Africa

• 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 ...
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  12 July 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Despair, illness, death: an existential threat to the people of Tigray. Appeal from the Diocesan Catholic Secretariat of Adigrat Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "I once again urge all the partners involved to continue supporting humanitarian aid for people affected by the war in Tigray in order to respond together to the immense humanitarian need of the ...
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  12 July 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops invite to moderate the tones in the campaign before the vote on August 9 Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray for them that they don't continue like that because everyone from the children are hearing our leaders exchanging words at a time they should be concentrating in building peace", says H ...
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  11 July 2022
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Sustainable agriculture, village recovery and income-generating activities Mansa (Agenzia Fides) - To improve livelihoods in the Mantapala refugee resettlement camp, Caritas Zambia, through the Diocese of Mansa, continues to carry out a project of sustainable agriculture, village recovery and ...
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  11 July 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - "Proclaim the Gospel with works of charity": the Orionine missionaries ready to inaugurate a new community Djoum (Agenzia Fides) - "We are about to open a new community in the diocese of Sangmelima, where the Bishop, Msgr. Christophe Zoa, awaits us to entrust the people of God in the city of Djoum. On July 5, two priests left ...
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  9 July 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Anniversary of the Country's independence: "As Catholics we must strive to ensure that peace and justice reign in the country" Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "July 9 has always been a joyful moment for me dedicated to planning, reflecting and reuniting with family and friends to thank God for the freedom and gift of our beloved nation". These ...
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  8 July 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Concern over the announcement of the Central African electronic currency Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Sango will be the currency of the next generation", said the President of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, on Sunday, July 3, announcing the Central African cryptocu ...
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  7 July 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another priest kidnapped; alarm after the attack on a prison near Abuja Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Peter Amodu, a priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) was kidnapped on his way to celebrate mass. This was announced by the Diocese of Otukpo, in the State of Benue (north-c ...
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  6 July 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Jihadist attacks condemned by the Gulf countries; evidence of national reconciliation Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The 34 dead in two jihadist attacks are only the latest victims of the instability that has arisen since 2015 in Burkina Faso, where according to the authorities of Ouagadougou, 40% of the t ...