Africa

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  3 May 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops denounce: "Politicians waste the scarce resources available to buy votes while drought kills" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The inability by most of these political parties to conduct clean and transparent elections demonstrates the fragility of the Kenyan political system on the eve of the general elections in Augu ...
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  2 May 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Controversy on the Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Pope Tawadros. Coptic Catholic Bishop: predictable criticism, let us move on Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Joint Declaration signed on Friday 28 April in Cairo by Pope Francis and Catholic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros is causing various kinds of reactions within the Orthodox Coptic Church. In paragr ...
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  28 April 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Copt Orthodox sources: the Pope and the Patriarch could sign a joint declaration with reference to the practice of re-baptism Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Copt Orthodox Bishop Raphael, Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Copt Orthodox Church, denied and rejected as misleading, certain rumours circulated on Egyptian media on the eve of Pope Francis� ...
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  28 April 2017
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Wolisso Hospital Auditorium named in memory of Fr Luigi Mazzucato Wolisso (Agenzia Fides) – A ceremony has just ended to name the Aula Magna/Auditorium at Wolisso Hospital after Fr Luigi Mazzucato, Italian director for many years of CUAMM Medici with Africa. “He loved this ho ...
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  27 April 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT- Bishop Kyrillos: al Azhar Conference is preparing a statement on "a renewal of the religious approach" Assiut (Agenzia Fides) – The International Conference for Peace hosted by al Azhar Sunni University, in Cairo which will have its climax in the afternoon of Friday 28 April with a speech by Pope Francis, “will issu ...
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  27 April 2017
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishops criticise brutal arrest of the country’s main Opposition leader Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)- The Police Service may not be used “to settle political scores”. This warning was issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Zambia (ZCCB) following the brutal arrest of Opposition leader ...
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  27 April 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Serious scarcity of clean water in Port Sudan aggravates plight of displaced persons Port Sudan (Agenzia Fides) – Displaced persons in Nyala, capital of South Darfur, have very little water to drink because of faulty wells and pumps. The tanks that supply Port Sudan do not have enough water for the ...
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  26 April 2017
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Capuchin father killed in attack on friary, deacon wounded Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Malagasy Capuchin Friar, aged 46, Fr. Lucien Njiva, was killed during the night of 22 April at the Friary in Ambendrana Antsohihy. Fides was told by Rev. Eric Franck Randriamiandrinirinari ...
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  26 April 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Copt Church concerned about activity of sects with Western roots Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The doctrinal department of the Copt Orthodox Bishops’ Commission responsible for pastoral care has issued a warning to the faithful concerning the activity of Jehovha Witnesses in Egypt. ...
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  26 April 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Copt Catholic Bishop Antonios Mina says: Copt Orthodox Christians will be present at the Mass celebrated by the Pope, as well as many Muslims AFRICA/EGYPT – Copt Catholic Bishop Antonios Mina says: Copt Orthodox Christians will be present at the Mass celebrated by the Pope, as well as many Muslims Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Preparations for Pope Francis� ...
• 26 April 2017
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishop of Yokadouma resigns, successor appointed AFRICA/CAMEROON – Bishop of Yokadouma resigns, successor appointed Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Francis, on 25 April 2017, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the dioce ...
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  25 April 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Pope Francis tells the Egyptian people: I am honoured to visit the land visited by the Holy Family Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Francis is happy to visit “as a friend, as a messenger of peace, and a pilgrim to the country that, over two thousand years ago, gave refuge and hospitality to the Holy Family as they fle ...
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  25 April 2017
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Corrupt politics and tribalism undermine national unity Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)- Tribalism, regionalism and degeneration of political activity threaten Zambia’s national unity. This is denounced by Rev. Cleophas Lungu, Secretary General of the Catholic Bishops’ Conferen ...
• 25 April 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Jesuit abducted on 18 April, released Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- The Jesuit priest, Fr. Samuel Okwuidegbe, aged 50, abducted by unidentified persons on 18 April on the road from Benin City to Onitsha, was released on Saturday 22 April. The details of his releas ...
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  24 April 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Empathise more with the sufferings of the people”: local Bishops say political impasse must be overcome Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The appointment of Bruno Tshibala as Premier of the Democratic Republic of Congo “is a distortion of the New Year’s Eve Agreements” the Catholic Bishops of DR Congo declare in a statem ...