Africa

• 8 February 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Floods: Archbishop urges Catholics to help people in difficulty, many homeless find shelter at parish centres Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The consequences of torrential rains in northern Luanda, capital of Angola are ever more serious (see Fides 30 January 2007). The government has announced a death toll of at least 114, and over ...
• 7 February 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Kenya refuses to allow negotiations between Ugandan rebels and Ugandan government to be moved to Nairobi Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- Kenya has refused a request from the Lord’s Resistance Army to host peace negotiations between the rebel group and the Ugandan government, hitherto held in Juba, Southern Sudan, in Nairobi. Ken ...
• 6 February 2007
  AFRICA/BENIN - On the horizon Africa and the whole world await your missionary commitment…put out into the deep of the missionary Ocean: Cardinal Dias presides installation of the new Bishop of Porto Novo diocese Porto Novo (Fides News Service) - “After giving thanks yesterday in Ouidah for the Golden Jubilee of Episcopate of our beloved patriarch, Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, today we have gathered here in this beautiful cathedr ...
• 6 February 2007
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Unions threaten to strike unless a prime minister is appointed by 12 February Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - Guinean unions and opposition groups threaten to strike unless President Lansana Conté appoints a new Prime Minister by 12 February. The promise to appoint the premier, pleasing to the opposit ...
• 6 February 2007
  AFRICA/BENIN - Final statement of CERAO held in Cotonou for Golden Jubilee of first CERAO president Cardinal Gantin Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Regional Bishops’ Conference of French Speaking African Countries CERAO met from 30 January to 4 February at the Le Chant d'Oiseau Formation House in Cotonou, in Benin, on t ...
• 5 February 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - More than 1.500 children still in the ranks of the Ugandan LRA rebels report presented at "Free children from war" Forum in Paris Kampala (Agenzia Fides)-. At least 1,500 child soldiers are still in the ranks of the notorious Ugandan rebel group Lord’s Resistance Army LRA which has led a bloody war in northern Uganda since the 1980s. Another 10,0 ...
• 5 February 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - At least 70,000 children recruited to fight civil war in Somalia where the situation is far from stable Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- The situation is still explosive in Somalia especially in the capital Mogadishu where early this morning 5 February rockets fell into the water in the city port but caused no damage to persons ...
• 5 February 2007
  AFRICA/BENIN - Solemn celebrations for Cardinal Gantin’s Golden Jubilee. Cardinal Dias: “an African on mission to Rome traced a missionary furrow from Africa to the heart of Catholicity” Ouidah (Agenzia Fides) - On 3 February in Ouidah, in the Basilica dedicated to the Immaculate Conception Benin born Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, emeritus Dean of the College of Cardinals in Rome, celebrated the 50th annive ...
• 1 February 2007
  AFRICA/BENIN -Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, Dean emeritus of the College of Cardinals and first African bishop called by the Pope to an important post in the Roman Curia celebrates 50th anniversary of ordination as a Bishop with special Mass of Thanksgiving Ouidah (Agenzia Fides) - Fifty years ago on 3 February 1957 Cardinal Bernardin Gantin was ordained a bishop having been appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Cotonou in Benin on 11 December 1956. To mark this ...
• 30 January 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “We are deeply grateful for the Holy Father’s message of solidarity and hope”: appreciation for Pope Benedict XVI message to victims of flood disaster Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- “We are deeply grateful for the Holy Father’s message of solidarity and hope” say local Church sources in Angola after Pope Benedict XVI sent a telegramme to express solidarity and encourage ...
• 29 January 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Southern Africa Catholic Bishops’ Conference January Plenary Session Pretoria (Agenzia Fides)- On 24 January with a special Mass St Peter’s Seminary in Pretoria the Southern Africa Catholic Bishops’ Conference started its January Plenary Session. On Thursday 25 January, the last da ...
• 26 January 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Koupéla Diocesan Bulletin new graphics, first issue, focus Catholic Schools Koupéla (Agenzia Fides) - New graphics for Kugpεεl-Kibare Bulletin published by the archdiocese of Koupéla in Burkina Faso. Fifteen pages in magazine form with a cover in colour, the bulletin intends to remai ...
• 25 January 2007
  VATICAN - “Leprosy: a forgotten disease”: 14 million treated 4 million left mutilated. 54th World Leprosy Day on Sunday Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 29 January is the annual World Leprosy Day dedicated this year to the theme ‘Leprosy: a Forgotten Disease’. The Day was instituted in 1954 at the insistence of Raoul Follereau. ...
• 23 January 2007
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Pan African Congress on Evangelisation Final Statement highlights media, Church-Family-of-God awareness, respect for religious freedom, Laity’s mission in temporal realities, preparations for 2nd Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa Dar-Es-Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - From the 15th to the 18th January 2007, SECAM held a Pan-African Congress at Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania on the theme: "Evangelisation in Africa: Ecclesia in Africa in Retrospect and the Wa ...
• 23 January 2007
  AFRICA - La Croix du Benin and DIA Agency in Congo: two Catholic realities celebrate anniversary Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Two important Catholic media realities in Africa Cotonou based La Croix du Benin and DIA Catholic news agency based in Kinshasa Congo are marking respectively 60th and 50th anniversaries. La Croix ...