Africa

• 13 July 2013
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Right to health care in the Constitution has to be included: the Catholic Campaign Accra (Agenzia Fides) – To include the right to health care in the new Constitution: is a national campaign launched officially by the National Catholic Secretariat, the executive body of the Episcopal Conference, on t ...
• 12 July 2013
  AFRICA/BENIN - "The Virgin Mary is the sign of Catholicism in Benin" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "Here, thank God, there is a Catholic instinct of openness to the Madonna", says Fr. Juan Diego M. Gay, Franciscan Missionary of the Immaculate in an interview sent to Fides Agency on the initia ...
• 11 July 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A Coptic commission to outline the criticisms concerning the Provisional Constitution Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Church has appointed a commission of jurists and Christian politicians to draw up a memorandum of critical observations on the provisional Constitution. This was confirmed to F ...
• 11 July 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Disarmament operations of the rebels start off slowly Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "It is estimated that in the Country there are about 25,000 rebels. Last week, according to local media, a hundred were disarmed. At this rate, it will take 5 years to disarm them all", says to F ...
• 11 July 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - A priest presents cassava bread to reduce imports of grain from abroad Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - 85% of bread made of wheat flour and 15% of cassava was presented on July 8 in Kimpese (in the province of Bas-Congo) by its inventor, Fr. Charles Kusika. According to the priest, who runs a p ...
• 10 July 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Reconciliation, peace and justice at the center of the reflection of the African Bishops gathered in Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The family Church of God in Africa at the service of reconciliation, justice and peace". This is the theme of the Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and M ...
• 10 July 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic disapproval concerning the Provisional Constitution Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The temporary constitution enacted by decree on Monday by the Egyptian President ad interim Adly Mansour causes the first, worrying negative reactions on behalf of a growing number of lawyers and ...
• 10 July 2013
  AFRICA/TOGO - Agreement reached between the government and opposition with the mediation of the Bishop of Atakpamé Lome (Agenzia Fides) - Agreement reached between the government and the opposition to ensure transparent and peaceful elections in Togo. The agreement was reached thanks to the efforts of His Exc. Mgr. Nicodème Anani B ...
• 9 July 2013
  AFRICA - Appeal for Central Africa by Caritas Africa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We express our indignation with regards to the suffering imposed on the innocent civilian population," say the participants at the meeting of the Secretaries and National Directors of Caritas A ...
• 9 July 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Abolition of the death penalty: appeal on the 2nd anniversary of the independence of South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the second anniversary of the independence of South Sudan (proclaimed on 9 July 2011), a number of civil society groups have launched an appeal for the abolition of the death pen ...
• 8 July 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The desecration of a church in Beni has not been confirmed. The Bishop: "explosive situation" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The desecration of a Catholic church in Rwahwa (in the territory of Beni, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo) has not been confirmed, where on 28 June some armed bandits ente ...
• 8 July 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Foreign groups threaten to enter Egypt in aid to the Muslim Brotherhood Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope peace is restored soon, but we have no idea how the situation will evolve", says to Fides Agency Fr. Rafic Greiche, head of communications for the Catholic bishops of Egypt, who says that ...
• 5 July 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Agreement for the participation of former President Ravalomanana at the next meeting of reconciliation Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - An agreement seems to have been reached between the malagasy political forces to allow the participation of former President Marc Ravalomanana with regards to the talks of national reconcil ...
• 5 July 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Central African Church "voice of the voiceless" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Central African Catholic Church is and remains the sole voice of the voiceless, who are all the Central Africans who die before an international community that looks away from our Country an ...
• 4 July 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The arrival of the rains aggravate the health conditions of refugees Nyala (Agenzia Fides) - The arrival of the rainy season has accelerated the spread of diseases such as malaria, diarrhea, urinary retention, and conjunctivitis in the refugee camp of Kalma, near Nyala, capital of South D ...