Africa

• 22 February 2011
  AFRICA/BENIN - Marian Sanctuary of Allada entrusted to Franciscans of the Immaculate Conception Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) – With a solemn Mass on Sunday, 13 February, Bishop Antoine Ganye, new Archbishop of Cotonou, entrusted the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Divine Mercy in Allada to the pastoral care of the Franciscan ...
• 21 February 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “The Catholic community was not involved in the clashes,” Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli tells Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “From where I am, I can't see anything. The city is quiet and still. There is nothing that makes you think about the fighting, although I have heard that riots and looting are occurring during ...
• 21 February 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - African religious leaders visit Côte d'Ivoire to promote a peaceful solution to the crisis Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – The Ivorian crisis is a challenge for Africa. So some of the more prominent religious organisations in Africa sent a delegation to Côte d'Ivoire from 17 to 19 February. The delegation was mad ...
• 21 February 2011
  AFRICA - Commitment to health by Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in Senegal and Ghana Roma (Agenzia Fides) – The sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) are very active throughout the world. Part of their work which involves health care for the most disadvantaged people in Africa is particu ...
• 19 February 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - “A criminal act that does not exclude other motives”: Bishop of Tunis' testimony to Fides about the murdered Salesian missionary Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - “A criminal act that does not exclude other motives,” stated Bishop Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham of Tunis to Fides, defining the murder of Father Marek Rybinsk, the Polish Salesian missionary who ...
• 19 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The various positions on article 2 of the Egyptian Constitution Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – In the debate on reform of the Egyptian Constitution, there are various positions on keeping or deleting Article 2, which establishes that the Sharia (Islamic law) is the main source of the law. ...
• 18 February 2011
  AFRICA/SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE - Following the pilgrim visit of Our Lady of Fatima, we expect “a renewal of Christian life of our diocese,” Bishop Santos tells Fides São Tomé (Agenzia Fides) – From 30 April to 4 June, the Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe will welcome the visit of the pilgrim image of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima. “We intend to show our devotion to the Moth ...
• 18 February 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - New welcome and recovery centre officially opens for girls on the street Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The new “Anuarite Centre” for the recovery of the girls on the street will be officially inaugurated in Kinshasa, in the district of Tshangu. Already in operation since the beginning of t ...
• 17 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The days of the Egyptian revolution according to a missionary's testimony Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Fr Renzo Mandirola, SMA missionary (Society of African Missions) sent Fides his testimony on the recent events in Egypt, which occurred from 24 January to 12 February. “I am in Egypt to run a s ...
• 17 February 2011
  AFRICA/UGANDA - 14 million Ugandan voters: Bishops hope for “a proper electoral process” Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – About 14 million Ugandans will vote tomorrow, 18 February, in the presidential and parliamentary elections. The outgoing President, Yoweri Museveni, is the favourite going up against seven can ...
• 16 February 2011
  Africa/Malawi - “Bicycle protest” prohibited; “an event that still stirs the conscience,” says a Monfort missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - “It is difficult for a protest, even a peaceful one, to be held in Malawi. At least for now the silence holds. The organisers of the march were arrested, the bikes have gone back to their vil ...
• 16 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “The debate begins now on Egypt's future, and there may be some surprises,” Comboni missionary, Fr Luciano Verdoscia, tells Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Egypt is currently facing a series of economic and and wage demands that are affecting different economic sectors. Fr Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni missionary who works in Cairo tells Fides: “T ...
• 15 February 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - “Only collaboration between Europe and the Maghreb countries can stop the uncontrolled flows of migrants,” Bishop of Tunis tells Fides Tunis (Agenzia Fides) – It is a phenomenon that has been around for a long time, before the recent events in Tunisia, that the youth of Maghreb (Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco) has always wanted to get to the north shore ...
• 15 February 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Suspension of mining activities in East DRC affects the honest without blocking illegal trade Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The suspension of mining activities in some areas of east Democratic Republic of Congo is creating problems for law-abiding producers, but has not halted illegal mining of the Country's natural ...
• 14 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “Egyptians are proud of portraying an example of democracy to the world” says Fr Verdoscia Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation has partly returned to normality. There are small demonstrations throughout different areas in Egypt,” Fr Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni missionary who works in Cairo tells Fides. ...