Africa
23 May 2007
AFRICA/MALAWI - Saturday 26 May diocese of Mangochi celebrates installation of Bishop Alessandro Pagani
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- Bishop elect Alessandro Pagani will be ordained and installed in his diocese of Mangochi, in Malawi on Saturday 26 May. “The celebration is expected to be attended by many people” said Monfo ...
22 May 2007
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - In April new record inflation 3713.9%, but the real figure could be double
Harare (Fides Service)- Inflation continues to rise in Zimbabwe. According to the central office for statistics in April the annual rate reached 3713,9%, and the monthly rate is 100%. Experts in economy speak of hyper-in ...
22 May 2007
AFRICA/KENYA - COMESA Summit: Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa heads of state meet for full implementation of free trade zone
Nairobi (Fides Service)- Today 22 May a summit of 12 heads of state of COMESA Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa countries opens in Nairobi, Kenya. The summit, the main instance of this commercial association, ...
19 May 2007
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Radio Kaoze speaks for Kalemie. Only one of many Catholic stations in the country Radio Kaoze is named after the first Congo born priest
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “We named the radio Kaoze, in memory of the first Congo born priest who was of our diocese. The radio is a channel of evangelisation” Rev David Luhaka, Vice president of Radio Kaoze managin ...
18 May 2007
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "The people of Zambia have spoken: they want a new constitution before presidential and parliamentary elections in 2011” say the Catholic Bishops
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)- “The people of Zambia have spoken: they want a new constitution before presidential and parliamentary elections in 2011” says a statement signed on behalf of the Catholic Bishops of Zambia by ...
18 May 2007
AFRICA/MALAWI - Heated discussion about new uranium mine: development welcome but it must respect environment
Lilongwe (Fides Service) - The Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Bishops of Malawi has joined legal action promoted by various NGOs to stop the opening of a uranium mine.
The NGOs and civil society represent ...
16 May 2007
AFRICA/MALI - “Our intention is not to impose the Gospel but to proclaim it with our lives” President of Bishops Conference in Rome for ad limina visit tells Fides
Rome ( Fides Service)- “We wish to be leaven to make the dough rise, a little light to illuminate civil society and institutions, living and spreading the Good News with good example and concrete works” said Bishop J ...
15 May 2007
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “Christian-Muslim relations are good in Burkina Faso” says Catholic Bishops' Commission for Christian Muslim dialogue
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Relations between the local Catholic community and the Muslim community in Burkina Faso are good. This emerged at the end of a meeting of the Catholic Bishops' Commission for Christian-Musli ...
15 May 2007
AFRICA/UGANDA - Expectation for resuming talks between Ugandan government and Lord's Resistance Army for peace northern Uganda
Kampala (Fides Service) - Peace talks for northern Uganda between the Ugandan government and the Lord's Resistance Army LRA being held in Juba in Southern Sudan are expected to resume. Negotiations stalled on various poi ...
12 May 2007
AFRICA - In addition to trafficking in human persons, trafficking in drugs: West Africa prey to trans-national crime
Madrid (Agenzia Fides)- A constant flow of cocaine from Latin America to Europe passes through west Africa. This picture emerged from an international meeting on drug trafficking being held in Madrid organised by the go ...
12 May 2007
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The local Catholic Church launches special programme for young people's wellbeing
Roma (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in South Africa has launched a special programme called “Youth Alive”, to promote comprehensive wellbeing of young people.
Archbishop Buti Tlhagale di Johannesburg, presid ...
10 May 2007
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Monrovia University opens first Computer Centre
Monrovia (Fides Service)- Development in Africa is not only a question of constructing roads, bridges and aqueducts, but also and above all of education. This emerged during a ceremony to open a new Computer Centre for a ...
10 May 2007
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE “The light of Christ uplifts and gives meaning to the suffering caused by recent disasters in our country”: Catholic Bishops of Mozambique assure local Church's commitment to assist victims
Maputo (Agenzia Fides)- “As disciples of Our Lord Jesus Christ and Bishops of his Church we cannot fail to express sincere human and Christian solidarity with our brothers and sisters affected by these tragedies” the ...
9 May 2007
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - “No to abortion, yes to government development plan. We are ready to co-operate with the authorities to educate the people to denounce crime and violence” say Catholic Bishops at the end of Plenary Assembly
Maputo (Agenzia Fides)- A proposed bill on abortion; the challenges of Mozambican society today; the government programme to fight poverty; criminality, were some of the issues examined by the Catholic Bishops of Mozambi ...
9 May 2007
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - “The phenomenon of immigration in fact poses forcefully the moral necessity to work for a new international economic order” Bishop Marchetto says at Colloquium on Pastoral Care of Migration in Africa
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- The Catholic Church “mother and teacher” with special concern for people in difficulty, shares the path of those who leave Africa often risking their lives to emigrate to Europe in search of ...
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