Africa

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  22 December 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Despite violence, we celebrate Christmas because we place our hope not in men but in the Lord" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "How do we celebrate Christ the King of Peace when some of our brothers and sisters in Northern Nigeria and, especially in the North Eastern part are constantly being attacked unprovoked? How do w ...
• 21 December 2018
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Erection of the Ecclesiastical Province of Mbeya and appointment of the first Metropolitan Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today the Holy Father erected the Ecclesiastical Province of Mbeya (Tanzania), elevating it to Metropolitan Church, assigning the Dioceses of Iringa and Sumbawanga as suffragan Churches. Th ...
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  21 December 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The auxiliary Bishop of Bamenda kidnapped twice by separatists Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "They threatened that they’re going to kill us", said His Exc. Mgr. Michael Miabesue Bibi Auxiliary Bishop of Bamenda, in the English-speaking part of Cameroon, who was detained twice this mo ...
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  21 December 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - A missionary: "At Christmas, hope does not die for Fr. Macalli" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "In Niamey, the capital of the country, during the celebrations, prayers continue for the release of father Gigi who has been in the hands of his kidnapperss for three months. At the end of each ...
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  21 December 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - Peaceful elections but there is no opposition in Parliament Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - "The day of the elections was peaceful, there was no violence, even though many people did not go to vote", writes to Fides Fr. Donald Zagore, of the Society for African Missions (SMA) referring t ...
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  20 December 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - Tensions on election day: the opposition boycotted the vote Lome (Agenzia Fides) - Tensions and protests on the streets and in the most important urban areas of Lomè, Sokode, Bafilo, Mango and Kpalime, ahead of today's legislative elections on 20 December (see Fides 30/11/2018). ...
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  20 December 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Possible postponement of the vote; The Church is ready to send more than 40,000 election observers Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The National Episcopal Conference of the Congo (CENCO) has already accredited 38,805 election observers and it is hoped that by tomorrow the remaining 2,221 will also be accredited", said Fr. ...
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  19 December 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Cardinal Njue: "It is urgent to speedily investigate the death of Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. John Njoroge Muhia Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We need to clarify the circumstances and reasons of the murder of Fr. John Njoroge Muhia killed on December 10th", said Cardinal Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi, during Fr. Njoroge’s funeral Mass ...
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  18 December 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Five priests killed in 2018, "but Central African priests do not run away because they are not mercenaries" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Central Africa seems to have become entangled in an inextricable tangle of foreign interference, non-fulfillment of the international community and inability of the local government" writes to A ...
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  17 December 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - Father Gigi Maccalli's Christmas: his mission in Bomoanga has closed, but hope does not die Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Three months have gone by since the kidnapping of Father Pier Luigi Maccalli, a priest of the Society for African Missions, SMA (see Fides 18/9/2018). There is no news on the place where he is he ...
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  17 December 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Fears are being accentuated over the vote of the 23rd December Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The elections of December 23rd in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are at risk, where on December 13th, 8,000 electronic voting machines were destroyed following the fire that broke out in ...
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  17 December 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The government of al-Sisi renovates and regulates over 500 churches Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the inauguration of the national social construction plan in recent days President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi renewed his commitment regarding the renovation of churches destroyed by ...
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  15 December 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Uzima Catholic University College excels in medical training for all Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The Catholic University College in Uzima was born of an idea of Emeritus Bishop Zacchaeus Okoth. Moved at the sight of needy suffering people, especially in the region of western Kenya, he ...
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  15 December 2018
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - The elderly in Africa: Capuchin Centre for abandoned elderly people Huambo (Agenzia Fides) – The Capuchin friars run a special home for the elderly in Huambo. The home is a village of ten small homes each with three or four old inmates. The villagers have their own piece of land to c ...
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  14 December 2018
  AFRICA/RWANDA - The Catholic Church intends to regulate the sale of holy pictures Kibeho (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Rwanda says it intends to regulate the commerce of statues and holy pictures to prevent sales by non authorised persons. “we are forming a committee to examine the s ...