Africa

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  13 May 2020
  AFRICA - Covid-19: the Church in Africa prepares for the safe resumption of celebrations Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Several Churches in Africa are resuming their activities after the lockdown imposed to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. According to what Fides has learned, liturgical celebrations in Burkina Faso wi ...
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  12 May 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Covid-19 imposes the need to enhance the e-learning offer Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Educational institutions in Malawi are going through a difficult period, between strikes and closures linked to the containment measures of Covid-19. The Catholic University of Malawi Registrar ...
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  12 May 2020
  AFRICA - Religious women during the time of COVID-19: close to those who suffer Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "In many Countries churches have been closed and all forms of social gathering have been prevented, therefore it is up to us religious women to find new ways to be even closer to children, women, ...
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  11 May 2020
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "I hope we will emerge from the quarantine aware of the value of solidarity" hopes a priest Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "The corona virus pandemic, to some extent has sent us into o ur own little exile, away from our friends and sometimes from our families", writes Fr. Keto Sithole, a priest from Zimbabwe, in a no ...
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  11 May 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Missionaries in support of women, to remove them from a life of suffering and slavery Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - Guaranteeing small loans to remove women from a life of unheard suffering and hard work: this is the project launched by the White Fathers (also called Missionaries of Africa) in the Democratic R ...
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  11 May 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Pope Francis calls Coptic Patriarch Tawadros: let us together ask God to have mercy on the world Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 10 May Pope Francis called Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II to confirm his proximity to the Coptic Church and all the Egyptian people, and to renew the promise to pray for each other every d ...
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  9 May 2020
  AFRICA - Covid 19: renew the mission in Africa, what remains is the Word of God Kara (Agenzia Fides) - What future does the mission in Africa have after the pandemic? Will we have to go back to the missionary activities and projects carried out until the interruption caused by the global epidemic or ...
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  9 May 2020
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - How PMS in Tanzania is working in order to face the COVID-19 emergency Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - How is the Covid-19 pandemic influencing the life of the mission in Tanzania? To answer these and other questions, Fides asked the Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Tanzania fo ...
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  8 May 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "We need peace and not to fuel conflict" says the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "Let's avoid clashes, fighting or violence, let's not get involved in any conflict because of the desire for power", says to Agenzia Fides the bishop of the diocese of Tombura Yambio, Mgr ...
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  8 May 2020
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Bishops denounce serious human rights violations in the application of measures to contain Covid-19 Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the beginning of the emergency phase, there have been gross violations and missteps in the enforcement of the state of emergency and the measures as announced by the President", denounce ...
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  7 May 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - In times of pandemic crisis, a priest prays the Rosary on the streets of his parish territory Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "We have decided to pray the Rosary through the city, on the one hand to show the face of the Church, which is certainly confined (due to the Coronavirus) but whose voice is not silent, and on t ...
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  7 May 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops ask for clarity on the use of funds to cope with COVID-19 Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are concerned by the reports that some funds meant for the pandemic containment appear to be misused", said Vice-Chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB), His Exc. Mgr. Jo ...
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  6 May 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Church in Kisumu donates aid to flood victims and launches an appeal to deal with the consequences of Covid-19 Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will reach out to many other places because the generosity of our people has so far made us to be convinced that the jar will not go empty nor the jug of oil will run dry (1Kings 17:14)", sa ...
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  6 May 2020
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - COVID-19: Solidarity Fund of the Senegalese Church for the poorest families Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - On March 7, 2020, the Bishops of Senegal launched a national mobilization campaign in favor of the Emergency Fund of Senegal. The idea was to provide Caritas Senegal with the means to act quickly ...
• 6 May 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Bouaké Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 5 May 2020, the Holy Father appointed as Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, the Reverend Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa, of the clergy of Grand-Bassam, currently Maître d ...