Africa

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  12 June 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "We are blessed because Jesus gives us his flesh". Cardinal Tagle celebrates the closing Mass of the National Eucharistic Congress Lumumbashi (Agenzia Fides) - Christ himself "promised to dwell in those who will receive his body and his blood: a promise and gift of his presence". And "his presence is active and dynamic. His presence makes us a new c ...
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  10 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Only God can help us. The testimony of a Salesian missionary from the tormented Sudanese capital Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "Only God's intervention can help the people of this country to overcome the current situation". Faced with the conflict that broke out in Sudan on April 15, and after the announcements of agre ...
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  10 June 2023
  AFRICA/CHAD - Why the conflict in Sudan risks destabilizing Chad as well N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - The clash between military factions in Sudan has serious humanitarian consequences for neighboring States such as Chad and the Central African Republic, countries which have so far hosted 100, ...
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  9 June 2023
  AFRICA/EGYPT - For health reasons: Patriarch Tawadros suspends public audiences Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Like Pope Francis, the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II has had to suspend public audiences and pastoral activities in recent days for health reasons. In the case of Pope Tawadros, the health ...
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  9 June 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest killed in a road ambush in southern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - This time the perpetrators did not limit themselves to kidnapping a priest, but committed a murder. The victim, Father Charles Onomhoale Igechi, a priest of the Archdiocese of Benin City in southe ...
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  9 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Fighting continues and riots break out: women and children are particularly affected Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Eight weeks after the outbreak of war between the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) and the rapid support forces (RSF), fighting, abuses and violence continue in Sudan, particularly in the capital Kh ...
• 8 June 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of Bishop of Tanga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 7, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Thomas John Kiangio, of the clergy of Tanga, until now diocesan administrator of the same see, as bishop of Tanga, Tanzania. Msgr. Thomas ...
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  8 June 2023
  AFRICA/TOGO - The proclamation of the Gospel and stories of popular cultures. The singular experience of the missionary Silvano Galli Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - Father Silvano Galli wants to use the knowledge of stories, legends and tales handed down from generation to generation in popular cultures as a testimony of faith, which is why he recently held a ...
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  7 June 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Attacks by bands of Fulani herders: a conflict that is not only "religious" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - According to the local press, a catechist and his wife were among the dozens of victims of an attack committed last month in a village in the state of Benue, in central Nigeria. In the May 8 raid ...
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  7 June 2023
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - "Marhaba bikum!": Friendship, relationships, life on the margins of society Fès (Agenzia Fides) - "Marhaba bikum! Welcome! This is how one is welcomed in Morocco and in particular in Fès where we live", said Sister Giulia of the Little Sisters of Jesus, who lives and works in Fez with three ot ...
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  2 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Resumption of clashes: Missionaries remain on site Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The fighting in Khartoum has intensified and 18 people have died and 106 civilians have been wounded in clashes between air raids and heavy artillery in the middle of residential areas. This is ...
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  2 June 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Saint Scalabrini shows us the way of welcoming migrants and refugees" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Saint John the Baptist Scalabrini is a great model to whom we can turn in prayer, because he lived what we live as Church with migrants and refugees in South Africa", said Msgr. Joseph Mar ...
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  1 June 2023
  AFRICA/GHANA - Resolve local conflicts to eliminate fertile ground for jihadist groups present on the borders Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Attention must be paid to terrorist threats from neighboring states such as Burkina Faso, Togo and the Ivory Coast, as requested by the Ghana Bishops' Conference (GCBC). The appeal was launched o ...
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  1 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - No "truce" really stops weapons. Bombings also block humanitarian aid Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese army has suspended negotiations, under the aegis of the United States and Saudi Arabia, aimed at guaranteeing a truce that should have allowed the delivery of humanitarian aid in t ...
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  31 May 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "Peace is a gift from God, but it is also the fruit of human effort", recalls Cardinal Ouédraogo, in the country devastated by violence Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - At least 40 people died last weekend in jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso. This was announced by the local authorities, according to which 20 members of the voluntary militias supporting the ...