Africa
9 January 2019
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Assault against the Comboni nuns: "The goal was the loot, not religion"
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The assailants were common bandits. Small criminals who were looking for an easy loot to take away": this is how the Italian Comboni nuns summarize the assault suffered by the Foyer Community of ...
8 January 2019
AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops warn: "Do not irritate the population, proclaim the truth"
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "It is the irregularities that would irritate the population and the most serious thing that could lead the Congolese people to revolt would be to publish results which do not conform to the tr ...
8 January 2019
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A missionary says: "father, why did God allow me to be born in South Sudan?"
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "I arrived in South Sudan in Juba in January 2015, where we have the only home of the Friars Minor of the country. At the beginning we were 5 friars, two from Italy, one from Slovakia, Australia an ...
7 January 2019
AFRICA/EGYPT - The Imam of al Azhar at the "inauguration" of the Cathedral and Mosque in the new administrative capital
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of the Sunni University of al Azhar, led by the Grand Imam Ahmed al Tayyb, also took part together with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi at the "official inauguration" of the n ...
7 January 2019
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Comboni Missionaries attacked and robbed in their community
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "On 5 January 2019, the Foyer Community of the Comboni Missionary Sisters in Bangui, in Central Africa, was attacked and robbed by a gang of about 8-9 people – said the Superior General of the ...
5 January 2019
AFRICA/LIBYA - A mass grave of 34 Ethiopian Christians executed by Islamic State militants has been discovered in Libya
Sirte (Agenzia Fides) - The government authorities of the Libyan national agreement have announced the discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of 34 Ethiopian Christians killed in 2015 by jihadists affiliated to ...
5 January 2019
AFRICA/GHANA - The care of the Guanellian missionaries towards the disabled in Africa
Adidome - School and work: along these lines the Fathers of the Opera Don Guanella have been carrying out a project of evangelization and charity for young people with disabilities in Adidome for eight years, in the dioc ...
4 January 2019
AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Bishops' appeal: "May 2019 be the year of peace and reconciliation"
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "May 2019 be a year of peace and reconciliation", is what the Bishops of Burundi hope for in their message to the faithful for the Christmas holidays and for the new year. The country is going ...
4 January 2019
AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Sisi will also participate in the Christmas vigil presided over by Coptic Patriarch Tawadros
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Also this year Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi will take part in the solemn Coptic liturgy of the Christmas vigil, scheduled in the new Cathedral dedicated to the Nativity of Jesus, built ...
3 January 2019
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Appointment of the Bishop of Torit
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today the Holy Father appointed Rev. Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, of the clergy of Torit, Bishop of the diocese of Torit (South Sudan), currently Lecturer and Dean of the St. Paul National M ...
3 January 2019
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Justice and Peace" applauds the introduction of guaranteed minimum wages but stresses that more needs to be done
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We applaud the President and the cabinet for taking the first step towards addressing wage disparities and the plight of the working poor" says His Exc. Mgr. Abel Gabuza, Coadjutor Bishop ...
3 January 2019
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Friars become breeders to support the mission
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Nature and mission can be allies. This is the conviction of the Capuchin friars in Mozambique, who have given birth to breeding to support the pastoral activities in Quelimane, the administrative ...
3 January 2019
AFRICA/GHANA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Accra
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 2 January 2019 the Holy Father appointed as metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, Ghana, H.E. Msgr. John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp., currently Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi. (SL) (Agenzia Fide ...
2 January 2019
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Tensions awaiting the results of the vote. Bishops' appeal to remain calm
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Congolese let us remain vigilant": this is the appeal launched by the Lay Coordination Committee (CLC), while the counting of the electoral ballots of the general elections held in much of the ...
28 December 2018
AFRICA/SENEGAL - Immigration is a phenomenon that severely hits Africa
Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - Immigration is a phenomenon that severely affects Africa. The continent is not only a migrant transit territory towards Europe and North America, but is itself a land of migration. This is what th ...
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