Africa

• 17 September 2005
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Post synodal exhortation“Ecclesia in Africa” ten years on : Bishops from all over Africa attend meeting in Yaounde Yaounde (Fides Service)- A meeting in the capital of Cameroon Yaounde organised by a group of African Bishops Conferences to mark the 10th anniversaryof the post Synodal Ecclesia in Africa issued by Pope John Paul II, cl ...
• 16 September 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Church health structures at the service of all Congolese: Seminar in Kinshasa Kinshasa (Fides Service)- Caritas Congo has said it is ready to work together with the national health care system. This emerged from a meeting of diocesan offices of medical services BDOM part of the Congo Bishops’ Co ...
• 15 September 2005
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Great joy in Senegal: 7 new OMI Brothers take perpetual vows Dakar (Fides Service)- Sunday 4 September was a great day for the Catholic parish of Immaculate Mary in the Parcelles Assainies district of Dakar capital of Senegal. Seven Brothers of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immac ...
• 15 September 2005
  AFRICA - Three quarters of Africans surveyed in different countries place more trust in religious leaders. Experienced missionary in Sierra Leone says “this means we must be faithful to our mission” Rome (Fides Service)- “This is good news. It means we religious and Africans understand one another” said Italian Xaverian missionary Fr Giuseppe Berton, with years of experience in Sierra Leone, commenting the findi ...
• 15 September 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga denounces forgotten tragedy of south Katanga: please help us!” Kinshasa ( Fides Service)- “A human catastrophe” this is how Bishop Fulgence Muteba of Kilwa-Kasenga diocese describes the situation in the south east region of Democratic Congo southern Katanga in a recent press sta ...
• 14 September 2005
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Rising political tension as elections approach; Catholic bishops call on nation to unite to build peace and harmony Dar Es Salaam (Fides Service)- “As our Bishops said in a recent Pastoral Letter Tanzanians must work together to build harmony in view of elections on 30 October” said local sources in Dar Es Salaam, capital of Tanz ...
• 14 September 2005
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Maputo meeting photographs the Church in Portuguese speaking Africa Maputo (Fides Service)- “Portuguese is spoken by about 250 million people in many different countries and is one of the languages most used in the Catholic world. Common language enabled Bishops at the meeting to discu ...
• 13 September 2005
  AFRICA/CONGO - Profound grief for tragic deaths of Italian missionary Fr Angelo Redaelli and the little villlage girl killed hit by the vehicle he was driving Rome (Fides Service)- “Fr. Angelo had been on mission in Congo only two years but was already part of the community. His death was due to the tragic circumstances: in no way can his murder be taken for an act of hostil ...
• 13 September 2005
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Vitality in the Church, need for more in-depth formation, education to peace and promotion of respect for human rights in final statement issued by Meeting of Portuguese speaking Bishops’ Conferences Maputo (Fides Service)- Signs of vitality and hope in the local Churches but also a need to improve formation for clergy and laity. This emerged from a meeting of Portuguese speaking Bishops’ Conferences in Maputo, cap ...
• 12 September 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Alarm for massive return of Congolese refugees from Tanzania and Zambia. Caritas Uvira offers help Uvira (Fides Service )- A return en masse of refugees from Tanzania and Zambia to Uvira in eastern Democratic Congo is causing serious problems. Local Caritas said the people started arriving in July. Transit centres in ...
• 12 September 2005
  AFRICA/NIGER - At least 3 million people in Niger still suffering from serious food shortage. Local Catholic community and Caritas in front line to provide aid and rebuild farming system Niamey (Fides Service)- In Niger 2.7 million people are in danger of dying of hunger in an ongoing serious food crisis due to prolonged drought. In a detailed report Caritas Niger says that despite recent rainfall at lea ...
• 10 September 2005
  AFRICA/GHANA - Local Catholics organise collections in aid of Hurricane Katrina vcitims in America Accra (Fides Service)- The Bishops of Ghana have asked Catholics to give generously in aid of people in the United States of America suffering the tragic consequences of Hurricane Katrina. “The Catholic Bishops’ C ...
• 10 September 2005
  AFRICA/ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Flood alarm exaggerated, real problem is extreme poverty of most people in this country Bangui (Fides Service)- “The alarm is somewhat exaggerated although havy rains have caused serious damage” said local sources in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, with regard to appeals from internatio ...
• 9 September 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Catholics make priceless contribution to national peace, reconciliation and education Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “Catholics have always worked hard to promote peace and reconciliation in Burundi and will continue to do so” say local Church sources in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi where newly elected P ...
• 9 September 2005
  AFRICA/COTE D’ IVOIRE - Postponement of October 30 elections must not mean hope for peace is lost Abidjan (Fides Service)- “The fact that there will be no election on 30 October does not mean that there will be no election at all” say local sources in Abidjan where yesterday 8 September UN representative for Cote ...