Africa

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  16 April 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Library in Alexandria offers online lessons on St. Corona, to be invoked during pandemics Alexandria (Agenzia Fides) - In times of the coronavirus pandemic, the Coptic Studies Center of the Library of Alexandria of Egypt announced the continuation of its activities during the month of April through an online ...
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  16 April 2020
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The coronavirus emergency exacerbates the economic crisis Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The lockdown has been imposed in Zimbabwe until April 19. Only health workers can go to work. All gatherings are prohibited. Religious ceremonies and funerals with more than fifty people are also ...
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  15 April 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Easter among closed churches, "condoned" places of worship and rumors of thwarted attacks Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian government has accepted the indications of the follow-up committee which in recent days had certified the full compliance of other 74 churches and ecclesiastical buildings with the ru ...
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  15 April 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Covid-19 is a serious reality. The future belongs only to the Risen Christ", writes a missionary Weru (Agenzia Fides) - "The awareness that the disease was serious and pandemic has now become reality", writes from Kenya Don Vittorio Grigoletto, fidei donum priest on a mission in Weru, in the dicoesi of Nyahururu, es ...
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  15 April 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Cardinal Ouédraogo: "I hope for a wave of international solidarity to fight the coronavirus" Ouagadougou (Agenzi Fides) - "I would like from the bottom of my heart as a pastor to cry out for support in favor of a profound impetus of solidarity, both locally, regionally and internationally for patients with Covid ...
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  14 April 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - Prevention, prayer and sharing: the Church in the face of Covid-19 Lomè (Agenzia Fides) - "Our pastoral behavior in this pandemic period can be summed up in four words: pevention, prayer, pastoral life, sharing": this is what Mgr. Barrigah-Bènissan, Archbishop of Lomè says to Agenzia ...
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  9 April 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Covid-19, "the Church is close to her people in this moment of fear and despair" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Kenya is working hard to raise awareness among the population so that the measures imposed by the government to combat the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic are respected. And there ...
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  9 April 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Churches remain open in our hearts and actions", says the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "We are unable to endure other wars, we have no more strength, people are destroyed, homeless. I pray to God that a solution is found as soon as possible to defeat the virus all over the ...
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  9 April 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Easter in Africa, between Covid-19 and radio liturgies Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Church is not the building, but is communion and community: the baptized in the various African countries do not lose their sense of faith in the difficulties of "broadcast Masses", due to t ...
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  8 April 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Coronavirus makes us more humble, invites us to return to God and to show solidarity towards the poor" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A bath of humility to remind everyone that it is necessary to return to God. Thus some Bishops of Nigeria exhort the faithful in the face of the spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes ...
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  7 April 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Armed clashes stop for "coronavirus crisis" Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "The spread of the pandemic in Africa is an epoch-making drama but in some cases, it can also have unexpected positive effects", says to Agenzia Fides Mgr. Cornelius Fontem Esua, Archbishop of B ...
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  7 April 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Covid-19: "Let us share our food with the poor", appeal by a Bishop to the clergy Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "This is a humbling disease that cuts across humanity in the whole world with no consideration of whether one is rich or poor. It is a tiny invisible bacteria that is wreaking havoc more th ...
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  6 April 2020
  AFRICA - Africa more reactive to Covid-19 than other continents, but a strong health, economic and social impact is feared Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Africa has shown greater reactivity to the Covid-19 emergency compared to Europe and America. Local governments quickly took steps to contain the epidemic (from closing borders to lockdown) without ...
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  6 April 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - After Ebola, covid-19: Holy Week between uncertainty and fear, says Cardinal Ambongo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are terrified of the possible spread of covid-19 here in Congo; we have no means or logistical solutions to deal with it and it would be a disaster": says Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, ...
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  4 April 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Covid-19, "humanitarian aid for the population must be guaranteed" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Closing the borders in South Sudan means condemning thousands of people to hunger: the food security of the population still depends on exports from neighboring countries as well as humanitarian a ...