The public has responded generously to a heartfelt appeal by a Maltese bishop to help thousands of Kenyans struggling in a famine-stricken region. Over Lm30,000 has been donated to the local Capuchin ...

Nairobi — On August 6, 2003, the Institute of the Capuchin Sisters of Mother Rubatto began a whole year of celebration, reflection and renewal in the spirit, to commemorate the first 100 years since ...

Recently, a great friend of mine, Fr Joe Alessandro, was nominated Coadjutor Bishop of Garissa, Kenya, where the Maltese Capuchins have been running a mission for some time. I have, in the past, ...

The Vatican announced yesterday that Pope Benedict XVI has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Malindi in Kenya Fr Emmanuel Barbara, provincial of the Capuchins in Malta and president of the ...

Nairobi — In a celebration that brings together all Franciscan institutes in Kenya, the Capuchin Sisters of Mother Rubatto are this month scheduled to mark a hundred years since their founder died.