He followed the late Cardinal Maurice Otunga, who was appointed by Pope Paul VI in 1973 and passed away in 2003. Kenya is now the only country in Eastern Africa that will not take part in electing ...

He followed the late Cardinal Maurice Otunga, who was appointed by Pope Paul VI in 1973 and passed away in 2003. The Pope with 'two left feet' who loved the 'beautiful game' Kenya is now the only ...

On Friday, May 9, 2025, at least 1,000 young learners aged between five and 14 years of age, together with their teachers, a few parents and several visitors, prayed and danced with joy at morning ...

“Let us continue praying for an extraordinary miracle for the cause of beatification and canonisation of the Servant of God Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga,” Sr. Esther Ichugu FMI, Secretary to the ...

In Kenya, where faith communities grapple with poverty, corruption and inter-religious tensions, Francis’s emphasis on social justice—echoing the spirit of Kenya’s own Cardinal Maurice Otunga. To ...

John Cardinal Njue, who was elevated to cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007, following Cardinal Maurice Otunga, is now 81 years old and therefore ineligible to vote. Cardinal Njue stepped down as ...

John Cardinal Njue, appointed cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007 after Cardinal Maurice Otunga, is now 81 years old and thus ineligible to participate in the voting. Cardinal Njue stepped down as ...

He was the country’s second cardinal after Maurice Cardinal Otunga, who died in 2003. Media sources say there are 135 cardinals eligible to vote – 108 of whom were appointed by Pope Francis. They will ...

The cardinal, a former papal chief of staff who had also led the church’s saint-making office, flew from his native Sardinia to Rome. He insisted on joining his fellow cardinals in pre-conclave ...

Over dinner, as one gluten-free cardinal picked over vegetables and others shrugged at the simple fare, they weighed their choices. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, 70, the Italian who ran the Vatican ...

A cardinal convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican said Tuesday he will not take part in the secret conclave to elect the new pope. Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, once one of the most ...