Africa

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  23 November 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Catholics and Evangelicals say: "No to new therapeutic abortion conditions" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The new conditions in the proposed abortion law are a mere scapegoat and trap in order to attract public sympathy and also capitalize on such in order to advance abortion on demand among women ...
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  22 November 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Ivorian Civil War weapons sustain the Central African instability Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis in the Central African Republic has demonstrated that not only the weapons looted in Libyan deposits sparked the wars in sub-Saharan Africa in the civil war of 2011, but there are also ...
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  22 November 2016
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Chief of Staff: "We are ready to protect peace in view of elections" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "It is my responsibility to help the police protect peace and properties. We are ready to deal with any person or group of persons who will disrupt the peace enjoyed by Ghanaians", said the Chief ...
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  22 November 2016
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Award to a missionary nun at the service of lepers for thirty years to Fianarantsoa (Agenzia Fides) - "The date of November 19, 2016 will remain in the annals of the village of Ilena of the diocese of Fianarantsoa", writes to Fides Father Albert Rainiherinoro, M.I. "That day - continues the ...
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  22 November 2016
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Moroccan Association aims to create a center for street children Nador (Agenzia Fides) – In order to cope with the phenomenon of street children, the Association of Moroccans Resident in Spain has proposed the construction of a reception center and guidance for unaccompanied minors ...
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  21 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Popular mobilization allows the release of a kidnapped deacon Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A deacon was released by his captors through the mobilization of the population in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Godefroid Paluku was kidnapped on November 18 on the Kiwan ...
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  21 November 2016
  AFRICA/RWANDA - "Let us ask forgiveness for the genocide", write the Bishops at the conclusion of the Year of Mercy Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot talk of Mercy in Rwanda without talking about genocide", explains to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Philippe Rukamba, Bishop of Butare and President of the Episcopal Conference of Rwanda ...
• 21 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation of the Bishop of Kikwit, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 19 November 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Kikwit (DR Congo), presented by his Exc. Mgr. Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O. Th ...
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  19 November 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria decides to restore female deacons Alexandria of Egypt (Agenzia Fides) - The Synod of the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, held at the Patriarchal Center of Alexandria of Egypt from 15 to 17 November under the chairmanship of Patr ...
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  18 November 2016
  AFRICA - The U.S. Bishops approved making permanent their Subcommittee on the Church in Africa Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The U.S. Bishops approved making permanent their Subcommittee on the Church in Africa and the hiring of two people to assist the subcommittee in carrying out its work. The Bishops in 2004 h ...
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  18 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of a new Premier; the mediation of the Bishops continues Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "CENCO continues its mission with different political actors. Our desire is to see everyone join efforts to overcome the socio-political crisis in the Country", said His Exc. Mgr. Marcel Utembi ...
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  17 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - After Kabila’s latest statements, the possibility of an agreement mediated by the Bishops diminishes Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The agreement born from national dialogue is the only road map developed by the Congolese themselves" to get out of the political crisis. This is what the President of the Democratic Republic ...
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  17 November 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The population of the Red Sea and the Blue Nile is dying of thirst Ad-Damir (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the Sudanese Parliament have declared that several people have died of thirst in the Red Sea and the Blue Nile, where there is a severe shortage of drinking water. The authorities ha ...
• 17 November 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Rector of the "St. John M.Vianney" Major Seminary in Pretoria Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 8, 2016, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Thembayona Paul Manci, of the "Servants of Christ the Priest" (SC ...
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  16 November 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Report of an NGO on human rights violations: "We risk genocide if nothing is done" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Crimes are being committed against humanity and there is a risk of genocide" denounces Anschaire Nikoyagize, President of Iteka, the local representative of the International Federation of Hu ...