Africa

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  24 May 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - The Church of Niger needs effective support: the missionaries are present despite the current insecurity Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - - "To bear witness to our missionary charism in the diocese of Niamey through the study of local languages and cultures, to facilitate Islamic-Christian dialogue, to take care of the poorest and t ...
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  23 May 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Theological faculties in the Middle East relaunch their mission: to announce the Gospel by listening to the "signs of the times" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The common reflection of Christian theologians who live and work in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa can nourish the communion between the Churches and ecclesial communities of th ...
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  23 May 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Allow me to visit the people who live in the bushes" asks the new Bishop of Yei Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Allow me to visit the people who live in the bushes", said the new consecrated Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Yei on May 15, 2022, Msgr. Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo. "I would like to appeal to the ...
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  23 May 2022
  AFRICA - Food emergency in the Horn of Africa: the worst drought in the last forty years Gode (Agenzia Fides) - "We are running out of time, we need funds to save lives". The undersecretary for humanitarian affairs, Martin Griffiths, returning from a very recent visit to Kenya, has raised a very strong alarm ...
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  21 May 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Service to others, promotion of human rights, justice and peace: inauguration of the new house of the Lay Comboni Missionaries AFRICA/KENYA - Kitale (Agenzia Fides) - The ethnic Pokot population of Kitelakapel in Kenya has a new home for the Lay Comboni Missionaries (LMC). The Bishop of Kitale Diocese, Msgr. Maurice Anthony Crowley officially in ...
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  20 May 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The World Council of Churches in the Middle East: the storms of history will not extinguish the presence of Christians in the lands of Jesus Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Within the framework of history, the Christian narrative cannot be separated from the lands where Christ was born, lived, died and rose again. Christians have also made an important contribution t ...
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  20 May 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The drama of Durban, hit by floods in April, has consequences for all of southern Africa Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The exceptional rains that hit the province of KwaZulu-Natal in eastern South Africa in April claimed more than 400 lives across the country, causing landslides and floods. The city of Durb ...
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  20 May 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - With the new President, peace and cooperation for the Horn of Africa Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "The election of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, which took place on Monday, May 16, 2022, opens up new possibilities for peace and cooperation in the Horn of Africa and in particular ...
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  19 May 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Dramatic situation: suffering continues among the poorest, not even the middle class is spared Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - "First we had the revolutionary uprisings against the government, then the hope with the election of Prime Minister Aby, but then came Covid. As if that was not enough, there is also the esc ...
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  19 May 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Pontifical Mission Societies accompany the formation of the faith and community life in the local church Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Formation in seminars, the training of catechists working in rural areas, the construction of children's wards in hospitals, educational materials for children in rural parishes and the ongoing ...
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  18 May 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "But how can you preach love in a country where violence has become a rule?" asks the Bishop of Nsukka Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "But how can you preach love in a country where violence has become a rule?", asks His Exc. Mgr. Godfrey Igwebuike Onah, Bishop of Nsukka, in the State of Enugu (south-eastern Nigeria), saying he ...
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  18 May 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "The work of formation of priests is a global and continuous effort on the part of the whole community" Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - After five years of being closed, Saint Joseph Minor Seminary, a secondary school that welcomes 92 seminarians in the Catholic diocese of Tombura-Yambio, reopened its doors on May 11. "Le ...
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  17 May 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - "I have never regretted converting to Christianity" Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not easy to be a Christian in Niger today, and even more so after the jihadism fueled by movements such as Al Qaeda or Boko Haram, present in the country", writes to Fides Fr. Rafael Casama ...
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  16 May 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The role of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the growth of the living and active faith of the local Church Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pontifical Mission Societies can be defined as the four evangelical arms of the Holy Father in carrying out the mission of the Church that Jesus Christ began on earth". This is how Father Pontian K ...
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  16 May 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The XII General Assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) begins Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "Courage, it's me, do not be afraid!". The reassuring words that Jesus addresses to the Apostles, troubled and uncertain after having seen him walking towards them on the waters, in the Lake of Ti ...