Africa

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  17 July 2018
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - First perpetual professions in Dioulasso for the Pianzoline 'mission animators' Dioulasso (Agenzia Fides) - Burkina Faso, like the neighboring States of the Sahel area without natural resources, is among the poorest countries in the world. The population lives on the little agriculture that the land ...
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  16 July 2018
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "Evangelization is the essential mission of the Church" says Archbishop Rugambwa to the Bishops of AMECEA Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Remain anchored in the proper mission of the Church". This is the exhortation delivered by the Most Rev. Protase Rugambwa, Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, t ...
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  16 July 2018
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Joy because the opening of the Plenary Assembly of AMECEA coincided with the historic visit of the Eritrean President Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "The fact that this historic moment is happening exactly at the same time as our plenary Assembly meeting, is really surprising and indeed we are grateful to God", said His Eminence Cardinal ...
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  14 July 2018
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Families forced to live in cemeteries, "a sign of human and political decadence" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The violent rains that have struck the country and caused the death of dozens of people (see Fides 21/6/2018) have fueled the deterioration of the health conditions of the affected populations. ...
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  14 July 2018
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Ethiopia-Eritrea Agreement: the Church hopes for "a season of freedom and peace" Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - Prudence is the word circulating in the environments of the Eritrean Catholic Church regarding the peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea. "As a Church - says Fr. Mussie Zerai, priest of th ...
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  13 July 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishops' denunciation: "Who benefits from killing men of dialogue like Don Firmin? Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Who benefits from the violence against the Church?" this is what the Bishops of the Central African Republic officially ask in a statement in which they denounce the killing, on June 29, of Mgr. ...
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  12 July 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "No to provocations that come from the self-proclaimed "League for the defense of the Church", warn the Bishops Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We are outraged by the statement published by an organization called "The League for the defense of the Church in Central Africa", in which one wants to put in place projects that are contrary t ...
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  11 July 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Lay Catholics: "Concrete measures for credible elections, otherwise actions of protest" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the peace and stability of the country as well as that of the region are being threatened, on 9 August the Lay Coordination Committee will launch an appeal to the general mobilization of ...
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  11 July 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Sectarian assaults after the arrest of a Copt accused of offenses against the Prophet Mohammad Minya (Agenzia Fides) - A young Coptic Egyptian was arrested in the village of Menbal, in the province of Minya, on charges of having shared some videos considered offensive against Prophet Mohammad on social media. The ...
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  10 July 2018
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Bishops: "Elections are an opportunity to build a new Zimbabwe" Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "We believe, we hope and we pray, that the coming elections of 30th July 2018 will be such a moment for us all" write the Bishops of Zimbabwe in the pastoral letter entitled "Opening a new door" ...
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  10 July 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - For half a century a "village of charity" at the service of the disabled and the population in the Diocese of Dapaong Bombouaka (Agenzia Fides) - The "San Luigi Orione" Center of Bombouaka, in Togo, celebrated its 50th anniversary on July 7th: it is a centre of excellence that in recent years has become a point of reference for the enti ...
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  9 July 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Corruption is a cancer that must be eradicated urgently" say religious leaders Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Corruption is a cancer that has pervaded every sector of our society, and which the current laws have proved inadequate to address. There is therefore an urgent need to take radical action to e ...
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  9 July 2018
  AFRICA/ IVORY COAST - Depenalization of abortion: moral and political regression Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "If the Ivorian Bishops have already energetically raised their voice to say No to the bill on reproductive health that has the fundamental objective of decriminalizing abortion and medically as ...
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  5 July 2018
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - A parish committed to microcredit for women Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - A microcredit initiative for women is making a community autonomous. Thanks to small loans, the parish of Palmarin is becoming a model of cooperation for Senegal. It all started 15 years ago with ...
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  5 July 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - UN mission condemns the killing of Mgr. Gbagoua and warns the population: "Do not let yourselves be carried away by violence" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Firm condemnation by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) for the assassination of the Vicar General of Bambari, Mgr. Firmin Gbagoua, killed on 29 Ju ...