Africa

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  9 November 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic priest: violent fanaticism and occultism increase atheism and religious indifference among young people Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Only 33% of Egyptian youth consider the relationship with God really important, while the possibility of giving reasons with persuasive arguments of one’s own religious faith is shared only by 6 ...
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  9 November 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Evangelization and missionary activity: nuns at the forefront of women's education Bondoukou (Agenzia Fides) - "We have become what we are thanks to them. Until they arrived in our country, education for girls was very complicated", said one of the first students of the Catholic College of Transua in t ...
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  7 November 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishops are "Pastors and administrators of God's delicate vineyard" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "As Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan we consider the protection of minors a priority and we are committed to working for the prevention of all forms of abuse, atrocities and violence against childr ...
• 6 November 2019
  AFRICA/GABON - Appointment of the Rector of the Saint Augustin Major Seminary in Libreville Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 30, 2019 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev . Yves-Edgard Pambou, of the diocesan clergy of Mouila as Rector ...
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  6 November 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - "No to corruption": Bishops launch six-month anti-corruption campaign Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Corruption is a rot of the heart". The Bishops of Kenya launch their six-month anti-corruption companion. As part of the fight against corruption, among other things, the Kenya Conference of C ...
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  6 November 2019
  AFRICA/TOGO - Faith and prayer at the conclusion of the Month of the Rosary and Missionary Month in the small community of Kolowaré Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - "One had to be present to be immersed in the prayerful atmosphere, imbued with faith, of that moment. The Missionary Month and Rosary Month of October 2019 represented a time of intense prayer ...
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  5 November 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishops to politicians: "Remember Pope Francis’ appeal for peace" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "It is our hope that our political leaders, in South Sudan, both in government and opposition, most of whom are Christians, will keep in mind the appeal and the ‘extraordinary gesture’ of the H ...
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  5 November 2019
  AFRICA - Pastoral care based on the legacy of African Saints Kara (Agenzia Fides) - In Africa today "it is necessary that African Saints occupy a fundamental place in programs of evangelization in general, and in particular of catechesis, so that they are better known by the Afric ...
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  4 November 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - National Mission Congress; "A very successful event of great importance for the Church in Nigeria", says the Director of the PMS Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Congress was a very successful one, in comparison to the third one, in terms of attendance and active participation by the cross section of the faithful of the Church in Nigeria", said Fr. Ge ...
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  29 October 2019
  AFRICA - Large areas of East Africa devastated by floods Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The violent floods that hit several areas of East Africa have caused death and destruction in South Sudan, Kenya and Somalia. In Kenya, at least 29 people died in the floods that hit 25 counties ...
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  29 October 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Closure of the Extraordinary Missionary Month: "Missionary awakening is part of our daily lives", says the Director of the PMS Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - "Missionary awakening must not be limited just to the month of October, decreed by Pope Francis, but must be part of our daily life", said the National Director of the Pontifical Mission So ...
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  28 October 2019
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "No to the attempt to provoke an ethnic and religious crisis", says the Premier, Nobel Peace Prize Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "An attempt to provoke an ethnic and religious crisis". Thus the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed Ali, described the violence that caused the death of 67 people last week in the great ...
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  28 October 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop Dal Toso closes the National Mission Congress: now may each one of us evangelize through words and with our lives Benin city (Agenzia Fides) - It is not enough to organize a Congress on the topic of evangelization if this does not have an impact on the life of all those who have participated, so that each one of us may evangelize th ...
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  26 October 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President of the PMS to Bishops: from welcoming missionaries to becoming missionaries Benin city (Agenzia Fides) - After his speech at the National Missionary Congress of Nigeria, in Benin city, on the theme "The Church of Christ in Mission in Nigeria" (see Fides, 24/10/2019), Archbishop Giampietro Dal To ...
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  26 October 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop Dal Toso at the National Congress: "The extraordinary missionary Month is a starting point" Benin city (Agenzia Fides) - The Extraordinary Missionary Month that the Church is experiencing in this October 2019 is not only a celebration, but must a starting point, so that our Churches assume the missionary mandat ...