Africa

• 2 April 2005
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Even in the poorest and remotest regions of Sudan people are praying for the Pope Turalei (Fides Service)- Even in the remote region of the Nuba Mountains in the heart of Sudan people are praying for the Holy Father. “Bishop Macram Max Gassis of El Obeid, went to that area to preside Easter liturgie ...
• 2 April 2005
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Catholics in Egypt who share the later Season of Lent with Orthodox majority, offer Rosary, Stations of the Cross, Masses for the Pope and his intentions. Egyptian Muslims also pray for the Pontiff, a man of peace and unity says Chaldean Bishop Youssef Sarraf from Cairo Cairo (Fides Service) - Catholics in Egypt are praying intensely for the Pope. The community has just entered the season of Lent in preparation for Easter which it celebrates in early May with the Copt Orthodox majority ...
• 2 April 2005
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Catholics in Guinea Bissau shed tears as they pray for the Pope Bissau (Fides Service)- “Yesterday the church was filled with people who had come to pray for the Pope and I saw many faces lined with tears” said Italian PIME missionary Father Dioniso Ferraro, parish priest at Our ...
• 2 April 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “As soon as the news was given that the Pope’s condition had become critical the town ground to a halt” a missionary in Bukavu told Fides Bukavu (Fides Service)- “The whole town has been praying for the Pope since yesterday. In church people recite the rosary and take part in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Young members of movements, for example Cat ...
• 1 April 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - A ‘Hail Mary’ for the Pope on the lips of an Italian missionary working among 1.5 million refugees in northern Uganda Kitgum (Fides Service)- “Pray for us now and at the hour of our death”, Father Tarcisio Pazzaglia, Italian missionary in northern Uganda prays instinctively as he learns from Fides the critical situation of the Pope� ...
• 1 April 2005
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Refugees in Cape Town pray for the Pope Cape Town (Fides Service)- “I informed my parishioners about the critical situation of the Pope’s health and we started to pray for him at this difficult time in his life” Scalabrini missionary Father Mario who wor ...
• 1 April 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Uganda’s sick Catholics in hospitals and at home unite in prayer to sustain the Holy Father Lachor (Fides Service) - At St. Mary’s Hospital di Lachor Catholic patients pray intensely for Pope John Paul II at this difficult moment. The sick, in hospital and at home united now more than ever with the ailing and ...
• 1 April 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - All Kenya is close to Pope John Paul II Nairobi (Fides Service) - “Christians in Kenya are close to the Pope with their prayers” Father Eugenio Ferrari, IMC, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Kenya told Fides. “The Holy Father is l ...
• 1 April 2005
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Poor people, sick and dying at the Catholic Camillian hospital in Ouagadougou suffer and pray with and for the Pope Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - Terminally AIDS patients at the Camillian hospital in Ouagadougou are deeply concerned for the Pope and assure him their sympathy and prayers. (AP) (1/4/2005 Agenzia Fides; Righe:8; Parole: ...
• 1 April 2005
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - “We have prayed for the Holy Father non stop” says a missionary in Madagascar Antananarivo (Fides)- “Ever since the Pope was admitted to hospital the first time in February, the entire diocese of Antananarivo has prayed for the Pope unceasingly” Italian missionary Fr Cosimo Alvati, director of ...
• 31 March 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - “We the people of Burundi have suffered deeply but we also believe deeply in the redemptive value of suffering”: Catholic Bishops send John Paul II message of sympathy from Burundi where more than 300,000 died in civil conflict Bujumbura (Fides Service) -“We the people of Burundi have suffered deeply but we also believe deeply in the redemptive value of suffering. We sympathise with our Holy Father Pope John Paul II in his present state of su ...
• 31 March 2005
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “Stay with us Lord…” Catholic Bishops of Zambia issue Pastoral Letter on the Year of the Eucharist Lusaka (Fides Service)- “The Holy Father invited us to celebrate the Year of the Eucharist, from October 2004 to October 2005, a favourable time to deepen our understanding of the sacrament of the Eucharist” the Cath ...
• 30 March 2005
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - In pastoral letter on elections Catholic Bishops of Zimbabwe urge all citizens to play their part to ensure a vote which is fair and peaceful Harare (Fides Service) - In pastoral letter for elections tomorrow 31 March the Catholic Bishops of Zimbabwe “invite all Christians to pray for our leaders and would-be-leaders in all sections of our society so that th ...
• 30 March 2005
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Elections 2005 in Zimbabwe: less violence but a vote nevertheless marked by irregularities in the electoral campaign Harare (Fides Service)- Almost 6 million voters will be eligible to take part tomorrow 31 March in legislative elections in Zimbabwe, a country which has suffered years of serious political crisis due mainly to the deci ...
• 21 March 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - 500 diocesan and 50,000 parish volunteers: local Church committed to prepare people to take part in elections which will end the interim period Kinshasa (Fides Service)- The Democratic Republic Congo is preparing for important elections and the local Catholic Church is training diocesan and parish volunteers to help the people understand the electoral process an ...