Africa

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  10 July 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - A Consolata missionary: "For a hundred years at the service of the people, bringing the proclamation of the Gospel" Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "One can take stock almost after a century of the presence of the Consolata Missionaries in Mozambique: the choice, made from the beginning, to concentrate efforts on schools and the formation of ...
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  9 July 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Labour-emergency, Pope Tawadros promotes an agreement with the government to fight together the "scourge of unemployment" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Unemployment is the hidden scourge that takes away breath and existential energy from the young generations of many countries struggling with the opportunities and contradictions of economic globa ...
• 9 July 2021
  AFRICA/GHANA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Isaac Ebo-Blay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 4, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Isaac Ebo-Blay, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Cape Coast, ...
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  9 July 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The peripheral areas are victims of violence by armed groups" say the Bishops who denounce the use of mines Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "With the liberation of the major urban centers, armed groups concentrate their presence in the suburbs and in some places where they commit violence", denounces the Episcopal Conference of the C ...
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  9 July 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The extraordinary Congress of the Ivorian clergy addresses the economic question of priests Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - The priesthood lived yesterday is not the same today. Times have changed a lot and the demands are increasing. The serious economic crises experienced by African countries make the financia ...
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  8 July 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - New appeal from the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio: it is urgent to help the victims of recent violence Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Thousands of people have lost their lives, others have been displaced and live in a very bad situation of lack of shelter, food, water and many others", denounces His Exc. Mgr. Barani Eduardo Hiib ...
• 8 July 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of auxiliary bishops of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On July 7, 2021, the Holy Father appointed the following as auxiliary bishops of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: the Reverend Fr. Stephano Musomba, O.S.A., until ...
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  7 July 2021
  AFRICA/ESWANTINI - Appeals for dialogue to overcome the crisis are multiplying Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - The alarms of international organizations are multiplying over the situation in the small southern African state of Eswantini (formerly Swaziland). After the appeal for reconciliation launched a ...
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  7 July 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - Four years and 5 months after the kidnapping, there is still no news of Sister Gloria Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Time passes, inexorable and cruel: 4 years and 5 months ago Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez, a Colombian nun from the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate, fell into the hands ...
• 7 July 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Abakaliki Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On July 6, 2021, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Abakaliki, Nigeria, presented by Bishop Michael Nnachi Okoro. At the same time the Holy ...
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  6 July 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Approval of the law on the personal status of Christians and family law is imminent Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The new law on the personal status of Egyptian Christians, which has been awaited for decades by the Coptic Orthodox Church and the other Christian churches and ecclesial communities represented i ...
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  6 July 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - New rural mission among the Pygmies: sharing of the Gospel, education and health care Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - School and professional education and commitment in the health sector through the various health centers are an integral part of the mission among the pygmies that the religious of the Italian Pr ...
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  6 July 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The kidnapping of a priest from Maiduguri has been confirmed Maiduguri (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray for the release of Fr. Elijah Juma Wada, We know that he is alive and we hope for a positive outcome of this sad story. At the moment I cannot add anything else, for obvious reasons", ...
• 6 July 2021
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Appointment of bishop of Francistown Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July, 5th 2021, the Holy Father appointed as bishop of the diocese of Francistown, Botswana, the Reverend Fr. Anthony Pascal Rebello, S.V.D., until now parish priest of the Holy Cross pa ...
• 6 July 2021
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Appointment of archbishop ad personam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On July, 5th 2021, the Holy Father conferred the title of archbishop ad personam to Bishop Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D., of the diocese of Gaborone, Botswana. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 6/7/ ...