Africa

• 30 August 2005
  AFRICA/GHANA - Matthew 25 Centre run by the local Catholic Church offers assistance to people with AIDS Accra (Fides Service)- People in Ghana with AIDS find hope at Matthew 25 Centre which offers assistance to people with AIDS. The Centre was opened by the local Catholic Church in 2003 in the diocese of Koforidua in east ...
• 29 August 2005
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The Catholic archbishop of Khartoum Cardinal Zubeir Wako is confident the peace process will continue but warns that Sudan’s stability depends on fair sharing of the country’s resources and respect for human rights Khartoum (Fides Service)- The Catholic archbishop of Khartoum Cardinal Zubeir Wako has appealed to Sudan’s political leaders to put the interests of the country first. In a press conference in Cologne organised by the ...
• 29 August 2005
  AFRICA/MAURITANIA - Catholic Bishop of Nouakchott appeals for food aid: “Half the population is hungry and many could die of starvation” Nouakchott (Fides Service)- Mauritania is affected by the serious food shortage felt in other Sahel belt countries especially Niger. The Catholic Bishop of Nouakchott Martin Happe has appealed for urgent international ai ...
• 27 July 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Annual diocesan Holy Childhood Meeting: over eight thousand children take part in open air Mass celebrated in front of Muranga Muranga (Fides Service) - On Sunday 24 July over 8,000 children from 34 parishes accompanied by Holy Childhood leaders took part in a special Mass for the annual diocesan Holy Childhood Day organised by the diocese of Mu ...
• 26 July 2005
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “As the Pope always warned: violence leads to more violence. Once again the majority of the people will be helpless victims of an aggression with which they cannot identify”: Fr Eugenio Elías, IVE, missionary in Egypt told Fides Cairo (Fides Service) - “Everyone agrees that terrorism is evil. However it would be senseless to ignore the fact the some find ways to justify it. The Pope always warned that violence leads to more violence " said Fr ...
• 26 July 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Chapter of Mill Hill Missionaries reflects on diminution of missionaries, vocations and formation and elects new leadership Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Chapter of St Joseph’s Missionary Society (also known as Mill Hill Missionaries) took place from 22 June to the 22 July and was held for the first time in Nairobi, Kenya. The main themes/i ...
• 26 July 2005
  AFRICA/D.CONGO - Dramatic increase in refugee families making their own way home to south Kivu Rome (Fides Service) - Since the end of the school year in refugee camps in west Tanzania growing numbers of Congolese refugees are making their own way home to the south Kivu region of Democratic Congo without the assis ...
• 25 July 2005
  AFRICA/CHAD - Operations continue to move 10,000 Central African Repulic refugees to Amboko camp Rome (Fides Service) - As part of its plan to transfer 10,000 Central African refugees sheltering in southern Chad to a camp where they can be better assisted, United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR has moved ...
• 25 July 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Chapter of Mill Hill Missionaries reflects on diminution of missionaries, vocations and formation and elects new leadership Nairobi (Fides Service) - The Chapter of St Joseph’s Missionary Society (also known as Mill Hill Missionaries) held for the first time in Nairobi, Kenya, took place from 22 June to the 22 July. The main themes/issues w ...
• 22 July 2005
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Operation Restore Order: German Bishops express solidarity with the poor of Zimbabwe in a letter addressed to the Catholic Bishops Conference of Zimbawe Harare (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Germany have written to the Bishops of Zimbabwe expressing deep concern for the plight of the people affected by the recent Operation Restore Order (see Fides May 30, 2005 ...
• 22 July 2005
  AFRICA/TOGO - President of Togo and main Opposition leader reach agreement in Rome Rome (Fides Service)- Thanks to the intervention of the social activist S. Egidio Community based in Rome, the President of Togo and the main oppostion leader have agreed to work together to further to process of the cou ...
• 21 July 2005
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Undeterred by an attack in the sacresty Bishop Eugenio Dal Corso new Administrator Apostolic of Cabinda assures Fides: “I will stay and carry on the task entrusted to me by the Church” Cabinda (Fides Service)- “I am still alive although I was struck violently on the head several times but without serious consequences thank God” Bishop Eugenio Dal Corso of Saurimo in northern Angola, who is also Adm ...
• 21 July 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Clashes over draft Constitution : “This is the start of the fight for 2007 elections” Nairobi (Fides Service)- “The unrest over the past few days are connected with the electoral campaign for 2007 which has already opened” said local sources with regard to clashes between police and demonstrators in N ...
• 20 July 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Thousands attend funeral of assassinated Italian missionary Bishop. “There is no need to preach because the life of Bishop Locati speaks for itself ” says apostolic administrator at the funeral homily Nairobi (Fides Service)- “There is no need to preach because the life of Bishop Locati speaks for itself” said Mgr John Ngue, Amministratore Apostolic administrator of Isiolo (north-east Kenya) in his homily during t ...
• 20 July 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Centre of missionary documentation and training for all Africa one important fruit of last year’s Missiology Congress” Bishop of Mbujimaiyi tells Fides Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “One of the most important indications which emerged from last year’s Missiology Congress was decision to build in Kinshasa an all Africa Centre for Missionary Documentation and Training Kin ...