Africa

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  14 May 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic priest killed by a Christian guard Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Makad Saad was the name of the Coptic Orthodox priest killed on Monday 13 May in front of the church of San Marco in Al-Wahda district of the Egyptian city of Shubra al-Khaymah, in the province of ...
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  13 May 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Unity and solidarity to overcome religious extremism Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The Church and the entire population of Burkina Faso find themselves in a condition of extreme suffering. Terrorism and religious extremism are growing, priests are being killed, Christians ...
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  13 May 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Today the funeral of Fr. Siméon Yampa and five faithful killed in the attack during Sunday Mass Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "Fr. Siméon Yampa was a humble person, obedient and full of love, he loved his parishioners", writes His Exc. Mgr. Théophile Nare, Bishop of Kaya in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, on t ...
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  10 May 2019
  AFRICA - ACI-Africa agency is born, Archbishop Dal Toso: "A sign of hope for the continent" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In these pasts months of my service at the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, in particular as President of the Pontifical Mission Societies, I have been very blessed and cons ...
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  10 May 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Church launches a professional center; "We want to train the citizens of tomorrow", says Cardinal Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church wants to train young people and citizens of tomorrow, able to actively participate in the construction and development of the Country", said His Eminence Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalain ...
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  10 May 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - In the face of sufferings, a Church built on rock that is Christ Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of the Ivory Coast is experiencing a period of deep pain. The news of the tragic car accident involving Mgr. Ante Jozic, Apostolic Nuncio of the country while he was in Croat ...
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  9 May 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Let us proclaim that the Lord has risen: let us not be intimidated by reports of brutal violence" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Rampant killings, corruption and abortions reported regularly on news saying they are causing pain families, friends and society. Today the news we read or watch speaks mainly of the atrocious ...
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  8 May 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The migration of young Nigerians marks the failure of an entire leadership" accuses Cardinal Onaiyekan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "If you live in a country where young people tell you that it is better to live elsewhere, this is the sign of the failure of an entire leadership", accuses Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Arc ...
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  8 May 2019
  AFRICA - To remain true witnesses of life: an imperative for African Christian women Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "One of the great revolutions in the history of Easter was to discover that the people who first brought the message of the resurrection to the world were women. Suddenly they found themselves inve ...
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  7 May 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “No to violence; yes to a free and peaceful vote”, the Bishops appeal on the eve of the elections Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Fellow South Africans, brothers and sisters, we beg you in the name of our common humanity and spiritual values to behave peacefully before, during and after the elections", the Bishops of ...
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  7 May 2019
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Bishops promote the leadership of Catholic women, in view of the elections Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Leadership for Salvation" this is the theme of the course in which 69 women from the eight Catholic dioceses of Malawi took part in recent days. The course was organized by the Bishops' Confer ...
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  6 May 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "It is necessary to create national unity by managing diversity", says the Bishop of Sokoto Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "I think that the problems in Nigeria have very little to do with the things that we ascribe, but is everything to do with our inability, sheer incapacity to manage diversity. Managing diversity i ...
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  6 May 2019
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Mgr. Francisco Lerma Martinez, Bishop of Gurué: a life dedicated to Mission Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "His dynamism, energy, entrepreneurship, liveliness and sense of humor were always a joy that infected and fascinated those who met him", writes to Agenzia Fides, Fr. Pedro José da Silva Louro, ...
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  4 May 2019
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishops condemn post-election violence and offer themselves as mediators to overcome the crisis Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very worried about the incidents and violence that marked the vote, for the scarce participation of the population in the vote, and for the unimaginable scenes of violence of May 1st", s ...
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  3 May 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The Mission gave the pygmies in addition to the Gospel, also freedom and dignity, preserving their culture and traditions" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Belemboké, 500 km south-west from Bangui, is a mission of only pygmies", writes to Agenzia Fides Fr. Federico Trinchero, a Carmelite missionary stationed in the capital of the Central African R ...