Africa

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  31 July 2021
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - "No to destabilization and the seizure of power by force", say the Bishops Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "We are against any form of destabilization and seizing power by force", declared His Eminence Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana, Archbishop of Toamasina and President of the Episcopal Conferen ...
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  31 July 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Preparations for the diocese of Zomba in view of World Mission Day begin Zomba (Agenzia Fides) - "Encourage Christians to pray within their families; create greater awareness of World Mission Day and the missionary obligations of each baptized person; ask the faithful to contribute financiall ...
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  30 July 2021
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Strengthening democracy in Zambia: the Church urges the population to be an integral part of the electoral process Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "As a Catholic Church, we count on the laity to be our light in the democratic process and we urge all of our lay members to be an integral part of this process". This was stated by Fr. Cornelius ...
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  30 July 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "No to violence, but it is urgent to tackle the inequalities that feed it" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 36 billion rand (2.4 billion dollars) have been allocated by the government of South Africa to support businesses and people affected by the restrictions related to Covid-19 a ...
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  29 July 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Meek and humble, in imitation of Jesus. Pope Tawadros commemorates Bishop Epiphanios three years after his assassination Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Anba Epiphanios "was a bishop who enlightened all those around him with his presence", and "despite the pain we all feel, we trust in his resurrection and greet him, as our Church teaches us to do ...
• 29 July 2021
  AFRICA/BENIN - Appointment of the Rector of the "St Paul" inter-regional philosophical seminary in Djimé Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 20, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Roger Anoumou, of the diocesan clergy of Lokossa as Recto ...
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  29 July 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Crisis in Cabo Delgado: "The military route is dangerous and no one knows how it will end" Catholic NGOs warn Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Military solutions are always expensive and extremely destructive "warn the participants in a virtual seminar of experts and operators of various Catholic organizations dedicated to the crisis in ...
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  28 July 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Increasing violence in North Kivu against civilians, also committed by soldiers and police Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Kidnappings, arbitrary arrests and illegal detentions, as well as rape and sexual violence, torture. These are crimes committed against the person in the Territory of Rutshuru, in the provinc ...
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  28 July 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 'Father, we want a brick church': the millennial dreams of a believing and suffering people have come true Naandi (Agenzia Fides) - "When I arrived in South Sudan, the Naandi mission in which I am located, near the border of South Sudan with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, had only a single brick church, totally ...
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  27 July 2021
  AFRICA/TUNISIA: The President suspends the government and takes all powers. Archbishop Antoniazzi: "the population supports him" Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - The decision of Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed to suspend the legislature and assume full powers "was welcomed with relief by the majority of the population, exhausted by a situation that seemed ...
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  27 July 2021
  AFRICA/NIGER - "Women pray that the sun never goes down, because jihadists attack during the night" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The women of the community pray that the sun, the light, remain as long as possible because now they are afraid of darkness", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Mauro Armanino, missionary of the Society ...
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  26 July 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Bishops. "It is never too late to stop the violence, the only way forward is peace and reconciliation" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "It saddens our hearts hearing about war while we all would like to hear about peace and reconciliation", said Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia (CBCE) in a statement published at t ...
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  24 July 2021
  AFRICA/NIGER - The religious of the Society of African Missions launch a new project to help children go back to school Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in contact with the rural areas of the diocese of Niamey, in particular with the two areas most affected by terrorism: Makalondi, on the border with Burkina Faso and Dolbel, a region on t ...
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  23 July 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Carlassare: "There is great hope for 'my' South Sudan" Vicenza (Agenzia Fides) - "I have no doubts about the desire to return to my South Sudan, people are waiting for me and, beyond the many problems, there is also great hope. And I want to be part of it". The violent attac ...
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  23 July 2021
  AFRICA/eSWATINI - The country remains calm, but the army is still present on the streets; the diocese reflects on "how to be a Church" amidst turmoil and Covid Manzini (Agenzia Fides) - "As a diocese, on Monday 26 July we will be holding a diocesan presbyteral council meeting to reflect both on the present situation of unrest and on the constant impact of COVID19 has in our liv ...