Kenya

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Catholic bishops in Kenya are urging the government to shelve plans to close two refugee camps that host refugees who fled civil war and famine in Somalia and South Sudan.

Father John Kaiser championed the causes of the poor people of Kenya against powerful government forces, and was martyred for his convictions.

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“The people I met in Homa Bay were some of the kindest, generous, loving people I have ever met,” said first-time missioner Katy Lentz.

Thousands of Catholics have joined the Legio Maria sect in search of healing and supposed miracles.

“Mully,” a film about Kenyan-born Charles Mully, is an incredible story of his life about being abandoned at age 6 to encountering Christ at age 16 and later becoming a successful business man, but he to ditch it all and established a home to shelter kids who have been abandoned like he once had been.

Young people offer bishops a few pointers on what it’s like to be a young Catholic at a conference as they prepare for next year’s Synod of Bishops on youth and vocations in Rome.