Africa

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  10 August 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Archdiocese of Lilongwe begins the diocesan Synod Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - On July 30, in the Archdiocese of Lilongwe in Malawi, the 2022-2023 "Discerning with the Holy Spirit". It is the third diocesan synod after that of 1973-1975 convened by Bishop Patrick Kalilomb ...
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  9 August 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Jubilee year of the Pontifical Mission Societies: conveying the message through music Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - In view of missionary October and the Sunday dedicated to the missions, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Malawi presented two songs last Sunday, one in English and one in the local Chi ...
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  8 August 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - A peace caravan of Franciscan nuns, ahead of the elections Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We wanted to find a simple and direct way to send everyone a message of peace and calm on the eve of the elections (scheduled for next August 9th, ed) and so we have decided to organize a carav ...
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  6 August 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - "We are each other's guardians", the expectation of the next elections increases in the country Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us share with our neighbours, wherever we are, in villages, towns or cities, the identity of who we are: citizens of our beloved nation, Kenya". Appeals and exhortations from the Kenyan Bis ...
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  5 August 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - More than 600 hostages of the Islamic State freed in northern Mozambique but attacks continue Maputo (Agenzia Fides) – More than 600 hostages have been freed by the Rwandan military contingent together with their Mozambican counterparts and the forces of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in the ...
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  5 August 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appeal of the Auxiliary Bishop of Minna: "Jungle justice". The country is on the path of disintegration Minna (Agenzia Fides) - Violence continues to spread across the country, as well as kidnappings, killings, attacks on churches, clashes, and now even death threats against President Muhammadu Buhari. This is how Msgr. ...
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  4 August 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops' appeal to young people. "Go and vote and do not get carried away by violence" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people, this is your future! Go and vote", exhorts His Exc. Msgr. Antony Muheria, Archbishop of Nyeri, in one of the videos published by the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) ah ...
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  4 August 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Christians prepare for the "Fasting of the Virgin Mary" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Orthodox Copts around the world are preparing to live the time of penance known as "fasting of the Holy Virgin Mary", praying with special intentions for Patriarch Tawadros II. The time of prayer ...
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  4 August 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The United Nations intervenes: crisis, drought and terrorist attacks Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent attack by Al Shabab in Ethiopia is another demonstration of the will of the terrorist group to become an international structure and not just Somali". This is reported by sources f ...
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  3 August 2022
  AFRICA/CONGO RD- Tensions with the blue helmets continue; Kinshasa expels UN mission spokesperson Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Kinshasa has asked the UN Mission in Congo (MONUSCO) to remove its spokesman Mathias Gillmann. "In relation to the recent escalation of tensions between MONUSCO and the popula ...
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  3 August 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - He mocked Jesus. An Al Azhar professor will be tried for insulting Christianity and Islam Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - His name is Mabrouk Attia and he is a professor of Islamic Law at Al Azhar University, the Egyptian professor-preacher who has ended up at the center of controversy and criminal cases for irrevere ...
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  3 August 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nobody is safe, the situation is getting out of hand Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "There is massive insecurity. People are being killed every day. The bandits and the terrorists seem to have a free hand. We don't know where the security forces are". This is the alarm launched b ...
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  2 August 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops after the serious incidents with the UN peacekeepers: "Anger is understandable, but violence is never tolerable" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Tensions continue in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo between the local population and the UN Blue Helmets of the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), after the assaults that began on J ...
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  2 August 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appeal to Catholic women: take a lead on assisting the Church in her noble pastoral mission Kiambu (Agenzia Fides) - "As part of the wider church congregation, you must not sit on the wall. On the contrary, you must participate in the Church’s ministry", said the Archbishop of Nairobi, Msgr. Philip Anyolo, ad ...
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  1 August 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Young Egyptians on pilgrimage to Mount Sinai for the 29th "Franciscan March" Quesna (Agenzia Fides) - A five-day pilgrimage, along paths traveled by saints, prophets and penitents since time immemorial, to ask for the gift of interior reconciliation and discover God's loving plan for one's life. ...