Africa

• 20 July 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Maralal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Maralal, Kenya, presented by Bishop Virgilio Pante, I.M.C. The Holy Father has appointed the Reveren ...
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  20 July 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - One of the two priests kidnapped has been murdered Kafanchan (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with a deep sense of sorrow and pains that the Bishop, Clergy, Religious and Laity of the Diocese of Kafanchan announce the gruesome murder of Very Rev. Fr. John Mark Cheitnum. Fr. Joh ...
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  20 July 2022
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Water supply: Access to clean water for 50,000 people Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - "How can you wash your hands in a context of health emergency without water?" asks Omar Fiordalisio, head of the office in Rwanda of the Italian charity Movimento Lotta Fame nel Mondo (MLFM), bas ...
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  20 July 2022
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Archbishop Rugambwa to Bishops of Central Africa: "Bishops should be the mouthpiece and defenders of youth in governments and societies" Mongomo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Episcopate of Central Africa should be the mouthpiece and tireless defender of youth in their respective governments and societies, drawing attention to the reality of the migratory phenome ...
• 19 July 2022
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Resignation of Bishop of Masvingo and appointment of Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Masvingo, Zimbabwe, presented by Bishop Michael Dixon Bhasera. At the same time, he appointed Archbisho ...
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  19 July 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The ordination of the Bishop of Matadi: "May the Lord help you to effectively sow his love in hearts" Matadi (Agenzia Fides) - "What is expected of a bishop is to show great concern for the Lord's flock, to the point of not even hesitating to give his life for those whom God has entrusted to him. He is expected to be .. ...
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  19 July 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Consecrated women in Africa: "A precious role for the Church" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Association of Consecrated Women of Central and West Africa (ACWECA), in the midst of the Synod on Synodality, wishes to reiterate the importance of the role of religious women and the atte ...
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  18 July 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The megaphone of the mission: a radio station to spread peace and proclaim the Gospel Tonj (Agenzia Fides) - 'Proclaim the Gospel' is the motto of the radio station Don Bosco 91.0 FM in Tonj, a Salesian mission in South Sudan in the Bahr al-Ghazal region, which has been broadcasting the signal for 12 year ...
• 16 July 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Pretoria Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Masilo John Selemela, of the clergy of Tzaneen, currently Rector of St. John Vianney National Major Seminary, assigning him the titular See of Nachingwea. ...
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  16 July 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - After 120 years of evangelization, the village of Yanonge celebrates its first nun Yanonge (Agenzia Fides) - "Marthe represents us all, as a Church that seeks the face of the Lord", writes Fr. Vittorio Farronato from the Democratic Republic of Congo referring to the first girl who became a nun in the v ...
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  15 July 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The diocese of Yagoua launches a project to support the population during the famine Yagoua (Agenzia Fides) - An emergency stock of about 30 tons of cereals is the new project supported by Madian Orizzonti, the non-profit organization of the Camillian religious of Turin, in support of the activities of t ...
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  14 July 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Christians on the Niger-Burkina Faso border: “A life in the face of the cross” Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The Italian-Argentinian priest Carlos Bazzara of the Society for African Missions (SMA) once placed the cross on the top of the hill. The cross, thus marking the border between Niger and Burkina ...
• 13 July 2022
  AFRICA/SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - Resignation of the Bishop of São Tomé and Príncipe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of São Tomé and Princípe (São Tomé e Princípe), presented by His Exc. Msgr. Manuel António Mendes d ...
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  13 July 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The new PMS Director: "A Church of proximity that announces and lives peace" Buea (Agenzia Fides) - "In Cameroon we have 26 dioceses and the missionary work of the Church is in the hands of the Lord, of the college of Bishops, of missionaries, of all the baptized. The Bishops drew up the general ...
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  13 July 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - In Lui, the dream is of going from weapons to hoes to books Lui (Agenzia Fides) - "True revolutions are born from tenacious work, from sowing day after day, in the midst of efforts, sacrifices and commitment", declared Don Dante Carraro, director of Doctors with Africa CUAMM, on ...