declared winner had been whipped in earnest.
During the countdown to the General Election, there were ominous developments that pointed to the hard line stances that would be taken afterwards by both parties.
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Insurance company waiting for assessors’ reports to pay claims
The Nation (Kenya)
3/3/2008
British American Insurance has welcomed the power sharing deal between President Mwai Kibaki and ODM leader Raila Odinga, saying it was good news to the business community.
“The political deal is great news for the country because we can now focus on building our economy without fear that violence might recur,” said Mr Stephen Wandera Wandera, the managing director, during donation by Tumaini na Undugu Response team of foodstuffs to internally displaced people in Burnt Forest and Eldoret ASK Showground.
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Tumaini na Undugu is an initiative of the Anglican Church of Kenya, Presbyterian Church of East Africa and the Methodist Church in Kenya aided by companies including Equity Bank, British American Insurance and Housing Finance.
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Christians hold peace prayers
by BENSON AMADALA
The Nation (Kenya)
3/3/2008
Christians Sunday gathered in churches in Kakamega for special prayers for peace and reconciliation.
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Rev Moses Wesa of the Anglican Church of Kenya, Maseno North Diocese, said special prayers for peace would take place Monday in all the parishes.
“We organised prayers to help reunite families who were affected by the violence as part of the healing and reconciliation process targeting the communities,”said the cleric.
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The mammoth task of reconciliation
Tim Funk
Charlotte (NC) Observer
Mar. 01, 2008
John Rucyahana is an Anglican bishop in Rwanda who has taken a leading role in his country's reconciliation efforts following the 1994 genocide. He founded the Sonrise School to help some of Rwanda's 400,000 orphans. His diocese is the country's largest. His new book: "The Bishop of Rwanda: Finding Forgiveness Amidst a Pile of Bones."
Q. What message will you bring to Charlotte?
That reconciliation is the key to building communities and restoring the social fabric. And not just in Rwanda, where we had the genocide and the killings. Even in societies that are supposedly doing well, there are ill feelings between people, between institutions, that hinder progress. All these things need to be put right through reconciliation, through looking at things realistically and engaging.
It's all here ...but strangely, not a word about Bishop Rucyahana’s role in the formation of the breakaway Anglican Mission in America…
Bishop wants churches to sponsor pilgrimage to Israel
The Tide (Nigeria)
Mar 3, 2008
The Anglican Bishop of Katsina Diocese, the Rt. Rev Jonathan Bamaiyi, yesterday in Jerusalem called on Churches in Nigeria to support government efforts at sponsoring pilgrims to the holy land.
Bamaiyi told our correspondent that the clarion call had become necessary to lend a helping hand to government.
The federal, state and local governments subsidise pilgrimage for Christians each year, amounting to several millions of naira.
Pilgrims receive allowances ranging from $200 to $2,000 with other expenses taken care of, such as transportation, accommodation and feeding.
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Liberia: Episcopal Church New Bishop Challenged
The Inquirer (Monrovia)
3 March 2008
The consecration and enthronement ceremony of the twelfth Resident Bishop of the Episcopal Church of Liberia has taken place in Monrovia, with the Very Rev. Jonathan B.B. Hart taking over as the new Bishop.
Bishop Hart who ascended the position after winning the church's election, which was held recently, replaces Bishop Edward Neuville, who has been retired as the Resident Bishop of the church.
During the consecration ceremony, which was held yesterday at the Trinity Cathedral on Broad Street, the gavel of authority to run the church was officially turned over to Bishop Hart after a mandate from the Anglican Church of the Province of West Africa was read at the ceremony.
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