Africa

• 23 May 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Following the birth of the first Kenyan ‘test tube’ babies by means of IVF Catholic Bishops clarify the position of the Church: “the procedure is morally unacceptable” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Kenya say Intra Vitra Fertilization (IVF) is a “morally unacceptable procedure”. A recent press release signed by Bishop John Njue, president of the Bishops’ Confer ...
• 20 May 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Eighteen deacons and a priest from six different countries not only African ordained in Makuyu Makuyu (Fides Service) - Great celebrations on 13 May at the Salesian mission in Makuyu for the ordination of 18 deacons and one priest. The solemn Mass with the rite of ordination was presided by Bishop Peter Kihara of ...
• 19 May 2006
  AFRICA - AIDS kills and disintegrates families. So far 1,300 children out of 25,000 patients protected by Programme Drug Resource Enhancement against Aids and Malnutrition (Dream) Rome (Fides Service) - This morning at the Campidoglio, in Rome, there was the 4th International Conference “We too want to live”, promoted by the S. Egidio Community with regard to its DREAM programme to prevent ch ...
• 18 May 2006
  AFRICA - In East Africa nine out of ten girls suffer physical or psychological abuse African Child Policy Forum denounces Rome (Fides Service) - The United Nations information agency IRIN reported findings of the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) with regard to child abuse in East Africa: 9 out of ten girls suffer physical, sexual or psycho ...
• 17 May 2006
  AFRICA/TANZANIA -“We are all missionaries”: Radio Tumaini programmes support missionary activity of Basic Ecclesial Communities Dar es Salaam (Fides Service) - MAC, the “Mission Awareness Committee” of the Association of Religious Superiors in Tanzania, recently held its 23rd Meeting at Mbingu Conference Centre in Mahenge diocese, chaired by ...
• 17 May 2006
  AFRICA - Three million people in west African Sahel region risk famine: urgent appeal to international community from World Food Programme Dakar (Fides Service) - Food supplies for families in the west African region of Sahel are running short. The situation is very concerning and the UN World Food Programme has launched a appeal to the international comm ...
• 17 May 2006
  AFRICA - 24 projects in 14 different countries in Africa funded by Harambee 2002 solidarity initiative started on the occasion of canonisation of Opus Dei founder Rome (Fides Service) - In Sierra Leone a programme to rehabilitate with school and social re-insertion former child soldiers, in Uganda a library for a school, in Rwanda a farm for families who give a home to orphans. Fr ...
• 16 May 2006
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Diocesan Synod priority pastoral commitment this year: Archbishop of Gitega says there is work for everyone in the Church to announce the Gospel of life and peace Gitega (Fides Service) - Archbishop Simon Ntanwana of Gitega has said every Catholic in the diocese has a contribution to make to the major pastoral priority this year, the Diocesan Synod. “The year 2006 will be marke ...
• 15 May 2006
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Almost half a century of Christian formation and information ‘Vida Nova’ most widely read by Catholics and non Nampula (Fides Service) - “Vida Nova”, the magazine of Christian formation and information most read by Catholics and non was published for the first time in 1960 as the monthly bulletin of the diocese of Nampula, m ...
• 12 May 2006
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Le Figuier Centre for Research and Encounter inaugurated at Tizi Ouzu capital of Algeria’s Berber region Tizi Ouzu (Fides Service) - The inauguration of the new Le Figuier Catholic Centre for Research and Encounter at Tizi Ouzu capital of Algeria’s Cabilia Berbar region drew a good number of people. According to the bulle ...
• 12 May 2006
  AFRICA -Desertification of the planet continues relentless, a problem affecting one third of humanity, Africa the continent most affected Rome (Fides Service) - Desertification of the planet continues relentless and is considered a major threat to the lives and rights of millions of people mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa, Horn of Africa and Central Asia. A Un ...
• 11 May 2006
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Experience of Fr Jean Paul Kabore: from Christ the King parish at Baskouré, Burkina Faso to St. Francis of Assisi parish at Bordj El Kiffan (Algeria) Algiers (Fides Service) - Fr Jean Paul Kabore from Christ the King parish at Baskouré in Burkina Faso, has been on mission for some months in Algeria. In Koupela diocesan ‘Bullettin d’information et de liaison’ he ...
• 10 May 2006
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - World Food Programme continues distribution of food airdrops to Katanga province but lacks funds necessary to reach other people in need Kinshasa (Fides Service) - United Nations World Food Programme WFP has completed a first food airlift in Katanga province in south east Democratic Congo to about 34,700 refugees but warns that due to shortage of funds it ...
• 10 May 2006
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Pentecost Sunday Global Day of Prayer for peace and transformation on the African continent. The initiative will continue until 2010 Cape Town (Fides Service) - South African Christians will participate in a Global Day of repentance and prayer on Pentecost Sunday, June 4, along with others in Africa who will pray for peace and transformation on the co ...
• 5 May 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The main group of rebels in the Darfur signs the peace agreement presented by the international mediators Khartoum (Fides Agency)- After a series of sudden surprises, a partial agreement was reached at Abuja (Nigeria) to bring back peace to the Darfur, the tormented region of western Sudan, the setting of a tragic civil conf ...