Africa

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  2 June 2022
  AFRICA/MAURITIUS - "Torture by police officers is inhumane and disturbs social cohesion", says Cardinal Piat Port Louis (Agenzia Fides) - "Together with the population I was horrified by the torture inflicted by members of the police on citizens who were in their custody. That is why it is essential that those guilty of this ra ...
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  2 June 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "The Church is not yet an angelic community. It lives in the world without being of the world" Robe (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is not yet an angelic community. She lives in the world without being of the world, totally and seriously in the world. Living the reality of the world as an evangelizing presence is no ...
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  1 June 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops’ appeal a few weeks before Pope Francis' visit: "Stop the war in North Kivu" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The nightmare of war has been going on for too long. We ask the belligerents to return to reason", exhort the Bishops of CENCO (National Episcopal Conference of the Congo), in a statement in w ...
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  1 June 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church celebrates the entry into Egypt of the Holy Family Sakhā (Agenzia Fides) - People who follow Jesus consecrate their family to the Lord, so that he protects them from the dangers of the present time, and preserves their path in love, sharing and freedom. This is how Copt ...
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  1 June 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “Nabad” peace! With peace and reconciliation everything is possible Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The election of Hassan Sceikh Mahamud, former president and founder of a private university, has received warm congratulations from international and regional leaders and has already moved the ...
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  31 May 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Celebrations in the Marian shrine Jabal al Tayr: around one million pilgrims expected Samalut (Agenzia Fides) - This year more than one million Egyptian pilgrims, both Coptic Christians and Muslims, are expected at the Marian Monastery-Shrine of Jabal al Tayr, near the city of Samalut, in the Egyptian pro ...
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  31 May 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Reducing Poverty and Improving Food Security in Baringo County, severely affected by climate change Baringo (Agenzia Fides) - Reducing poverty and building community resilience by improving food security and responding to climate change in Baringo County is the goal of a post-Covid-19 project, launched in May 2021, by ...
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  30 May 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Working to generate peace: to be ambassadors of peace in one's own Communities Lira (Agenzia Fides) - "Working to generate peace, respect for fundamental human rights and the dignity of everyone in every situation, are elements that require active participation of all political, civil and cultural ...
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  30 May 2022
  AFRICA - Appeal from Africa for the 56th World Communications Day: "Let us rediscover the ability to listen to the other" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Only listening to the other allows us to lay the foundations in order to build a fruitful dialogue, a prerequisite for building a more just society. This is the synthesis of the messages launched b ...
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  27 May 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - More than 50 killed in the east by a jihadist assault Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50 people have been killed near Madjoari, a village in eastern Burkina Faso. The massacre took place on May 25, but it was not known until yesterday, May 26. Madjoari village is ...
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  27 May 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Joining forces in Christ": Catholics of the diocese of Goma prepare to welcome the Pope Goma (Agenzia Fides) - "We must commit ourselves to be merciful and not dwell on the shortcomings we have observed, but to be motivated by the desire to overcome them in order to prepare for the meeting with the Successo ...
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  25 May 2022
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Unity and solidarity are needed for the development of local Churches Ndola (Agenzia Fides) - "It is important to have unity of purpose and unity of vision to build the local Church with a common motivation", underlined Msgr. Benjamin Phiri, bishop of the Diocese of Ndola. The prelate, acc ...
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  25 May 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two priests kidnapped in the diocese led by Msgr. Kukah, subject to heavy threats Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Two priests have been kidnapped in northern Nigeria. This is reported by Fr. Christopher Omotosho, Director of Social Communications of the Diocese of Sokoto in a statement: "At midnight today, M ...
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  24 May 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Association of Middle Eastern theological faculties renews its leadership Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The delegated members of the Association of Faculties and Institutes of Theology of the Middle East, gathered in assembly on May 22 and 23 in Egypt, at the Coptic Catholic Seminary in the Cairo di ...
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  24 May 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Christian Association of Nigeria: "The State must protect the Bishop of Sokoto" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "When we learnt that a Catholic church was attacked in Sokoto, it became clear that that attack was on Bishop Matthew Kukah because he is the one who is like a voice to the voiceless in this count ...