Africa

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  10 October 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Opening of the Extraordinary Missionary Month: Ivorian Christians witness the Gospel of Christ without fear and without shame Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - "With our baptism we are all missionaries, sent and witnesses of the Gospel of Christ and we must act without fear and without shame", said His Exc. Mgr. Alexis Touably Youlo, Bishop of Agb ...
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  9 October 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - "Staying too long in power is detrimental to the well-being of the country", says the President of Niger Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The holders of power can abuse it and this is all the more true as their presence in power is long. This means that the wear and tear of power can lead to despotism, clanism and inefficiency", s ...
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  8 October 2019
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Hope for national dialogue to end the secessionist crisis in English-speaking areas Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "Everyone was able to express their point of view and everyone returns home with a result", said His Eminence Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, at the end of the gr ...
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  7 October 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Creating partnerships between Church and civil organizations to combat human trafficking" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Each Bishops’ Conference and diocese are invited to create a Desk dealing with Human Trafficking in the spirit of Santa Marta. This is the main recommendation that emerged at the end of the se ...
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  7 October 2019
  AFRICA/MALAWI - An instrument for evangelization: Radio Maria Malawi celebrates twenty years of life Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Radio Maria Malawi celebrated twenty years of life, confirming itself as a powerful tool of evangelization in the country. "Despite difficult times and daily difficulties, Radio Maria continues ...
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  5 October 2019
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Extraordinary Missionary Month preceded by the PMS Congress Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – To raise awareness of the needs of the mission; find new ways and strategies for missionary evangelization in Burundi and in the world; to study together how to support the Pontifical Missio ...
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  5 October 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The spectre of another war hangs over the Ivory Coast: the warning of a missionary Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The current Ivorian political atmosphere fears a dark future for the Ivory Coast. "The spectre of yet another war hangs, unfortunately, over this earth", explains Fr. Donald Zagore, Ivorian theo ...
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  4 October 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Insecurity spreads in vast areas; the drama of the parish of Pissila Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation of security is extremely serious. Not a day goes by without new victims". This is the cry of alarm launched by the Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso, Alpha Barry, on the precar ...
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  3 October 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - Missionary renewal of the Church in Africa, in view of the 400th anniversary of the foundation of “Propaganda Fide” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Bringing together a number of academics to analyze the state of evangelization in Africa and propose possible new ways and missionary solutions": this was the goal of the first continental conf ...
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  3 October 2019
  AFRICA - Bishops of North Africa: "in the last year important steps have been taken in the Islamic-Christian brotherhood" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "This year was characterized by events that stimulate our Churches to work for Islamic-Christian brotherhood", write the members of the Conference of Bishops of the North Africa Region (CERNA) in t ...
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  2 October 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Let's help Fidei Donum priests" urges the National Director of the PMS Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Bonaventure Luchidio, Coordinator of Fidei Donum Programs in Kenya, and Executive Secretary for Commissions for Missions at the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB), and National Dire ...
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  2 October 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - A genuine and solid educational system is needed to limit the horror of violence Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Violence, sacrifices of children, suicides, increased child pregnancies, incivility, criminality, are among the many evils that undermine Ivorian society. "The Ivory Coast is getting worse in th ...
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  1 October 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The youth of Juba axis of Catholicism, missionaries in the archdiocese Juba (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the celebrations for the centenary of the South Sudanese Catholic Church, the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Juba, Mgr. Santo Loku Pio, the head of the Committee for Cent ...
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  1 October 2019
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Extraordinary Missionary Month: “Be missionaries, not spectators” the Bishops exhort Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We want you to rekindle your missionary spirit in order to proclaim Christ's Salvation everywhere", write the Bishops of Burundi, in the message for the Extraordinary Missionary Month which o ...
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  30 September 2019
  AFRICA/GABON - "The Jubilee was important to reinvigorate the Church in Gabon", says the Nuncio Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - "We are satisfied for the participation of the faithful in the closing ceremony of the Jubilee" says His Exc. Mgr. Francisco Escalante Molina, Apostolic Nuncio in Gabon and in Congo Brazzavil ...