Africa

• 12 October 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - High ranking UN official commends Catholic Church for major contribution to education in Africa: many of Africa's leaders in politics and in the private sector were educated at Catholic schools Nairobi (Fides Service)- Recently the Catholic Church was commended by a high ranking UN official for its major contribution to promoting education in Africa. The Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlement ...
• 11 October 2005
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - “Choose men and women with the wholesome qualities of leadership needed to ensure the country a future” say Catholic Bishops to Liberians voting today in first elections since the end of the civil war Monrovia (Agenzia Fides)- “To vote is a fundamental political right which must be exercised freely and in conscience for it to be truly effective” the Catholic Bishops of Liberia said in a statement “The Challenge ...
• 11 October 2005
  AFRICA/MALAWI - “For believers in Malawi where the serious food shortage continues October will be above all a month of prayer” says a local Monfort Missionary Lilongwe (Fides Service)- “In this month of October Christians and Muslims are turning to prayer to help straighten the situation which threatens to get out of hand. The new moon marked the beginning of the Muslim mont ...
• 10 October 2005
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Liberia prepares to vote in an atmosphere of hope. Catholic novena of prayer organised by the Bishops ended yesterday Monrovia (Fides Service)- “There is expectation and hope for the future. People know tomorrow’s vote will be decisive in the country’s history” said local Church sources in Monrovia capital of Liberia about to ho ...
• 10 October 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Bukavu mourns Archbishop Charles Mbogha Kambale who died yesterday after a long illness Bukavu (Fides Service)- Catholics in Bukavu in the east of Democratic Congo are mourning their Archbishop Charles Mbogha Kambale who died on Sunday 9 October after a long illness. The Archbishop died in Bukavu hospita ...
• 5 October 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Year of the Eucharist: Mass Books now available in Karimojong Moroto (Fides Service) - In this Year of the Eucharist Karimojong speaking Catholics in Uganda have received the best of gifts, liturgical books in their own language. The work started in 2002 and was undertaken by Fr Re ...
• 5 October 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Two years of celebration for centenary of evangelisation in Bukavu Bukavu (Fides Service)- “Celebrations for the centenary of our Archdiocese are involving all the parishes” said Regional Superior of the Xaverian Missionaries Fr Gianni Brentegani in Bukavu, main town of South Kivu r ...
• 5 October 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Liturgical Books now available in Karimojong Moroto (Fides Service) - In this Year of the Eucharist Karimojong speaking Catholics in Uganda have received the best of gifts, liturgical books in their own language. The work started in 2002 and was undertaken by Fr Re ...
• 4 October 2005
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “The grace of the Call comes from God: he made me what I am”: testimonial from a Brother of the Congregation of Frères Missionnaires des Campagnes in Burkina Faso who recently made his solemn vows Ouadougou (Fides Service)- What is a religious vocation? Every priest and religious can reply on the basis of his or her own experience and encounter with the Lord. The experience is personal but also universal. Brother ...
• 4 October 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO Cry of grief from new Bishop of Manono south east Congo: “war has destroyed everything” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- A cry of grief comes from Katanga, south east Democratic Congo. Bishop Vincent de Paul Kwanga, the new Bishop of Manono, launched the cry in a press statement. According to the local Catholic ...
• 3 October 2005
  AFRICA/NIGER - For many starving people Catholic Feeding Centres are the only source of hope x Niamey (Fides Service) - For some years the local Church in Niger has provided food for people in the poorest areas. In this present crisis in recent months this activity has intensified. For many people Catholic Feedi ...
• 29 September 2005
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - State and Church agree to open Ethiopia’s first Catholic University Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- “For some time the Catholic Bishops of Ethiopia have been working on this project and now at last it is taking shape” said local Church sources in Addis Ababa where the government and the ...
• 29 September 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Volunteer lay catechists valuable aides in Mucunguzi parish activities in the archdiocese of Gitega Gitega (Fides Service)- “In Mucunguzi as in other parishes in the archdiocese of Gitega the time has come for voluntary work” according to the diocesan Bulletin Entre - Nous. “Aware that the parish cannot afford t ...
• 28 September 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Buyuma gets a new school in 30 days thanks to Swedish and Ugandan student builders Rome (Fides Service) - A new school has been opened on Buvuma island on Lake Victoria, where the people, about 20,000, are mostly fishermen and food is scarce. The school was built by Swedish and Ugandan students in only ...
• 28 September 2005
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Towards Mature Nationhood”: Communiqué by Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria at the end of a plenary meeting in Benin City Lagos (Fides Service)- “We thank God for the graces we have received during this year as a Church and as a nation” the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria affirm in a communique “Towards Mature Nationhood”, thanking the ...