Africa

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  19 September 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - African religious leaders: "Immediately implement the peace agreement otherwise South Sudan will collapse back into war" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the African Council of Religious Leaders have called for quick implementation of the September 2018 revitalized peace agreement on South Sudan. "We are further troubled by the increasin ...
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  18 September 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President of the Bishops' Conference: "The leaders of a country should guarantee the peace and security of their people" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - New stance taken by the Bishops of Nigeria on the lack of security in different areas of the Federation. "Every government that fails to protect the constitutional rights of her citizens has fai ...
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  17 September 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Small Christian communities, model of evangelization Dodoma (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Africa will grow if the "Small Christian Communities" have a priority role and will be strengthened: says Fr. Emmanuel Chimombo, pastoral coordinator for the Association of Member E ...
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  17 September 2019
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Bishops denounce violence and beatings against the opposition Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply concerned about the reported nocturnal visits by unknown masked men, beatings, torture, sexual assaults, abductions, harassment of dissenting voices and violent repression of demon ...
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  16 September 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - The whole community awaits Fr. Maccalli in prayer Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - There has been no news regarding Father Gigi Maccalli, the priest of the Society for African Missions kidnapped by the diocese of Bomoanga (see Fides, 18/9/2018) since September 17, 2018. Despite ...
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  16 September 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Xenophobia in South Africa; the Congolese Catholic laity: "No to temptation of revenge" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We follow with great attention, emotion and dismay, the xenophobic and barbaric acts", says an open letter from the Council of the Apostolate of the Catholic Laity of the Congo (CALCC) addres ...
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  16 September 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - Release Fr. Maccalli: a man of peace, a great man of God at the service of Niger for more than 10 years Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - "When even at night he heard a knock at the door of the mission, Fr. Gigi opened the door without fear. The person was generally an inhabitant of the village of Bomoanga, headquarters of the missi ...
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  14 September 2019
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Bishops' alarm: The government seize schools Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - After having seized hospitals and dispensaries, the Eritrean State is starting to seize schools run by Catholic, but also Islamic and Protestant religious bodies. In the last two years, 29 clinic ...
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  14 September 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Guanellian missionaries' commitment towards the disabled: "To promote the dignity and integral development of the person" Owerri (Agenzia Fides) - "Being a person with disabilities in Africa, almost always, means meeting a future of marginalization and poverty: here adequate health facilities are lacking and often socio-cultural barriers tr ...
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  13 September 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Xenophobia: stance taken by the Bishops of Southern Africa Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The deplorable actions that we have witnessed cannot be condoned in any way nor can they be hidden behind words that hide the real terror of xenophobia", says a statement of the Standing ...
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  13 September 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The trip promoted by Opera Romana Pilgrimage that crosses the "Way of the Holy Family" has been confirmed Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The next visit of pilgrim groups to Egypt by Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi (ORP) will take place from 4 to 11 October. The program of the visit also includes some stages along the so-called "Way of th ...
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  12 September 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The challenges of young Nigerians, are the challenges confronting young people all over the world Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The challenges of young Nigerians, are the challenges confronting young people all over the world. However, these challenges come in various ways and degrees in different parts of the world", sai ...
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  11 September 2019
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Protection for women in Darfur from abuse, sexual violence, harassment and killings Karthoum (Agenzia Fides) - Women in Darfur continue to be abused, sexually harassed and killed. As Fides learns, social researcher Ibtihal Ishag denounced the condition of women in Darfur, during a conference on violence ...
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  11 September 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops and African leaders take a stand against xenophobic violence Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The voices of the Bishops of African countries against xenophobic violence in South Africa are being raised. "South Africans must not forget that other Africans have played a leading role i ...
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  10 September 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Feminicides: "May God free men from the belief that we possess women", says His Exc. Mgr. Phalana Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - While the wave of violence against Nigerian migrants does not stop (see Fides, 5/9/2019), South African society is confronted with another form of widespread violence: that against women. L ...