Africa

• 29 November 2007
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Mangichi Diocesan Youth Day at the first Catholic Mission: “Our young Christians of today have rediscovered their roots” said a local Italian missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- “Persistent heat of 40 degrees for the past few weeks, did not dissuade young people in the diocese of Mangochi from taking part in the Diocesan Day for Youth. Our youngsters take part in many ...
• 28 November 2007
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Cardinal Dias presides Mass to close Jubilee Year for the 25th anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Kibeho Kibeho (Agenzia Fides) - Today 28 November, in Kibeho (Rwanda), in the diocese of Gikongoro, there were important celebrations to mark the end of a special Jubilee Year on the occasion of the first apparition of the Bles ...
• 28 November 2007
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Africa suffers effects of other continents' greenhouse gas emissions: Mozambique responds with solar panels Maputo (Agenzia Fides)- Greenhouse gas emissions by industrialised countries threaten Africa, the continent which contributes less to global warming. This was stated by the United Nations Development Programme in a repor ...
• 28 November 2007
  AFRICA - Temporary trade agreement signed between European Union and Community of East African Countries Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- A temporary trade agreement has been reached between the European Union and the Community of East African Countries which includes Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. The new agreement s ...
• 26 November 2007
  AFRICA - Africa and Europe unite against drug trafficking: anti-drug police coordination centre Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Africa and Europe unite to fight drug trafficking. This emerged from a Seminar in Rome for heads of anti-drug services of northern and western Africa countries and G6 countries, France, Germany, Gre ...
• 26 November 2007
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “Do not disappoint the hopes of the people of Sierra Leone” a Catholic missionary pleads Freetown (Agenzia Fides)- Fr Gerardo Caglioni, Xaverian missionary in Sierra Leone for 12 years, ( the author of several books including the History of the Evangelisation of Sierra Leone and writing at present the histor ...
• 23 November 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - “There is no honour without burden. If the Lord asks us, through the Pope, to shoulder this responsibility I am certain that this is not our work, it is the Lord who works in us, we are his tools” says Cardinal elect John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi Roma (Agenzia Fides)- “These sort of things are totally unexpected. Especially in my case, I have just been moved to Nairobi as Archbishop” Cardinal elect John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi and president of the Catholi ...
• 23 November 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigerian senate rejects ceding of Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Nigeria's senate has approved a motion declaring that last year's handover of the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon was illegal. With a vote yesterday 22 November, Senators called on the g ...
• 23 November 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Auxiliary of the Apostolic Vicariate of Bomadi appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 23 November 2007, appointed Auxiliary of the Apostolic Vicariate of Bomadi (Nigeria) Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo, M.S.P., Superior General of the M ...
• 22 November 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “Thank you Holy Father for mentioning the tragedy of the people of Somalia” Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu tells Fides Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- “We are deeply grateful for the Holy Father's appeal which called the attention of the international community to the tragic situation of the people of Somalia” said the Catholic Bishop of ...
• 22 November 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - New Prime Minister appointed, conditions of civilians ever more critical: 1 million displaced Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- The President of Somalia Abdullahi Yusuf has appointed Nur “Adde” Hassan Hussein, Prime Minister of the National Transition Government instead of Ali Mohamed Gedi who resigned on 29 October ...
• 21 November 2007
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Helping married couples live marriage according to God's plan Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - The Fédération Africaine d’Action Familiale (FAAF), whose mission is to help couples live their love and parenthood in keeping with God's plan, recently organised a workshop to draft a Handbo ...
• 21 November 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - “We intend to continue our mission with the same enthusiasm of the first missionaries” says new Cardinal Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi, in Rome for ad limina visit Roma (Agenzia Fides)-“We are satisfied with the growth of the Church thanks first of all to the work of missionaries” said Kenya's new Cardinal Archbishop John Njue Nairobi and president of the Catholic Bishops Confe ...
• 21 November 2007
  AFRICA/GHANA - At the end of Cape Coast Seminar African and European Bishops call for new international economic order to end to new forms of slavery Cape Coast (Agenzia Fides)- ''New forms of slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, child soldiers, prostitution, etc., are due mainly to the enormous economic gap between rich and poor countries and between the rich a ...
• 21 November 2007
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Bishop of Moshi resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 21 November 2007, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Moshi (Tanzania), presented by Bishop Amedeus Msarikie, in con ...