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August 2013 Vol 25, No. 8 Issue 259 Ksh. 100.00
CONTENTS
5 EDITORIAL 6 THIS MONTH’S DEBATE 6 MAILBOX 8 WHEN THE SOLDIER BISHOP RETIRES
FALL OUT: The Soldier Bishop Exits
Also Inside
The Pope in Brazil Bleak future for Kenya on teenage Pregnancies
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Embracing Technology to bring you Good News
12 WHY TEENAGE PREGNANCY SETS A BLEAK FUTURE FOR KENYA 16 POPE WRITES HIS FIRST ENCYCLICAL 18 WHAT IS THE WORLD YOUTH DAY CROSS 22 THE HOPE OF A REFUGEE IN KENYA 20 ONE-ON-ONE WITH CARDINAL ANTONIO LUIS TAGLE On being named ‘Papabili’ in the 2013 conclave 26 YOUTH ALIVE The Senate experience 40 IN THIS YEAR OF FAITH Paul turns from a persecutor to an evengelizer 46 POPE’S MISSIONARY INTENTION 48 SERENDIPITY Would you banish Soap Operas from your living room 50 DEVOLUTION WATCH Why counties have to fix poverty and unemployment 52 THE AMERICAN DREAM Fond memories of home, why I feel fat and lazy in America 53 FAITH SEEKING UNDERSTANDING The kingdom that God has prepared for us 55 VATICAN NEWS & CHURCH IN THE WORLD 31 SMART KIDS
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