During this year’s Annual National Prayer Day held on October 4 at the Subukia National Marian Shrine, the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) called on young people to remain firm in faith and moral integrity amid rising global ideologies.
In their collective message, read by Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba, the Bishops cautioned the youth against embracing practices that contradict “God’s design of human sexuality,” including homosexuality and what they termed “gender confusion.”
They encouraged the youth to “arise and tune in to God’s frequency of hope, faith, and charity,” while shunning cultural and religious prejudices.
“Some of these deviant lifestyles have painful consequences. The wounds they create might condition your life and even ruin it,” they warned, assuring those struggling of the Church’s “fatherly presence.”
Drawing from the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman, the Bishops emphasized transcending tribal and cultural divisions, fostering purity of heart, and living chastely as “a lifestyle that safeguards the sanctity of both marriage and celibate life.”
They also challenged the youth to resist corruption, promote peace, and seek help for mental health struggles, noting that “unemployment, broken relationships, and depression are moments where Christ meets young people in their pain and transforms their brokenness into hope.”
“Christ is alive and is in our midst. He is not a theory but life itself,” they affirmed, urging young people to become protagonists of change guided by faith, love, and integrity.
