Africa

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  1 October 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - Extraordinary Missionary Month: the Gospel, a precious gift of Europe to Africa Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, with the rise of Pan-African movements, Europe is continuously sent from Africa to the court of history for its role, sometimes troubled and discussed, in the political and economic life of ...
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  1 October 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops' alarm: "There is still much to do before the vote on December 23rd" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Progress has been made but there are still strong fears that the December 23 elections could be falsified". This is the message that Secretary General of the Congolese Episcopal Conference (CE ...
• 1 October 2018
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Resignation of the metropolitan Archbishop of Huambo and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Huambo (Angola), presented by His Exc. Mgr. José de Queirós Alves, C.SS.R. T ...
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  1 October 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Rumors about the suicide of a Coptic monk of St. Macarious denied Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Monk Zaynoun al Makari was buried on September 28th in the cemetery of the Coptic Orthodox monastery of St. Macarious, who died of a heart attack following the first investigations by the police. ...
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  28 September 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - The safety of priests: a great challenge for the African Church Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "Is the African continent becoming hostile to priests? The number of kidnappings and murders against the religious continues to grow disproportionately, disturbing the commitment of many pastoral w ...
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  28 September 2018
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - The Bishops of North Africa denounce: "The rights of migrants are trampled" Tangier (Agenzia Fides) - "We denounce the trampling of the fundamental rights of migrants", say the Bishops of North Africa in the statement published at the end of the Assembly of CERNA (Bishops' Conference of the Nort ...
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  27 September 2018
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The solidarity of Pope Francis and the Tanzanian Bishops following the ferry accident on Lake Victoria Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray for the deceased to rest in peace and wish the injured a quick recovery. We empathize with the injured and survivors of the accident. We pray that God grants them a quick recovery ...
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  27 September 2018
  AFRICA - Extraordinary missionary month: between professed faith and lived faith, Africa remains "mission land" Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "Africa is often represented, in an approximate way, as a land of mission at this stage rooted, ready to export its dynamism of faith to the ancient churches and missionary entities such as the wea ...
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  26 September 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Massacres and uprisings in the Northeast: appeal of the Bishop of Butembo-Beni Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In a raid of alleged Ugandan rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) against the Congolese city of Beni and in the municipality of Rwenzori and Beu, northeast of the Democratic Republic of ...
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  25 September 2018
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - "Let us evangelize the Sixth continent, virtual networks together with young people": the commitment of the Senegalese priests Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "We share with many young people their concerns: the lack of adequate formation, unemployment that affects most of them, the fragility of the school system, the desperation that leads them to ille ...
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  25 September 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - The first health-dental mission in Kolowaré thanks to a Catholic doctor Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - "After several months of preparation and prayer, working on the draft 'A smile for Africa', and after constant daily attention to what the Lord wants from us, finally at the end of July 2018 w ...
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  24 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A Nigerian Catholic priest died four days after he escaped from his abductors’ den Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A Nigerian Catholic priest died four days after he escaped from his abductors’ den. Louis Odudu, died in a hospital in Warri, in the State of Delta (southern Nigeria), on September 19. The imme ...
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  24 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - "Release Fr. Maccalli": appeal by the Muslim leaders of Niger Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - The Muslim leaders of Niger express firm condemnation over the abduction of Fr. Pierluigi Maccalli and ask for his immediate release, as stated by an appeal relaunched by the Interreligious Commit ...
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  24 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - Insecurity and confusion over the fate of Father Maccalli Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "At the moment we do not know anything about the condition or about the possible release of Father Pierluigi Maccalli who was kidnapped on september 17. No request has been made", says a source o ...
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  24 September 2018
  AFRICA/NIGER - Fr. Armanino: "Fr. Maccalli, a missionary in his church of the poor" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "After all, mission is nothing more than becoming hostages of the poor and the Gospel. Just like God who took Fr. Pierluigi 'hostage'": says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Mauro Armanino, missionary of the ...