Africa

• 11 April 2018
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Appointment of National Director of the PMS, Fr. Pontian Kaweesa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 18 January 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Pontian Kaweesa, of the diocesan clergy of Kiyinda-Mityana ...
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  11 April 2018
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - The Bishops: "A presidential pardon to thin out prisons where 16,000 detainees live in spaces for 4,000 people" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – To offer presidential pardon for those guilty of minor crimes and hire new magistrates to speed up trials. This is the appeal launched by the Catholic Church in Côte d'Ivoire where the situat ...
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  10 April 2018
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Casamance: "There is a resumption of violence: we pray strongly for peace": says the Bishop of Ziguinchor Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "We must complain about an increase in violence following the tragedy that occurred in January", said His Exc. Mgr. Paul Abel Mamba, Bishop of Ziguinchor, capital of Casamance, southern region of ...
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  9 April 2018
  AFRICA - African theologian: "The mission of the Church in Africa is born of mercy" Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "The mission of the Church is born of mercy, of the compassion towards the spiritual and social reality of men. Mercy, from its etymological meaning, means letting oneself be touched by the miser ...
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  9 April 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "We are abandoned by all" says the Bishop of Goma after the murder of Fr. Étienne Sengiyumva Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Fr. Étienne Sengiyumva, parish priest of Kitchanga, was killed yesterday, Sunday, April 8, in Kyahemba", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka, Bishop of Goma, capital ...
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  7 April 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Congolese priest kidnapped on Easter Sunday released Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Célestin Ngango, parish priest of Karambi kidnapped on Easter Sunday, on the road between Nyarukwangara and Karambi, in the territory of Rutshuru, in the province of North Kivu in the ea ...
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  6 April 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The commitment of the Sisters of St. Joseph: Welcoming abandoned childhood Uvira (Agenzia Fides) - Children were left at the hospital door. Or in front of the community. Or, were brought after being abandoned. The Sisters of St. Joseph found themselves dealing with an increasing number of very ...
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  6 April 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Activist expelled: "Respect the rights of every Kenyan", asks "Justice and Peace" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply concerned with the manner in which the case of Dr Miguna Miguna is being handled and the attack of the journalists who were doing their duty of informing the public", says the Ken ...
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  5 April 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - North Kivu lives a Holy Week of Passion: at least 11 dead in terror attacks Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Holy Week was a dramatic time in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. On Easter Sunday in the diocese of Goma unidentified gunmen kidnapped Célestin Ngango, parish p ...
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  5 April 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Where government is absent, the Church is present ”: commitment to education for children and young people Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most reliable institutions in the fields of education, health care and charitable work. Numerous local and inter ...
• 5 April 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of Coadjutor Bishop of Ilorin Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Francis on 4 April 2018 appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of the diocese of Ilorin (Nigeria), Rev. Paul Adegboyega Olawoore of the clergy of Oyo, until now Judici ...
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  4 April 2018
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - White Fathers’ Cultural Centre bears witness to the “universality” of the Church Ouargla (Agenzia Fides) – Precious volumes and photographs testifying to the history of the Christian presence, but also courses in English and French and Informatics: all this is found at the Cultural Centre of the W ...
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  4 April 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “We are all committed to obtaining the release of rev. Célestin” Fides was told by the bishop of Goma Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “We are doing all we can to obtain the release of Rev Célestin” Fides was told by Bishop Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka, of Goma, main city in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic ...
• 4 April 2018
  AFRICA/RD CONGO - Resignaton of Bishop of Kenge, successor appointed Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Francis on 31 March 2018 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Kenge (Democratic Republic of Congo), presented by Mons. Jean ...
• 4 April 2018
  AFRICA/R D CONGO - Resignation of Bishop of Inongo, successor appointed Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Francis 31 March 2018 accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Inongo (Democratic Republic of Congo), presented by Bishop. Phil ...