Africa

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  28 May 2020
  AFRICA/UGANDA - "Several Bishops have asked to be able to access the PMS Emergency Fund" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "Uganda is still under lockdown imposed since March 21 st 2020. There has been some limited easing of some measures, but maintaining social distancing and wearing a mask on the road and in any s ...
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  27 May 2020
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Elections: "Voting took place in a peaceful manner, but we have found several irregularities", say the Bishops Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "From the reports of our election observers, we recognize that the elections were generally held in a peaceful manner. However, we deplore several irregularities regarding the freedom and tran ...
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  27 May 2020
  AFRICA - Africa Day: a hard-working, fair and stable Africa is reborn from the Covid-19 crisis Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "The picture of Africa of 25 May 2020, in the midst of a global health crisis, is not the picture of a sick, bruised, decimated Africa, but rather a solid and stable Africa that, unlike the great p ...
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  26 May 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Bishops express their condolences to the Muslim community following the death of Cheick Aimah Boikary Fofana, a great figure in interreligious dialogue Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Following the death of Cheich Aimah Boikary Fofana, President of the Higher Council of Imams, Mosques and Islamic Affairs (COSIM) in Ivory Coast, Catholic Bishops in the West African nation have ...
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  26 May 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A bloody week in North-Kivu: 49 people massacred by terrorists Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Last weekend turned out to be one of the deadliest: it started with 7 dead, ended with 25 victims", says a statement sent to Agenzia Fides on the situation in the Beni and Irumu territories in ...
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  26 May 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Coronavirus puts the first Congress of Missionary Childhood at risk Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies of Malawi have temporarily suspended the preparatory meetings of the first Congress of Missionary Childhood scheduled from 12 to 17 August in the capital Lilong ...
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  25 May 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The pastoral ministry of the deaf and partially sighted in the diocese of Yopougon in the face of challenges due to Covid-19 Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "With social confinement, we have not really been able to carry out our pastoral care as we thought it appropriate, but we have always been in contact with our people", said Fr. Roland Malan Kou ...
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  25 May 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "God supersedes all the pain caused by Coronavirus and heals" says the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - As the Catholic Church begins days of preparation for the feast of Pentecost, the diocese of Tombura Yambio has declared nine days of prayer for all the faithful to ask for God’s interv ...
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  25 May 2020
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - The PMS Covid-19 Fund in aid of the Poor Clares of Casablanca Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - The Covid-19 Emergency Fund established by the Pontifical Mission Societies guarantees the necessary support for the maintenance of the Poor Clares community of the monastery of Our Lady of Guadal ...
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  23 May 2020
  AFRICA/SUDAFRICA - “Il fondo d’emergenza POM Covid-19, prezioso aiuto per le comunità locali” dice il Direttore nazionale delle POM AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "PMS Covid-19 Emergency Fund, precious help for local communities" says PMS National Director Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Though the Faith has taken root and is well formed in segment of the Ca ...
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  23 May 2020
  AFRICA - Laudato Sì week: mission in society, in economy, in the care of the "common home" Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "To the missionary archetypes essential for missionary activity in the 20th century, that exhort the search for justice, liberation, inculturation, contextualization, the theme of the care of Creat ...
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  22 May 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - After the epidemic, we must think of "re-evangelization" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The United Nations has launched the appeal: 'We are on the verge of a global famine of biblical proportions, with over 250 million people at risk'. The African continent has been preserved from ...
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  22 May 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Street children during the times of COVID-19 Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The life of the street children of Nairobi has never been easy since they appeared on the streets. They started calling them chokora (garbage). Over the years they have received a lot of media h ...
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  20 May 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - "Covid-19 is bringing out the image of the Church as a family of God", says the PMS National Director Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Covid-19 has encouraged families to pray together and to stay together, bringing out the image of the Church as a family in Africa", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Isaac Ebo-Blay, National Director of ...
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  20 May 2020
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Life after Covid-19 will never be the same: hunger and poverty are on the rise Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The first cases of coronavirus in the country were registered by the authorities in late March. A few weeks later, the government decreed a state of emergency, but "during the crisis, the constan ...