Africa

• 8 September 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Promote Bible Centres throughout Africa”: intervention by president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Democratic Congo at Meeting of Catholic Exegetes in Kinshasa Kinshasa (Fides Service)- Promote national and diocesan Bible Centres in view of organising Bible apostolate. This proposal was launched by Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kisangani who is President of the Cathol ...
• 8 September 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Religious, civil and military leaders of northern Uganda and southern Sudan meet to promote peace in both countries Gulu (Fides Service)- To consolidate peace in southern Sudan and increase the chances of reaching an agreement to end the civil war in northern Uganda religious leaders, traditional chiefs and high ranking military offic ...
• 8 September 2005
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - United Nations warns that 10 million people in southern Africa face serious food shortage. Governments take action. But will it suffice? Lusaka (Fides Service)- “This is not yet an emergency but the situation must be kept under control” say local sources in Lusaka, capital of Zambia, one of the countries considered at risk of food shortage according t ...
• 7 September 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenya recalls much loved Cardinal Maurice Otunga emeritus Archbishop of Nairobi on the second anniversary of his death Nairobi (Fides Service)- Kenya is remembering the much loved Cardinal Maurice Otunga, emeritus archbishop of Nairobi who died two years ago on 6 September 2003. “His life was important not only for the Catholic Churc ...
• 7 September 2005
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - In riots at the end of a football match a mosque is set on fire. In a joint message Zambia's Christian leaders condemn the violence and express solidarity with local Muslim community Lusaka (Fides Service)- “This senseless destruction of property and attack on a Mosque is something that has shocked us immensely. It is alien to us as Zambians.”. This was how in a joint statement the Zambia Catholi ...
• 6 September 2005
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Catholic Radio Mosi-o-Tunya in Livingstone diocese granted full broadcast permit Livingstone (Fides Service) - Radio Mosi-o-Tunya, which belongs to the Catholic diocese of Livingstone in Zambia, has at last otained from the ministry of information and broadcasting services permission to resume its br ...
• 5 September 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - The scourge of sexual violence at the centre of a meeting organised by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Bishops’ Conference of Democratic Congo Kinshasa (Fides Service)- Every year in the Democratic Republic of Congo RDC mainly in western regions tens of thousands of women are raped by members of the many different troops fighting in the area: regular army of RD ...
• 2 September 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - New constitution: Catholic Bishops call for people to be properly informed and then to vote in the referendum Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “The Catholic Bishops issued a statement urging the people to vote in the referendum for or against the new Constitution” Italian Consolata missionary Fr Eugenio Ferrari, director of the Pont ...
• 2 September 2005
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “Hope in Sierra Leone passes by way of education” says Xaverian Father Luigi Brioni as a small Catholic university in Makeni prepares to open Makeni (Fides Service)- “Our aim is to give the country new hope through education” said Fr Luigi Brioni, Xaverian Provincial Superior in Sierra Leone with regard to a small Catholic university Fatima Institute which ...
• 1 September 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Barnabiti priests at St. Paul’s College Mbobero bring IT to Congo’s young people Rome (Fides Service) - Teaching in Congo is a challenge: years of dictatorship and war made many teachers emigrate. Now, thanks to parents determined not to give up seeing the urgency of education for their children and ...
• 1 September 2005
  AFRICA/COTE D’IVOIRE - Tension mounts in Cote d’Ivoire after rebels reject South African mediation Abidjan (Fides Service)- “We live in an atmosphere of tension and daily rumours of violence and a possibile coup” said local church sources in Abidjan, economic capital of Cote d’Ivoire with regard to a series of i ...
• 31 August 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Africa Mission: Cooperation and Development Movement commemorates founder Rev. Vittorio Pastori, ‘commuter of charity’ between Italy and Africa Piacenza (Fides Service) - Friday 2 September will be the 11th anniversary of the death of Rev. Vittorio Pastori, known in Italy as “Don Vittorione”, who founded the Africa Mission - Cooperation and Development Movem ...
• 31 August 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - This high number of female ministers in Burundi’s new executive is a tribute to the part played by Burundi’s women in the peace process Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- Less Ministries and more women Ministers are the novelties of Burundi’s new government according to a local Church source in the capital Bujumbura where yesterday 30 August President Pierre N ...
• 31 August 2005
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - 6th Meeting of Portuguese Speaking Bishops’ Conferences in Mozambique 6 - 9 September to boost cooperation and evangelisation Maputo (Fides Service)- From 6 to 9 September in Maputo capital of Mozambique the Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Portugese speaking countries will hold their 6th CPLP Assembly. “These meetings, the first of which w ...
• 30 August 2005
  AFRICA/D. CONGO - Computer expert Sister in Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa (Fides Service)- A Catholic nun in Congo combines her religious vocation with a passion for information technology. Sr Odette Sangupamba, a member of the congregation of the Sisters of Saint Teresa of the Child ...