Despite security fears after massacre, bishop reports healthy Catholic community in Garissa, Kenya

May 07, 2015

The Catholic Herald profiles Bishop Joseph Alessandro, a native of Malta, who now serves as auxiliary bishop in the Garissa, Kenya diocese.

The Capuchin missionary reports that in Garissa—the site of a massacre of Christian university students last month—security is a constant concern for the Church. Nevertheless, he says, the Catholic community is vigorous; he baptized 28 children at the Easter vigil.

 

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Further information:

• The bishop who risks martyrdom every day (Catholic Herald)