Africa

• 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 ...
• 27 September 2005
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Archbishop of Bangui appeals to international community to help: the poor people of Central Africa living in conditions of “unspeakable suffering” Bangui (Fides Service)- “There is no money to pay wages, the country is on the point of collapse. The Archbishop’s call is very appropriate” said local Church sources in Bangui, capital of the Central African Repub ...
• 27 September 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Alokolum Major seminary in war torn northern Uganda reopens. “A sign for hope and peace” said Archbishop Odama of Gulu diocese preparing for a Eucharistic Congress Gulu (Fides Service)- The reopening of the major seminary in Alokolum archdiocese of Gulu in war torn northern Uganda is a “sign for hope for the future of the Church and peace in this region” said the Archbishop Joh ...
• 27 September 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - A sign of universal Church communion: Congo sends 17 missionaries to eight countries in Africa and Europe Kinshasa (Fides Service) - A group of 17 Missionaries sent by the archdiocese of Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Congo to various African countries and to Belgium are a sign of the communion which exists among Catholic c ...
• 26 September 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - About 20 Catholic Bishops from Burundi and Rwanda and Congo present for consecration of a new church in Bukavu eastern Democratic Congo. Bukavu (Fides Service)- About 20 Bishops from Burundi, Rwanda and Congo were present for the blessing of a new parish church dedicated to St John the Baptist in the southern outlying Cahi Cidasa district of Bukavu. The ...
• 23 September 2005
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - In the Year of the Eucharist the country's Catholic Bishops explain authentic inculturation and liturgical renewal in a joint pastoral statement on the Mass Maputo (Fides Service) - “We start this pastoral statement on the Celebration of the Eucharist with the words used by the disciples of Emmaus who urged the Lord to remain with them, the same words used by Pope John Pau ...
• 23 September 2005
  AFRICA - Feverish work in Malawi and Zambia to complete construction of two new Catholic Universities before the end of next year Lusaka (Fides Service)- Before the end of next year Africa will have two more Catholic Universities one in Zambia and the other Malawi thanks to the respective Catholic Bishops’ Conferences. “The project is careful ...
• 23 September 2005
  AFRICA - Hunger alarm in southern Africa: almost 9 million people risk starvation Rome (Fides Service) - There is a growing food alarm in southern Africa. “The government of Malawi has written to foreign ambassadors asking for international aid because the food shortage is destined to become worse i ...
• 22 September 2005
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Reconciling hearts, a priority for the local Catholic Church Khartoum (Fides Service)- “I see many projects for rebuilding infrastructures but few to rebuild our civil society” a missionary with 20 years of experience in southern Sudan said after the formation of the new gover ...