Africa
11 January 2010
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Cardinal Razafindratandra, “a prince of the Church who love the poor and lived like them”
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – "The Cardinal was the moral authority of the Malagasy nation, recognized by all, even by non-Catholics," Fides learns from Fr. Cosimo Alvati, a Salesian with a long experience in Madagasc ...
11 January 2010
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Increased concern for President's uncertain health conditions
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Nigeria is experiencing increased concern about the lack of information concerning the health of President Umaru Yar'Adua, who has spent about 50 days in a hospital in Saudi Arabia.
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9 January 2010
AFRICA/EGYPT - “Security has improved and the situation is calm, but I ask all the Christians of the world to remember us and to pray for us,” Bishop of Luxor tells Fides
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “We are grateful to the authorities for what they are doing to ensure security for Christians and Muslims and to restore peace in our community,” Agenzia Fides was told by Archbishop Youhannes ...
9 January 2010
AFRICA/CHAD - “Religions should work for peace and reconciliation,” Bishops of Chad say
N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) – An invitation to all religious leaders to engage in the search for peace and national reconciliation has been made by the Bishops of Chad. "Through the Synod of Bishops for Africa, we became ...
9 January 2010
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Care centers for street children, a home for disabled children, a farming colony:initiatives of the Opera Don Guanella
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There are many centers in Congo being run and activities being organized by religious Opera Don Guanella, to meet some of the emergency needs facing the country. Among these are the Limete Wo ...
8 January 2010
AFRICA/EGYPT - “They are trying to turn Christian feast days into days of mourning” denounces Coptic Catholic Bishop of Luxor
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "This attack on the day of Orthodox Christmas did not happen by chance: there is a clear plan to transform the Christian holidays into days of suffering," Fides was told by Archbishop Youhannes Za ...
8 January 2010
AFRICA/SUDAN - Peace at risk in South Sudan say 10 NGOs working in the country
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Peace is at risk in southern Sudan. This it was has been revealed by a report submitted by 10 NGOs, including some Catholic ones, working in the region. According to the report, entitled "Res ...
7 January 2010
AFRICA/KENYA - Over 30,000 people in urgent need of aid due to flooding in the country
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – According to the Kenyan Red Cross Society (KRCS), some 30,000 people are in urgent need of shelter, water, food and healthcare after heavy rainfall caused massive flooding, forcing thousands t ...
7 January 2010
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Missionaries for peace in two Kivus say no to military solution and yes to export control of Congolese minerals and dialogue with local peoples
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "After the November 2009 report of the Group of United Nations experts on the situation in North and South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the great powers of the earth can no ...
7 January 2010
AFRICA/MALAWI - Balaka Mission begins year of preparation for its Golden Anniversary on Epiphany
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The Parish of St. Louis de Montfort in Balaka has chosen the feast of the Epiphany to begin the year in preparation for the Golden Jubilee, the 50th anniversary of the mission of Balaka. "This ...
5 January 2010
AFRICA - 50 years since the “Year of Africa,” the continent is increasingly urbanized
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In 1960, the "Year of Africa," when most African states became independent, there was only one city in sub-Saharan Africa with a population of more than 1 million inhabitants (Johannesburg, South ...
5 January 2010
AFRICA - A brief analysis of the urbanization of Africa
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In 1950, only 14.5% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa lived in the city. In 1980, this percentage increased to 28% and in 1990 to 34%. It is expected that by 2020, 50% of the population in ...
4 January 2010
AFRICA/CONGO DR - "We have 2,000 refugees to help," said the Bishop of Isiro-Niangara
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Thank God, Christmas 2009 was not marked by bloodshed as was that of 2008, but our main concern remains the nearly 2,000 displaced persons of Tapili, who fled the attacks of the guerrillas in ...
4 January 2010
AFRICA/ANGOLA - 2010 sees new parishes for Diocese of Ndalatando, says Bishop Canda
Ndalatando (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of the Diocese of Ndalatando, Province of Kwanza North, Bishop Almeida Canda, said that the year 2010 will see the building of new parishes in different municipalities of the pro ...
29 December 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Message from Bishop of Inongo: This night of misery and humiliation is illumined by a Presence
Inongo (Agenzia Fides) - "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light" is the theme of the message for the Christmas and New Year 2010 that the Bishop of Inongo, Bishop Philippe Nkiere Kena, has written ta ...
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