Africa

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  14 March 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Coronavirus: first case in the Country. The Church: a day of fasting and prayer Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Ivorian Catholics will experience a special day of prayer and fasting on Friday 20 March. This is the decision Ivorian Bishops made at the end of their 115th plenary assembly, held from 9 to 12 ...
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  14 March 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - Coronavirus: Youth Day postponed in the Archdiocese of Accra Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We are also to take precautionary measures in our homes not to be infected. Let us pray for a solution to this problem. Thank you", said His Exc. Mgr. John Bonaventure Kwofie CSSp, Metropolitan A ...
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  12 March 2020
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Seriously injured priest in the East of the Country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Seriously injured Guy-Robert Mandro, parish priest of Fataki, in the territory of Djugu, in Ituri, in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The aggression took place the 10th Marc ...
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  11 March 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Cardinal Njue: "Great concern for the presence of two sectarian groups victimizing Catholics" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "These groups have the features of a worship and use tactics to instil fear with the aim of inculcating their doctrines and applying their practices to the individuals”. In these terms His E ...
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  11 March 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Catholic churches in Egypt: Friday of prayer for people infected by coronavirus Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – On Friday, March 13, the Egyptian catholic communities will pray for the victims of the coronavirus epidemic, asking the Lord the recovery of the infected people, the merciful reception for who ...
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  10 March 2020
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Bishop Bertin: "Locusts and other calamities bring down Somalia" Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – First the drought, then the floods, now the locusts. There is no peace for Somalia. In six months, the country has been hit by three calamities that have brought down local and, mainly, sout ...
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  9 March 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - A prayer for the Coronavirus emergency from Africa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We express our sympathy for and solidarity with those who are infected and affected by this strange epidemic and pray that an effective and affordable treatment of this disease may soon be foun ...
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  7 March 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Africa, the soft power of mothers Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - She saw hope in them. And she did not let it fall on deaf ears. Hauwa Ibrahim, teacher and lawyer, founder of "Mothers without borders", came into contact with the mothers of some young terrorists ...
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  7 March 2020
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Xaverians: "The Church is close to her children in the work of reconciliation in the Country" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Burundi has lived for years in an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty but, despite these difficulties, the Church continues her mission, promoting and announcing the Gospel, denouncing violenc ...
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  6 March 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - COVID-19: The Church in Ghana takes preventive measures Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Ghana, like those of other countries, have also invited the faithful to take preventive measures to avoid contracting COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In a spe ...
• 6 March 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Erection of the Diocese of Ekwulobia and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 5, 2020, the Holy Father has erected the new diocese of Ekwulobia, in Nigeria, with territory taken from the diocese of Awka, making it a suffragan of the Metropolitan see of Onits ...
• 6 March 2020
  AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Resignation of the Bishop of Kinkala and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 5, 2020 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kinkala, Republic of the Congo, presented by Bishop Louis Portella Mbuyu. At the same tim ...
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  5 March 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest kidnapped on Sunday 1 March released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We have been reliably informed that Fr. David Echioda has been released by his abductors. Thank you for your prayers and support during this trying time", says the message from the Nigerian dioce ...
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  4 March 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Formation course on the social doctrine of the Church for 50 pastoral operators Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of the Ivory Coast through its national subcommittee Justice and Peace organized from 3 to 6 March a training formation on the social doctrine of the Church, destin ...
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  4 March 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops lead a peaceful protest march in Abuja: "No more massacres of innocent civilians" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We are protesting against the brutal killings of innocent Nigerians by Boko Haram and terrorist herdsmen who are invading peoples farm lands forcefully. We have embarked on a peaceful protest on ...