Africa

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  9 November 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Salesian missionaries arrested, committed to the education of children: appeal for release Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In a climate of general chaos and uncertainty, the news, confirmed to Fides by local sources, of a raid carried out on November 5 by government military forces in a center in Gottera (Addis ...
• 9 November 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Nnewi and appointment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Nnewi (Nigeria), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Hilary Paul Odili Okeke. The Holy Father has appoin ...
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  9 November 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The National Director of the PMS: prayer, the only weapon in the dramatic situation in the Horn of Africa Hosanna (Agenzia Fides) - "We have followed Pope Francis' appeal on the conflict situation in the Horn of Africa in general and the Ethiopian people in particular with attentiveness. This appeal to prayer is the only pos ...
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  8 November 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - International mobilization for peace Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - An emergency session of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has been called for today, Monday, November 8, 2021. The session, motivated by recent changes in the co ...
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  6 November 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Violence in Tigray, the Apostolic Vicar of Hosanna: it is urgent to seek peace and security Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "I am deeply saddened by everything that is happening in the Tigray region and in the regions alongside Amhara and Afar, even though unrest has been occurring throughout the country for at l ...
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  5 November 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - "The era of conquest, extraction, and exploitation has given way to cooperation and community": the petition of religious leaders Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We envision a world transformed, in which humanity in all its diversity has developed a shared reverence for life on planet Earth. Together, we are building resilient, caring communities and ec ...
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  5 November 2021
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Message and spiritual legacy of the monks of Tibhirine, 25 years after their tragic death Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the Marian prayer of the Regina Coeli on Sunday May 26, 1996, the Holy Father John Paul II expressed himself as follows: "Today's celebration of the solemnity of Pentecost is saddened by the tr ...
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  5 November 2021
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Violence and instability increase in Kivu: a missionary's warning Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "In the northeastern regions, the situation is dramatic, even worse than a few months ago. The news that is arriving is very bad and we do not see any change. Since May, the state of siege has ...
• 4 November 2021
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Appointment of the Bishop of Tambacounda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Paul Abel Mamba as Bishop of the diocese of Tambacounda (Senegal), transferring him from the See of Ziguinchor. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 4/11 ...
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  4 November 2021
  AFRICA - "It is on the old mat that we sit and weave the new one": Cop 26, for a return to the sacred Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - An African saying goes: "It is on the old mat that we sit down to weave the new one". To say that at the center of our stories, our African cultures sometimes find adequate answers to the major ...
• 4 November 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Rector of the "Saint Paul VI" preparatory Seminary in Mbanga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 10, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Antoine- Marie Nsoumpe Mboube, of the clergy of Nkongsamba as ...
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  4 November 2021
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Bishop Bertin: hope is the beginning of a process of dialogue and democratization Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "Sometimes I meet people who ask me: after so many years, how can you still hope that the situation in Somalia will change?" And I reply that something has been moving in recent months, but, a ...
• 3 November 2021
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Benguela Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Benguela, Angola, the Reverend Estêvão Binga, of the clergy of the same diocese, until now rector of the major seminar ...
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  3 November 2021
  AFRICA/TOGO - Missionary reports from Kolawarè: "No church closure can slow down the faith of the people" Kolowarè (Agenzia Fides) - "We all felt the need to be together in order to feel alive as a church, beyond the confinements and closures of our churches. But on October 31st we all met in the church, the five base commu ...
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  30 October 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The municipal elections of November 1 are for the Bishops, an opportunity for "moral renewal" Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday, November 1, about 26 million South Africans are called to the polls for municipal elections, to choose the members of the Councils of all the municipalities in the 9 provinces in whi ...