Africa

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  7 January 2020
  AFRICA/DRC - Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo denounces a plan for the balkanization of the Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The general climate in the eastern part of the Country is characterized by insecurity and unbearable misery. The report clearly shows that the goal of all this is the balkanization of our Coun ...
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  7 January 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Sisi at the vigil of Coptic Christmas: "If we love God, we must love each other" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us continue in an honorable way, in a time without honor, and we believe that God will make honorable people victorious". Thus Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi expressed himself in his ...
• 7 January 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Jos Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 January 2020, the Holy Father appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos (Nigeria) His Exc. Mgr. Matthew Ishaya Audu, currently Bishop of Lafia. His Exc. ...
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  3 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Country needs political apostles of peace and reconciliation Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Ivorian politicians must be men and women sincerely in love with peace. Our Country really needs politicians who are apostles of peace and reconciliation". This is what Ivorian theologian Fr. ...
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  3 January 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Visit of Cardinal Ambongo among the populations of the east, victims of massacres Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least twenty dead is the toll of the massacres carried out in the Territory of Beni, in North Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the end of December, during the vi ...
• 3 January 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Aba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 December 2019 the Holy Father appointed as Bishop of the diocese of Aba, Nigeria, the Reverend Augustine Ndubueze Echema, of the clergy of Owerri, currently lecturer in liturgy in the ...
• 3 January 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Resignation of the Archbishop of Bamenda and appointment of new Metropolitan Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 December 2019 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamenda, (Cameroon), presented by Archbishop Cornelius Fontem Esua. Th ...
• 3 January 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Resignation of the Bishop of Buéa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 December 2019 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Buéa, Cameroon, presented by Bishop Immanuel Bushu. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 3/1/2020) ...
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  2 January 2020
  AFRICA/CHAD - The Extraordinary Missionary Month has positively marked the Church in Chad N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "The celebrations of the Extraordinary Missionary Month (October 2019) were lived with joy and had historical importance" says a report from the Pontifical Mission Societies of Chad, sent to ...
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  2 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Mass for peace: Cardinal Kutwa asks the Head of State for pardon for some opponents Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Every year on January 1st the World Day of Peace is celebrated, which aims to defend peace from the dangers that constantly threaten it. Pope Francis, for this 53rd edition, in his message entit ...
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  23 December 2019
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Education and professional opportunities for the disabled: the commitment of missionaries Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Assisting disabled people in Zambia means offering them physical and psychological support but, above all, it means helping them to overcome the social stigma that surrounds them. These are the o ...
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  21 December 2019
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "Development assistance is a sign of God's love because the Church's mission is evangelization" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church should not be identical to the other development agents but rather serve with the spirit of Christ. Its main mission is evangelization", said His Excellency Mgr. Roberto Bergamas ...
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  21 December 2019
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - White Fathers' appeal:"hunger emergency" after the cyclone Beira (Agenzia Fides) - The population is on the verge of famine and the humanitarian emergency does not cease: this is the alarm launched by the White Fathers, nine months after cyclone Idai hit Mozambique causing serio ...
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  20 December 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - "Threats against Christians in the area of Bomoanga and targeted killings for others", reports a missionary Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - How are things in Bomoanga? "Bad. Things get worse". "As Christmas approaches, the question is obvious, but the response of the community animator is not", reports to Agenzia Fides Fr. Mauro Arma ...
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  19 December 2019
  AFRICA/CAMERUN - “Non cadiamo nella trappola del tribalismo” avvertono i Vescovi AFRICA/CAMEROON - "Let us not fall into the trap of tribalism" warn the Bishops Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "It is worth noting that, during and after the last presidential elections, we witnessed a growing and highly w ...