Africa

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  15 October 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The vocation of women religious: to pray and work for peace in Africa and in the world Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) "The world needs leaders, men and women, peacemakers": said Archbishop Emeritus of the archdiocese of Dar es Salaam, Cardinal Polycarp Pengo on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the fo ...
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  14 October 2019
  AFRICA - Extraordinary Missionary Month: the real challenge is a mission of hope for Africa Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "The message of hope that the Gospel of Christ brings is fundamental to the mission in Africa. Christ came among us so that we could have life in abundance", says Father Donald Zagore, a theologian ...
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  14 October 2019
  AFRICA/CHAD - Extraordinary Missionary Month: "We do not reach faith alone or through our own efforts" says the Bishop of Goré N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "By decreeing the Extraordinary Missionary Month, the Pope wants to give each of us the opportunity to realize that our faith in Jesus Christ manifested in baptism is first and foremost a gift ...
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  12 October 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Social inequalities and "hate speech" at the root of xenophobic violence Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Inequalities, lack of services, unscrupulous politicians: this is the explosive mix that triggered xenophobic violence in South Africa. A phenomenon, that of xenophobia against migrants, wh ...
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  11 October 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - A festival to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Evangelization of the Ivory Coast Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Ivory Coast is preparing to celebrate the 125th year of evangelization next year. On October 28, 1895, fathers Alexandre Hamard and Emile Bonhomme, the first missionaries ...
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  10 October 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Opening of the Extraordinary Missionary Month: Ivorian Christians witness the Gospel of Christ without fear and without shame Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - "With our baptism we are all missionaries, sent and witnesses of the Gospel of Christ and we must act without fear and without shame", said His Exc. Mgr. Alexis Touably Youlo, Bishop of Agb ...
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  9 October 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - "Staying too long in power is detrimental to the well-being of the country", says the President of Niger Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The holders of power can abuse it and this is all the more true as their presence in power is long. This means that the wear and tear of power can lead to despotism, clanism and inefficiency", s ...
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  8 October 2019
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Hope for national dialogue to end the secessionist crisis in English-speaking areas Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "Everyone was able to express their point of view and everyone returns home with a result", said His Eminence Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, at the end of the gr ...
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  7 October 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Creating partnerships between Church and civil organizations to combat human trafficking" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Each Bishops’ Conference and diocese are invited to create a Desk dealing with Human Trafficking in the spirit of Santa Marta. This is the main recommendation that emerged at the end of the se ...
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  7 October 2019
  AFRICA/MALAWI - An instrument for evangelization: Radio Maria Malawi celebrates twenty years of life Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Radio Maria Malawi celebrated twenty years of life, confirming itself as a powerful tool of evangelization in the country. "Despite difficult times and daily difficulties, Radio Maria continues ...
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  5 October 2019
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Extraordinary Missionary Month preceded by the PMS Congress Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – To raise awareness of the needs of the mission; find new ways and strategies for missionary evangelization in Burundi and in the world; to study together how to support the Pontifical Missio ...
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  5 October 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The spectre of another war hangs over the Ivory Coast: the warning of a missionary Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The current Ivorian political atmosphere fears a dark future for the Ivory Coast. "The spectre of yet another war hangs, unfortunately, over this earth", explains Fr. Donald Zagore, Ivorian theo ...
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  4 October 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Insecurity spreads in vast areas; the drama of the parish of Pissila Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation of security is extremely serious. Not a day goes by without new victims". This is the cry of alarm launched by the Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso, Alpha Barry, on the precar ...
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  3 October 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - Missionary renewal of the Church in Africa, in view of the 400th anniversary of the foundation of “Propaganda Fide” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Bringing together a number of academics to analyze the state of evangelization in Africa and propose possible new ways and missionary solutions": this was the goal of the first continental conf ...
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  3 October 2019
  AFRICA - Bishops of North Africa: "in the last year important steps have been taken in the Islamic-Christian brotherhood" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "This year was characterized by events that stimulate our Churches to work for Islamic-Christian brotherhood", write the members of the Conference of Bishops of the North Africa Region (CERNA) in t ...