Africa

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  5 June 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Congolese Bishops threaten to file suit against Kinshasa mayor Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The National Bishops’ Conference of Congo, CENCO, is considering filing a lawsuit against Dolly Makambo, Mayor of Gombe, a municipality in the north of the Congolese capital, Kinshasa. The CE ...
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  5 June 2018
  AFRICA - People "have hunger for the Eucharist": it is urgent to form catechists, lay people, extraordinary ministers Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "The Eucharist remains essentially the heart of the Church's missionary activity. Without it nothing can be achieved. As Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus says, in the absence of the Eucharistic Jesu ...
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  4 June 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. - An atypical form of "genocide" is scourging the country Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "When a Central African returns home after spending a few years abroad, he realizes the abnormal and precarious situation that the Country is going through. Since 2013, so many resolutions have f ...
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  4 June 2018
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Christian leaders: "we want to contribute to the peaceful development of the electoral process" Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Religious leaders from different church bodies under the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD), called on the government of Zimbabwe to promote peace and reconciliation in the country ...
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  30 May 2018
  AFRICA - The Jesuits: focus on governance, peace, human rights Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Political governance and human rights, sustainable development, peace, equitable sharing of natural resources, climate change and sustainable food: these are the points on which Jesuit social ce ...
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  30 May 2018
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Walk of Faith: a pilgrimage for Ugandan martyrs Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – 2018 Uganda Martyrs Day is celebrated on 3 June, an event that gathers pilgrims at the Namugongo Catholic Shrine. Since Saturday 26 May the faithful have thronged Munyonyo Martyrs Catholic Shr ...
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  29 May 2018
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - National dialogue, the Bishops: "We are ready to do our part" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The General Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Zambia (ZCCB), Fr. Cleophas Lungu said that Catholic Bishops are "more than ready" to be part of the main team in the dialogue process. The st ...
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  29 May 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Fear reigns in the North-West: no social life Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "There are no clashes in Bamenda. However, there is a lot of tension. Traders and entrepreneurs fear that their activities will be destroyed or damaged. Taxi drivers are afraid of being attacked ...
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  26 May 2018
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - A Jesuit: "Serious violations of human rights in the English-speaking provinces" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is dramatic: law enforcement agencies continue to kill civilians, thousands of people seek refuge abroad or in other provinces of the country". Fr. Ludovic Lado, Jesuit, traces a ...
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  26 May 2018
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Foreign debt in Africa: a sword of Damocles on millions of poor The foreign debt that Sub-Saharan African Countries have accumulated over the past few years is an unresolved issue. After the great abolitionist campaign, promoted on the occasion of the Great Jubilee of 2000, there is ...
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  26 May 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - International Day of Africa: from the Africa of Fate to the Africa of Possibilities Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "Years pass, hours fly and the observations are unfortunately still the same: the deterioration of Africa, of its nations, of its unity, of its people increase considerably and inexorably", writes ...
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  26 May 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops: "We reiterate our opposition to a possible third term of the current President" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We need to organize credible, transparent and inclusive elections for the stability of the Country", reiterated the Secretary General of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), Fr. ...
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  25 May 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Christianity does not identify with Western civilization as Boko Haram says" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church should continue to correct the distorted historical narrative of fundamentalist’s ideology which identifies colonialism and Western civilization with Christianity" say the Rectors of ...
• 25 May 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Auxiliary of Enugu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed the Rev. Ernest Obodo, of the clergy of Enugu, Rector of St. Bernard Senior Seminary Hostel and professor at the Bigard Memorial Seminary in Enugu, as ...
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  25 May 2018
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The family, the cradle of vocations to the priesthood and to consecrated life Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "Families are kindergartens where priests, religious, parents and good faithful come from", said Msgr. Flavian Kasala, Bishop of Geita, member of the Association of Catholic Bishops of Eas ...