School prayers - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 22 Sep 2016 10:23:40 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg School prayers - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 School prayers banned with Catholic Church support https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/09/23/school-prayers-banned/ Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:51:57 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=87320 School prayers are banned in Kenya. The Catholic Church supports Kenyan Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i's ban on school prayer days in the third term. The ban is because of cheating in exams. Nyeri Archbishop Peter Kairu said schools do not need to hold such days: God answers individual prayers. "The love for money has Read more

School prayers banned with Catholic Church support... Read more]]> School prayers are banned in Kenya.

The Catholic Church supports Kenyan Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i's ban on school prayer days in the third term.

The ban is because of cheating in exams.

Nyeri Archbishop Peter Kairu said schools do not need to hold such days: God answers individual prayers.

"The love for money has ruined many people's heads and that is why there has been resistance to measures to curb cheating. Read more

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