Africa

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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 ...
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  19 May 2020
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - The "Sisters of Calvary" committed to helping the population: from face masks to spiritual support Gabarone (Agenzia Fides) - "The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a drastic change in the life of the local Church of Botswana. Amidst the crisis, most parishes have adjusted to the cultural change" say, in a reflection ...
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  19 May 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Covid-19: poverty bites in slums, but "the social and pastoral lifeline of small communities is extraordinary" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Social distancing remains a difficult goal to achieve, in some cases absolutely unrealistic. We just have to hope that the contagion does not progress", says Father Andrew Bwalya, director of t ...
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  19 May 2020
  AFRICA - Covid-19 and the re-opening of churches in Africa: hope at the center of the mission Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "The reality of closed churches has immersed many African Christians in the sad and painful experience of the sealed tomb, a symbol of despair and failure", writes Fr. Donald Zagore, SMA to Agenzia ...