Africa

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  24 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Cardinal Kutwa announces a march for peace ahead of the October elections Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us go towards peace" is the theme of the march for peace called by His Eminence, Cardinal Jean Pierre Kutwa, Archbishop of Abidjan, which will take place on February 15th. Over 20,000 youn ...
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  24 January 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Word of God at the center of Holy Childhood Day Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church wants you also to participate in the celebration of the Year of the Bible, and hence, we ask you children to read the Bible and understand together with your fellow childre ...
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  23 January 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "No to new wars"; a cry of alarm of the Bishops of the DRC, Rwanda and Burundi Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The social situation remains worrying, in the first place in light of the persistent insecurity in some areas, in particular at the borders of three countries", say the Bishops of the Standing ...
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  23 January 2020
  AFRICA/NIGER - "They will be able to cut trees but not the roots of the cross": threats to Christians in the country Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The repeated threats to the Christian communities in the border area with Burkina Faso have achieved the aim they set: to decapitate the communities and then fall prey to the fear of professing ...
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  22 January 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The head of a Catholic community in central Nigeria has been killed Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The head of the Catholic church of Saint Augustine in the Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in central Nigeria has been killed. According to what Agenzia Fides learns, on the morning ...
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  22 January 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Good management of Creation at the center of the Lenten campaign Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We believe that everything God created is good. Man was created in the image and likeness of God and was commanded to govern creation rationally to bring forth fruit from the earth", said His E ...
• 20 January 2020
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of the Rector of the "Saint Paul Apotre" Philosophical Seminary in Antsirabé Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 1 March 2019 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona, of the Archdiocesan clergy of Antananarivo ...
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  20 January 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "We are under siege" says the Archbishop of Kaduna where 4 seminarians were kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "No other Country will tolerate this type of insecurity without calling for mass protests. Definitely our country is under siege", said His Exc. Mgr. Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso, Archbishop of Kaduna, ...
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  18 January 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The whole Church in East Africa greets the Rome Declaration on the peace process in South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "I am happy to hear about this declaration. It is only my hope and prayer that the two parties – the Government of the Republic of South Sudan and the Opposition – will keep it. You know that t ...
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  18 January 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - A social, political, religious and cultural revolution is urgently needed to promote female leadership Kara (Agenzia Fides) - In many African countries it is time for elections. "Social structures, such as politics, religion and culture, sometimes constitute real obstacles to promoting female leadership", notes the Ivoria ...
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  17 January 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Tombura-Yambio to politicians: "True leadership is in favor of young people" Tombura (Agenzia Fides) - "People from all walks of life are urging South Sudan to achieve peace. Foreigners are even investing their money for this goal. They all want peace for our country. It is time for leaders to sh ...
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  17 January 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Melkite Patriarch: we are in the Middle East not to "spread the Christian civilization", but to demonstrate the work of the Holy Spirit in our life Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of the Church, also in the Middle East, is not to "spread Christian civilization in place of other civilizations", but to "demonstrate the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives and help ...
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  17 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The President of the Bishops' Conference calls for national reconciliation in view of the vote Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray in the name of Christ, let yourself be reconciled with God. Dear brothers and sisters, Christians, like Paul, we have reconciled ourselves with God through the mediation of Christ; he h ...
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  16 January 2020
  AFRICA/NIGER - Fr. Luigi Maccalli still a prisoner: prayer and hope of many people continues Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "In the courtyard of the mission of Bomoanga always kept in order, now there is no longer anyone to receive those who wanted to be listened to, comforted and an open hand to share the pain", writ ...
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  16 January 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Belgian missionary killed in alleged robbery attempt Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Oblates of Mary Immaculate in South Africa, OMISA are devastated by the death of Fr. Jozef (Jef) Hollanders, killed in a robbery in the parish of Bodibe, near Mahikeng, in the northwest ...