Africa

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  5 May 2020
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The response of the Tanzanian Church to the Papal Covid-19 Emergency Solidarity Fund Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Following the outbreak of the COVID-19, the Holy Father Pope Francis has invited the Universal Catholic Church to join hands with the entire world by offering prayers and making charitable ...
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  5 May 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Food and hope for those in need of slums: the intervention of the Church Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Flour, sugar, oil, soaps, disinfectants and protective masks were delivered to the families most in need of slums in Kibera. Thanks to this joint initiative, promoted by the Justice and Peace Co ...
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  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Bishop of Oudtshoorn Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 4, 2020, the Holy Father Francis appointed as Bishop of Oudtshoorn, South Africa, the Reverend Noel Andrew Rucastle, of the clergy of Cape Town, currently parish priest of the Our La ...
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  4 May 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "He continued preaching the Gospel and asking me to change the evil ways, that is why I killed him", says the murderer of the young seminarian Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "He continued preaching the Gospel and asking me to change the evil ways, that is why I killed him". This is what Mustapha Mohammed reported during an interview to a Nigerian newspaper, arrested o ...
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  4 May 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Lockdown due to Covid-19, Coptic Patriarch Tawadros authorizes the celebration of weddings Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros instituted new rules limiting attendance during wedding ceremonies. A maximum of four people can participate in the celebration, in addition to the spouses, th ...
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  4 May 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Appeal from the Christian Workers Movement: "A dignified life guaranteed by decent wages" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The MMTC is committed together with all workers in rural and urban areas to ask for a decent life. Yes, we ask workers for decent work, fair wages and human conditions in workplaces", says Benj ...
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  4 May 2020
  AFRICA - In times of pandemic, even more intense and permanent missionary activity is needed Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "This moment of global pandemic caused by COVID-19 is having repercussions not only on health, but also on missionary activity. If technology in urban areas makes human contact possible and allows ...
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  30 April 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - A community thriving on hope: the testimony of the Church in South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in South Sudan consists of an archdiocese and six suffragan dioceses most of whom have celebrated their first centenary of Christian Faith. Like the rest of the church in Africa, the qu ...
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  29 April 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Zimbabwe, Churches in the frontline for a national agreement Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Christian Churches, historically active and recognized presence in Zimbabwe, have decided to structure some proposals to help the country get out of the tunnel of difficulty and suffering in whic ...
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  29 April 2020
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Covid-19: containment measures work, but the damage to the economy is serious Gulu (Agenzia Fides) - The virus has not yet reached Gulu. At St Mary's Lacor Hospital, however, everything is ready. Non-acute patients were sent home. The Medicine department has been equipped for the infected by Covid ...
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  28 April 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - Coronavirus pandemic: missionaries also suffer due to restrictions Sokodé (Agenzia Fides) - "We are also confined, no more Sunday and weekday masses. So no more collections on Sunday. We used to do two: one for missions and one for the church. For two months we have not received any do ...
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  28 April 2020
  AFRICA/SUDAN - In the time of Covid-19 no clashes and hostilities: the hopes of the Church El Obeid (Agenzia Fides) - "Partly because of the terror due to the spread of the coronavirus, partly because dialogue continues, there have been no clashes here in Sudan". This is what Mgr. Tombe Trille, Bishop of El Ob ...
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  27 April 2020
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Covid-19: in times of suffering, the Church is close to the faithful via radio Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "Because of the pandemic, we have postponed baptisms and first communions which we normally celebrate at Easter. Now, due to the spread of the coronavirus in the country, nobody knows when our ca ...
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  27 April 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Capuchin friars produce and donate protective masks to the poorest Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) – Face masks with a thousand colors to protect the most disadvantaged sections of the population from coronavirus infection. The initiative was launched by the Capuchin friars of Cameroon, one ...
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  24 April 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Rains devastate the south-east of the DRC: Bishops’ appeal for solidarity Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "At a time when we are worried about the COVID-19 pandemic, it is with great pain that we received the sad news of the disasters caused by the torrential rains of recent days in the provinces o ...