Africa
22 May 2021
AFRICA/SUDAN - Recession, inflation, poverty: population exhausted
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "Anger and frustration, as well as poverty, circulate in Sudanese society. The fear is that in this impasse a strong man will break through, as so many times in the history of the country", a m ...
22 May 2021
AFRICA /D.R.CONGO - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Lubumbashi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as metropolitan archbishop of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu, transferring him from the diocese of Kilwa-Kasenga.
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21 May 2021
AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest killed and another kidnapped in northern Nigeria
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A priest killed and another kidnapped. This is the toll of the assault perpertrated by unidentified armed men against the parish of St. Vincent Ferrer in Malunfashi, in the State of Katsina, in no ...
20 May 2021
AFRICA/EGYPT - $ 500 million for the Gaza Strip: Christian churches welcome President al Sisi's initiative
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Patriarchs and bishops support the initiative of President Abdel Fattah al Sisi, who plans to allocate $ 500 million for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip to remedy the damage caused by Israeli ...
20 May 2021
AFRICA/UGANDA - Land grabbing and forced deportation of farmers increased during the lockdown for Covid-19
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is worsening as the populations of entire districts are forcibly evicted from their lands. Forced evictions are a clear indication that people's rights are being violated", says a ...
20 May 2021
AFRICA/KENYA - The global Catholic climate movement celebrates significant progress on the path of ecological conversion
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will celebrate the Laudato Si anniversary to show how much things have changed for the good", says the Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM) Program Manager for Africa Fr. Benedict Ayodi a ...
19 May 2021
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Young Christians and Muslims united by sport to trace the path of coexistence and peace
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "This initiative is part of a logic of resorting to young people of different religious confessions, to trace paths of peace in the perspective of reconciliation in Ivory Coast", says Fr. Richar ...
19 May 2021
AFRICA/KENYA - "800 families forcibly evicted are now at risk of Covid" denounces the Bishop of Embu
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "These families face the risk of Covid- 19 pandemic because they are congested in classes without masks, don’t keep distance and have no soap and water for washing. If one person is infected, ...
18 May 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Free access to secondary education: the doors of the Seminary open to all children of the local community
Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic diocese of Tombura-Yambio has opened the doors of the major Seminary of St. Joseph to the public. In a note sent to Agenzia Fides, Bishop Eduardo Hijboro Kussala informs that ...
18 May 2021
AFRICA/NIGER - A missionary denounces: "The Catholic heart of Niger is on the run"
Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The number of Catholics who have fled the Dolbel area, the heart of the Catholic Church in Niger, are about a hundred. The number is expected to increase in these days due to the massacre of som ...
17 May 2021
AFRICA/NIGERIA - New cry of alarm from the Bishops on the serious insecurity in the Country
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The state of Nigeria in different parts of our country with so much violence, insecurity and anxiety is a source of major concern to us Bishops. We are speaking to you, our people at various leve ...
17 May 2021
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Communion and Islamic-Christian dialogue for the feast of the end of Ramadan
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Spiritual communion and collaboration between Christians and Muslims is very important for the future of society: with this spirit the Archdiocese of Ouagadougou opened its doors to the memb ...
17 May 2021
AFRICA/KENYA - The Apostolic Nuncio urges Christians to keep away from tribalism and to embrace unity
Bungoma (Agenzia Fides) - Christians must keep away from tribalism which leads to the division of God's people and embrace unity to bring about peace. This is how Bishop Bert van Megen, Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya, address ...
15 May 2021
AFRICA - The Church in Africa wants to get out of its precariousness and achieve financial self-sufficiency
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Concrete actions, fundraising, setting up of income-generating activities, large-scale projects, are all actions resulting from the will of the churches in Africa to achieve financial self-suffi ...
15 May 2021
AFRICA/D.R.CONGO - Augustinian missionaries promote the reintegration of child soldiers
Dungu (Agenzia Fides) - "The problem of child soldiers is very complex and, in particular, in the Haut Uele region, in the north east of the country, a devastating conflict lasting many years devastated society in this p ...
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