Bill Donohue: "Witchcraft is a sad reality in many parts of Africa, resulting in scores of deaths in Kenya over the past two decades. Bishop Muthee’s blessing, then, was simply a reflection of his cultural understanding of evil. While others are not obliged to accept his interpretation, all can be expected to respect it."

" "Father Pablo Jose Galvan explained: "What we find with these kind of children is that the very clever, very expert, somehow special, are accused of witchcraft. "Usually they are much mistreated. The ones here accused of witchcraft... suffer a lot of violence, they are beaten with machetes." "

"Belief in witchcraft has spread rapidly in some parts of central and southern Africa over the last few years, says Dr Richard Hoskins, senior research fellow in sociology and religion at King's College, London. ... Antoine Lokongo, the editor of a Congolese newsletter, Congo Panorama, believes the growing violence in exorcisms is due to western influence. "

" "Witchcraft is a reality; it is not superstition," Katola said, adding that "many communities in Kenya know those powers exist in their midst." ... Father Majawa called for an urgent and coordinated pastoral response to the problem in every diocese. "Since Christ in the gospels encountered the devil, it is proper for Christians to accept the reality of witchcraft." "

with video: "And with that, Palin went to the front of the church and received a blessing from Muthee in which he asks God to use her to turn this nation around and to “make a way for Sarah in the political arena, bring finances her way for the campaign, in the name of Jesus" "