Africa

• 15 October 2009
  AFRICA/UGANDA - East Africa Community tries to create peacekeeping force for the region and surrounding area Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – The member countries of the East Africa Community (EAC) have decided to create a standby brigade to end conflicts in the area and fight against the piracy in the Indian Ocean. The decision cam ...
• 14 October 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Fr. O'Leary, Director of the Denis Hurley Peace Institute of the South African Bishops, reminds Synod of the need to create a group of “Peace Elders” to intervene in situations of conflict Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – The proposal: to form a group of key people (Bishops, Clergy, Religious and Lay-People) who would be trained to intervene in peace negotiations, operations of verification of accords and ...
• 14 October 2009
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Catholic school directors attend conference; Jubilee Year announced for celebration of 350th anniversary of the death of Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Louisa De Mariac Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The Central Committee for Catholic Schools held its annual meeting in Cairo, to study the common themes and problems of the various Catholic scholastic institutes in Egypt. According to informat ...
• 13 October 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - “The wounds of hatred are still fresh and in order to heal the Church has to affirm that reconciliation is an essential instrument to accomplish justice and peace”: Archbishop of Kisumu's Synod address Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Due to post 2007 election violence our church witnessed the death of over 1300 Kenyas and the internal displacement of over 350,000 Kenyans. The wounds of hatred are still fresh and in order to ...
• 13 October 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of Prime Minister from among list of protagonists of the political crisis, but incumbent appeals to Constitutional Court to block decision Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – The new Prime Minister “of consensus” of Madagascar, Eugene Mangalaza, was appointed in a decree signed by the President of the High Authority of Transition, Andry Rajoelina. Mangala ...
• 12 October 2009
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Pontifical Mission Societies prepares for World Mission Sunday: PMS National Director in Zambia speaks with Fides Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - “The Pontifical Mission Society of the Holy Childhood is very young in Zambia. 10 years ago dioceses started a serious program of organizing the Society as part of the overall life of the local ...
• 12 October 2009
  AFRICA/GUINEA - “The crisis in Guinea risks turning into an ethnic conflict,” local sources tell Fides. Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - “We have no confirmation that among those who were suppressed in the protest on September 28 were former Liberian rebels of Ulimo and the NPFL,” Agenzia Fides was told by sources from the Ch ...
• 12 October 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - Death of Bishop Francis Baldacchino, First Bishop of the Diocese of Malindi Malindi (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Francis Baldacchino, OFMCap, of Malindi (Kenya) passed away on October 10, 2009. Born in Malta, on July 6, 1936, the Capuchin Friar and missionary worked in Africa for over 40 years (La ...
• 9 October 2009
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “Four weeks of prayer for the missions” - PMS of Zambia proposes prayer intentions: II Synod of Africa, General Chapter of Combonian Missionaries, and Priests Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – Zambia has also been celebrating this October dedicated to the missions with prayer and missionary activities. As a statement sent to Agenzia Fides from the National Director of the Pontifical ...
• 9 October 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Important initiative from South African Bishops presented to the Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops: Catholic Parliamentarian Liaison Office Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Auxiliary Bishop Barry Alexander Anthony Wood of Durban, South Africa, in his address to the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, presented an initiative from the Southern Africa Catholic Bi ...
• 9 October 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - “Are they trying to send a warning sign to the Church?” a missionary in eastern Congo asks following attacks on churches Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “Are they trying to send a warning sign to the Church?” is the question presented to Agenzia Fides in an interview with a missionary from South Kivu, in the eastern part of the Democratic R ...
• 8 October 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Troubling situation in East Congo: Archbishop of Bukavu forced to leave Synod to return to Archdiocese; message from Combonian Chapter members says “millions of Congolese suffer from a conflict aimed at exploiting natural resources” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The serious situation in South Kivu, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has led Archbishop Francois Xavier Maroy Rusengo of Bukavu to have to leave the Special Assembly ...
• 8 October 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - New obstacles in the implementation of the Maputo Accord, while people are left to their own devices Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – The agreement that was reached on October 6 in Madagascar by the movements of the “4 Presidents,” for the implementation of the Maputo Accord (signed in the capital of Mozambique on A ...
• 6 October 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - “The Church does not have the 'magic solutions' to Africa's problems, but accompanies Africans,” says President of the Bishops' Commission for Social Communications in Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “The black continent is once again the focus of the Church's concern. It is a clear and strong sign that presents the need for a serious reflection. Fifteen years after the first continental ...
• 6 October 2009
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Update on activities of the Catholic Church in Egypt Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Agenzia Fides has gathered information on activities of the Catholic Church in Egypt. On September 18, 2009, the school year began at the Religious Studies Institute in Cairo, which has nearly ...