Africa

• 24 April 2019
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Resignation of the Bishop of Goma and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 23 April the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, presented by H.E. Msgr. Théophile Kaboy Rubone ...
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  24 April 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Cardinal Nzapalainga celebrated Easter with 500 prisoners Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "It is our duty to show them tenderness and love" said Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, who celebrated Easter with about five hundred prisoners in Ngaragba prison, in the ca ...
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  13 April 2019
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Bishops offer support to flood victims Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – “We are here to stand with you to fulfill our duty to help those in need” said His Excellence Monsignor Thomas Luke Msusa, Archbishop of Blantyre and President of the Catholic Bishops’ ...
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  12 April 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - The government of Burkina Faso: "Fr. Maccalli, is alive". "We are surprised", says a missionary from Niger Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "We are surprised because there has been no talk about it", says Fr. Mauro Armanino, missionary of the Society of African Missions (SMA), from the capital of Niger, Niamey, on the announcement by ...
• 12 April 2019
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appointment of the Rector of "Saint Augustine" philosophical Seminary in the diocese of Kabwe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 7 February 2019, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the Rev . Patrick Banda, of the diocesan clergy of Chipata (Zambia) as ...
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  12 April 2019
  AFRICA - Farewell missionary and journalist Father Paolo Costantini Treviglio (Agenzia Fides) – Missionary and journalist: is how Paolo Costantini defined himself, already an established director of the press agency of Padri Bianchi (Missionaries of Africa) in Brussels, then of the mag ...
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  12 April 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - “South Sudanese touched by the act of Papa Franceso done in their name.” Juba (Agenzia Fides) – “South Sudanese were left positively stunned as they witnessed Papa Francesco plead on his knees and kiss the feet of politicians of South Sudan. The video and images of the event are circulat ...
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  11 April 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Nearly 900 churches "regularized" by the Egyptian government in less than 3 years Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In Egypt the process of "legalization" of Christian places of worship built in the past without the required permits, along with the granting of permits for the construction of new churches contin ...
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  11 April 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The fall of Omar al-Bashir could affect the peace agreement in South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The military overthrow of Sudan’s longtime President Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir has raised concerns about whether the upheaval will destabilize neighboring South Sudan’s fragile efforts at peac ...
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  11 April 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The Church in Maiduguri is recovering after the violence in recent years", says the diocesan Director of the PMS Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We thank God for the current situation in Maiduguri that has improved in recent months", says in an interview with Agenzia Fides Fr. Patrick Solomon Zaku, Diocesan Director of the PMS of Maiduguri ...
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  10 April 2019
  AFRICA/ERITREA - When assigning funds the " European Union must guarantee respect for freedom and human rights" Asmara (Agenzia Fides) – The Europea Union has a duty to control the use of funds assigned to Eritrea, because the money given by the EU may fund forced labour. This observation comes from the Eritrean Foundation for ...
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  9 April 2019
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Peaceful protests, the people of Algeria become “actor of change for the future”” Algiers (Agenzia Fides) – “ Demonstrations taking place are peaceful. Even the people are surprised at the serenity of the action. Society desires and demands a new future”. Graziella Rapacioli, Caritas Algeria ...
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  9 April 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - South Sudan Leaders in spiritual retreat with Pope Francis AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN – South Sudan Leaders in spiritual retreat with Pope Francis Roma (Agenzia Fides) - “We will accompany the Presidency on this journey to sing together the anthem of South Sudan” said Fr . J ...
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  8 April 2019
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Mission is “the authentic encounter with Jesus Christ ”: 25 years after the genocide Kigali (Agenzia Fides) – “Unless the Gospel touches the heart it fails to bring about in-depth change in the person, it is simply superficial and understood only in material terms of prosperity and miracles, a nation ...
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  8 April 2019
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Tension in Khartoum where the military protect demonstrators who demand the resignation of the President Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Very tense situation in Khartoum, where for weeks demonstrations have followed to demand the resignation of President Omer Hassan al-Bashir, in power for 30 years. Thousands of protesters gathe ...