Africa

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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 ...
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  24 May 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops denounce: "The entire Country risks being destroyed" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "In North Kivu, a certain political tendency is pushing towards the fragmentation and the splitting of the province, for its particular interests, in disregard of the will of the population who ...
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  23 May 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The State must guarantee the security of citizens" ask the Bishops on the day of the funeral of the victims of the massacre committed in April Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The State must protect all citizens, regardless of their ethnic or religious affiliation, otherwise Nigeria risks falling into chaos and generalized terror. This is the alarm launched by the Niger ...
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  23 May 2018
  AFRICA - With Pentecost, the Church in Africa goes beyond tribal divisions Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "The celebrations of the feast of Pentecost have just ended and the dream of communion, fraternity, love is increasingly felt on the continent. The tribal, clan and ethnic divisions, even within th ...
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  22 May 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Ebola; the Bishops: "Do not give in to resignation, but work together to limit the epidemic" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The confirmation of a first case of Ebola in Mbandaka, an urban area, worries us deeply", writes His Exc. Mgr. Marcel Utembi Tapa, Archbishop of Kisangani and President of the National Episcop ...
• 22 May 2018
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Mbulu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of Mbulu, Tanzania, the Rev. Anthony Lagwen, of the clergy of the same diocese, currently bursar of the same ecclesiastical circumscription. The Rev ...