Africa

• 8 March 2005
  VATICAN - The under-secretary for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Rev. Sister Enrica Rosanna, shares with Fides her happy missionary experience among women in Congo. Religious Sisters help women of Africa to promote a culture of peace Vatican City (Fides Service) - Sr Enrica Rosanna a member of the congregation of the Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrix and Under-Secretary for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, shares with Fides ...
• 8 March 2005
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Madagascar prays for Pope John Paul II Antananarivo (Fides Service)- “Since his holiness was admitted to hospital special prayers for his intentions and speedy recovery are being offered in parishes throughout Antananarivo” Father Cosimo Alvati, head of ...
• 7 March 2005
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Catholic refugees from Sudan pray for Pope John Paul II with happy memories of his visit in 1993 Gambella (Fides Service)- “Catholics among the refugees from Sudan living in camps in Ethiopia around Gambella are praying intensely for the Pope” Archbishop Angelo Moreschi, Apostolic Prefect of Gambella, in west Et ...
• 7 March 2005
  AFRICA - 500,000 illegal arms in eastern Africa: Catholic Church commitment with regard to small arms misuse five years after Nairobi Declaration Nairobi (Fides Service )- “The proliferation of small arms is a serious problem which the Church cannot ignore” the Office for Justice and Peace of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences of Eastern Africa AM ...
• 4 March 2005
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Pope: the prayer of the Church in Mozambique Maputo (Fides Service) - Also from distant Mozambique prayers for the Pope continue to arrive. “In every Mass we pray for the speedy recovery of John Paul II. All Mozambique has the Pope in its heart as it can be seen ...
• 4 March 2005
  AFRICA/BENIN - Radio which denounces trafficking of child slaves broadcasts prayers for John Paul II Cotonou (Fides Service)- Also in Benin Catholics pray incessantly for the health of John Paul II. “On Saturday 5 March 2005 at 11am a special Mass will be celebrated for the Roman Pontiff in every cathedral in the coun ...
• 4 March 2005
  AFRICA/RWANDA - “Community prayer is an important means to promote reconciliation in Rwanda” says Pallottine Father Filipeck Rome (Fides Service)- “I have been in Rwanda since 1980 and was here at the tragic time of the genocide. The mission where I was working was attacked and it is a miracle that I was not killed” Pallottine Father Stani ...
• 3 March 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “Even here where the main preoccupation is how to stay alive and death is such a commonplace event that we are resigned to it, we find the strength to pray for the health of the Pope” a missionary in northern Uganda told Fides Kitgum (Fides Service)- “Even here where the main preoccupation is how to stay alive and death is such a commonplace event that we are resigned to it, we find the strength to pray for the health of the Holy Father” a ...
• 3 March 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - In remote areas of Ituri where the din of fighting is still heard Catholics pray for the Pope Bunia (Fides Service)- “Now calm has returned but yesterday we heard the noise of a fierce battle, only a few kilometres away with UN fighter helicopters flying back and forth over the town ” said a local Church sour ...
• 3 March 2005
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “Since the Pope was admitted to hospital people all over the country are debating on the value of life and the role of the elderly” says a missionary in Sierra Leone, where in the 1960s children with polio were seen as “children of the devil” Freetown (Fides)- “The Pope’s stay in hospital is provoking reflection on the value of human life. This is particularly true in our youth groups because our children and young people are deeply saddened by the though ...
• 2 March 2005
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - What is this new militia which has appeared in the west of Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan (Fides Service)- “Calm has returned but fire still glows under the embers and violence could explode any moment” a missionary source in Duekoue, west Côte d'Ivoire told Fides following fighting over the past ...
• 1 March 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Doctor what is a tracheotomy?” children in Bukavu, east Congo ask when they hear that the Pope is in hospital Bukavu (Fides Service)- “Children here are very interested in the Pope’s operation and his illness” said Father Luigi Lo Stocco, director of Radio Maria Malkia wa Amani (Radio Maria Queen of Peace) Bukavu south Kiv ...
• 1 March 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Foreign hands behind massacre of 9 UN peace keepers in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo Bunia (Fides Service)- “People here are convinced that foreign interference was behind the massacre of 9 peace keepers of the UN mission in Congo, MONUC” say local sources in east Congo with regard to the ambush on F ...
• 1 March 2005
  AFRICA/CÔTE D 'IVOIRE - Côte d'Ivoire crisis enters new stage of uncertainty following fresh fighting in the west Abidjan (Fides Service)- Has the Côte d'Ivoire crisis entered a new stage, international observers are wondering because of the new outbreak of fighting in the west of the country with the entrance on the scene of a pro ...
• 28 February 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Referendum on the Constitution: “The majority is expected to approve the new draft” local sources tell Fides Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “So far all is quiet, people are going to the polls to vote in an orderly manner” a local source said in Bujumbura capital of Burundi where a referendum on the country’s new Constitution ...