Africa

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  5 December 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Catholic Church's condolences for the Sunday massacre Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply saddened by this evil act, the Church joins the pain of the Federation of Churches and Evangelical Missions in Burkina Faso. We send our sincere condolences and we are in comm ...
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  5 December 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Caritas adopts a South African method to assist orphans due to AIDS Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - Since 2012, the diocesan Caritas of Man has been involved in raising awareness and psychosocial support of over 500 orphan children due to AIDS, according to the "Memory Box" method develop ...
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  4 December 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Bishops call for a week of reconciliation ahead of the 2020 elections Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the 2020 elections, there is a climate of widespread fear among the population in the Ivory Coast; fear linked to the recurrence of conflicts between communities or land occupation, t ...
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  4 December 2019
  AFRICA/DR Congo - Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary celebrate 100 years of mission in the DRC Kinshasa (Agence Fides) - "Remembering, celebrating, starting with Christ" is the theme around which the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (ICM) celebrate the centenary of their presence in the Democrati ...
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  3 December 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops of Kivu suspend ecclesial activities for a day to protest civilian massacres Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A day of "mourning and prayer" and a strike of all ecclesial and social services, including Catholic schools and universities, was held yesterday, Monday, December 2, as a sign of "communion an ...
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  2 December 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - At least 14 dead in an attack on a Protestant church Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - At least 14 people were killed during Sunday service in a Protestant church in Hantoukoura, in the eastern part of Burkina Faso. According to local authorities, an armed group entered the ch ...
• 2 December 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Moshi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Hios Exc. Mgr. Ludovick Joseph Minde, ALCP/OSS, currently Bishop of Kahama, as Bishop of the Diocese of Moshi (Tanzania). (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 2/12/2019) ...
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  2 December 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Celebration of Missionary Childhood Week 2020: a choral competition and a missionary piggy bank has been launched Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Every year, the Pontifical Mission Societies celebrate World Missionary Childhood Day at Epiphany so that children within the Church feel part of the Church and missionaries. In order to prep ...
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  30 November 2019
  AFRICA - World AIDS Day: The DREAM program of the Community of Sant’Egidio for 11 African countries Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Saving the future of Africa by fighting the main cause of death among the continent's adolescents: HIV virus. This is the challenge of the DREAM program of the Community of Sant’ Egidio which, on ...
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  30 November 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Comboni Missionaries: "To accompany the population towards a path of peace and reconciliation" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "South Sudanese leaders have a moral obligation towards their citizens to promote real prospects for peace, development and democracy in the country". This is what Father Daniele Moschetti, a Combo ...
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  30 November 2019
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Father Zerai's appeal: "An international plan to save African immigrants from detention centers" Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - In Libyan detention centers the living conditions of hundreds of Africans are inhumane. Many lives are at risk if there is no plan or international intervention to save poor and unarmed prisoner ...
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  29 November 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Africa consecrated to the Merciful Heart of Jesus at the end of the 4th Congress on Divine Mercy Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "We implore your Mercy so that all the inhabitants of the continent may live as brothers and sisters who love each other". With this prayer, His Eminence Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Arc ...
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  28 November 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - This year alone 9 priests kidnapped in the State of Enugu Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Malachy Asadu, a priest from the Diocese of Nsukka, in the State of Enugu, in southern Nigeria was released two days after his abduction. This was confirmed by the Police yesterday, November 2 ...
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  28 November 2019
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Passion and zeal at the service of patients: the commitment of the Catholic community of Chipata Lumezi (Agenzia Fides) - A nursing school in the district of Lumezi was recently inaugurated. The initiative is part of the Diocesan Strategic Plan 2017-2021 of the Catholic community of Chipata which, in the context of ...
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  27 November 2019
  AFRICA/TOGO - The Bishops: "May the next elections be peaceful, free and fair" Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - "At a certain point in the history of our nation, voices were raised to reproach the Catholic Church for maintaining a complicit silence in certain socio-political situations. Today it may seem th ...