Africa

• 22 February 2019
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Rector of the "Notre Dame de l'Espérance" Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Bertoua Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 20 September 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Elie Kengne, of the diocesan clergy of Batouri, as Rector of ...
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  22 February 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Towards the Extraordinary Missionary Month: meeting of the PMS of Burkina Faso-Niger Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no discouragement. The proclamation of the Gospel involves risks. But let us pray for the return of security", says Fr. Isidore Sola Nombré, Director of the Pontifical Mission Soc ...
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  21 February 2019
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - The prisoner’s old creased Bible: when God enters the prison Fès (Agenzia Fides) - Prison may not be hell or a place of despair, but a space where God meets man, wounded and suffering. And it can even become a place to bear witness to one's faith. This is what missionary Fr. Matt ...
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  21 February 2019
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - 170 students of the Catholic school of Kumbo kidnapped and then freed by English-speaking secessionists Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - A new mass abduction of students from a school in the English-speaking area of Cameroon, carried out by guerrillas demanding independence from the rest of the country. On 16 February 2019, unid ...
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  20 February 2019
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Church’s strong position for the death of Fr. Nicolas, victim of a road ambush after bringing the Eucharist to a sick person Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Strong position taken by the Catholic Church for the death of Fr. Nicolas Ratodisoa, victim of a brutal attack on 9 February and died on 14 February due to his injuries. His Exc. Mgr. Odon ...
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  20 February 2019
  AFRICA - Protection of minors: "Justice does not exclude pastoral mercy for sinners" Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church must not in any way be an accomplice of evil", says Father Donald Zagore, an Ivorian theologian of the Society for African Missions, to Fides, in view of the meeting on "The protection ...
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  19 February 2019
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - In prayer before the crucifix of nails of Fr. Gigi Maccalli Fès (Agenzia Fides) - Prayers and solidarity for the release of Father Luigi Maccalli, a missionary in Niger continue. We have no news of Fr. Macalli since 17 September 2018. Among the many testimonies, Father Matteo R ...
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  19 February 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Rector Major of the Salesians: "May the blood of Fr. Antonio César be the seed of Christians, faithful followers of Jesus, and of young vocations at the service of the Kingdom" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "A good man, a man of God who, like the Lord, spent his life “doing good”, especially among his beloved African people", this is how the Rector Major of the Salesians, Fr. Ángel Fernández Art ...
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  18 February 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Postponement of the vote; a Bishop: "Let us put aside controversies and support those who must ensure credible elections" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The electoral process is managed by human beings and there may be errors, so let us stop complaining" said His Exc. Mgr. Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor, Bishop of Awka, who urged Nigerians to sto ...
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  15 February 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "An agreement imposed from outside on behalf of rebel groups, who are often foreigners" says a Bishop Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "When the agreement reached in Khartoum was signed, it was already a dead letter the next day in Bangui", said His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou, in commenting on the ...
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  14 February 2019
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Faith lived in joy and openness, waiting for the Pope Fès (Agenzia Fides) - In a scenario characterized by poverty and emigration in the city of Fès "together with about 450 university students who are part of our Catholic community, we have been carrying out many initiat ...
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  14 February 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - Extraordinary Missionary Month: "Faith and charity to bear witness to our faith" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Kenya is preparing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Pastoral Letter of Pope Benedict XV’s Apostolic Letter "Maximum Illud", by commemorating the Extraordinary Missionary ...
• 13 February 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Apostolic Administrator of Morogoro Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has appointed Fr. Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S. (Salvatorian) as Apostolic Administrator "plena et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the diocese of Morogoro (Tanzania). ...
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  13 February 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "With the vote of May 8 we have the power to choose the direction our country will take" say the Bishops Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope that the next elections represent a further step in the realization of the society that God desires for us and give us as responsible leaders", is the hope of South African Bishops ...
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  13 February 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - Faith and perseverance for the communities left without priests and missionaries Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - More than four months have passed since that September 17 when Father Gigi Maccalli, a priest of the Society for African Missions (SMA), was kidnapped from Bomoanga. "This tragic event radically ...