Africa

• 10 December 2014
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "Elections are an opportunity for the Country and not a step back" warn the Bishops Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We appreciate the fact that the Burundians are getting used to renewing the institutions through elections, but there are signs that raise serious concerns on the fair and peaceful conduct of ...
• 10 December 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Appeal of "Justice and Peace" to international donors: "Do not abandon us in time of need" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not abandon Malawi at the time of such a serious situation of need". This is the appeal launched by the Episcopal Commission "Justice and Peace" of Malawi to the Country's international par ...
• 10 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The government is studying the draft electoral law, 24 seats reserved for Christians Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian government has begun the study of the rules with which parliament will be elected in the coming months. According to statements attributed by the Egyptian press to Ibrahim Henaidi, Mi ...
• 9 December 2014
  AFRICA/ANGOLA – Archbishop of Luanda appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 8 December 2014 appointed as Archbishop of Luanda in Angola, Bishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias, until now Bishop of Cabinda. (SL) (Agenzia Fides ...
• 9 December 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - On the feast day of Our Lady of Caacupé bishop denounces corruption and drug trafficking Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) – Diffused corruption and its connections with drug trafficking was denounced by the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Paraguay, Bishop Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, Bishop ...
• 9 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT – In Minya Governatorate in 4 years some 120 million Egyptian pounds paid in ransom for kidnapped Christians Minya (Agenzia Fides) – In Upper Egypt, systematic kidnapping of persons belonging to the Copt Christian community has become a criminal business: according to information given to the local media by Copt Christian Mi ...
• 9 December 2014
  AFRICA/DR CONGO – More massacres in Beni area; civil society starts dialogue Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “We wish to draw the attention of the international community towards the deadly war and terrorism which is ever more intense in this eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, whose ...
• 9 December 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - “Where are you, perpetrator of violence in Central Africa?” demands the Archbishop of Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - “Where are you?”. The question posed by God after the disobedience of Adam and Eve, addressed to all humanity, is referred to the situation in the Central African Republic by Archbishop Dieud ...
• 6 December 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE – Indian Camillians ready for “mission Ebola” in Sierra Leone New Dehli (Agenzia Fides) – While the Ebola virus continues to spread fear and death, numerous volunteers are putting their lives at risk and will continue to do so. Among them Camillian religious with the Camillian Ta ...
• 6 December 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - “Corruption scandal consequences ever more serious” missionary says Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - “In a poor country the consequences of bad government and corruption are terrible” Italian Monfort missionary p. Piergiorgio Gamba informs Fides about the consequences of the so-called Cas ...
• 5 December 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Melkite Patriarch Grégoire III: al Azhar Conference “fundamental event”. Islamist ideology harms both Christians and Muslims Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – The Conference held at al Azhar University “represented a fundamental event, never before has such clear condemnation of Islamist extremism and terrorism been voiced by such an authoritativ ...
• 5 December 2014
  AFRICA – Schools closed, no lessons: Ebola stops education Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - In Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone at least 5 million children are kept away from school because of the presence of the Ebola virus. According to a study by World Business Group for Education ...
• 5 December 2014
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More than 88,000 persons displaced by guerrilla violence; no words describe the tragedy and horror Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) –At least 88,500 people have been displaced in the areas of Beni and Walikale, in North Kivu province (east DR Congo). They are fleeing violence from the Alied Democratic Forces (ADF), an arme ...
• 5 December 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA – Bishop of Kakamega resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 5 December 2014, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Kakamega (Kenya), presented by Bishop Philip Sulumeti, in confor ...
• 5 December 2014
  AFRICA/UGANDA – The Catholic Church in Uganda has been fighting AIDS since 1989 Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - “The Catholic Church in Uganda has been committed to fighting AIDS and the spread of the HIV virus since the epidemic first broke out in our country” said Philip Odii, head of Social Commun ...