Africa

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  22 December 2021
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - A maternity hospital, "the dream" of Ambassador Attanasio Kenge (Agenzia Fides) - "I want Ambassador Luca Attanasio’s children to know that their father lives in the many children he helped to be born. Saint Esprit maternity hospital is the tangible sign that life does not di ...
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  21 December 2021
  AFRICA/NIGER - Two "teams" of missionaries arrive in Dosso and Dogon Dutchi for a new adventure of evangelization Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - Father Rafael Marco Casamayor, a religious of the Society of African Missions (SMA), has been a missionary in Africa for more than 50 years, more than 30 spent in Benín and currently in Níger, f ...
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  20 December 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Archbishop of Bamenda: attacks intensify, with great suffering of civilians Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in the English-speaking regions is always very tense. According to observers, the 'Amba Boys' (the independence fighters, ed) are intensifying their attacks on the military. This ...
• 17 December 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Mariannhill Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Mariannhill, South Africa, with special faculties, the Reverend Fr. Neil Augustine Frank, O.M.I., until now provincial su ...
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  17 December 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "I was a Christian before I became a religious leader": bringing traditional leaders back to their church Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The main desire of the Catholic religious leaders of Malawi is to carry out the first mission of the Church which is the salvation of all souls". This is what Fr. Stephen Chikhasu, parish prie ...
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  16 December 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Increase in the cost of living: for the "Justice and Peace" Commission, it is urgent "to listen to the cry of the people" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to listen to "the cry of the people" on the increase in the cost of living and growing poverty: this is the appeal made by the "Justice and Peace" Commission, within the Catholic B ...
• 16 December 2021
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr Celestin Muhindo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 7, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr Celestin Muhindo, from the diocese of Goma as National Directo ...
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  15 December 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Ezo county towards an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-pandemic world Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "Leadership and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 world" was the theme of the meeting organized in Ezo county, one of the te ...
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  15 December 2021
  AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - The small but significant presence of a Church in dialogue Djibouti (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a small, fragile Church, but strong in the light of the Gospel that cannot be announced verbally, being an Islamic country, but lived. Certainly the Christians and the sisters who live t ...
• 14 December 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of bishop of Bungoma Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Bungoma, Kenya, the Reverend Mark Kadima, of the clergy of Kakamega, until now chargé d’affaires at the apostolic nunciature in ...
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  14 December 2021
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - The canonization of Charles de Foucauld and the mission of the "Churches of the Visitation" Constantine (Agenzia Fides) - Charles de Foucauld will be proclaimed a saint on May 15 in Rome. But in the lands where Brother Charles of Jesus gave his life, his holiness already accompanies the multiform Christian comm ...
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  14 December 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Growing concern for the nuns and deacons arrested Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very worried about their fate. We have no news and we still do not understand the reason for such an act. In the meantime, the concern increases". Speaking to Fides, Mother Raffael ...
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  13 December 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Fr. Pierluigi Maccalli invites us to support the proclamation of the Gospel in Africa for a Christmas of peace and forgiveness Crema (Agenzia Fides) - "I renew my gratitude to all, with all my heart, for the prayers with which you accompanied me during the two long years of kidnapping, and for the affection with which you have embraced me in thi ...
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  11 December 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The contribution of the Pontifical Mission Societies in preparation for the Synod Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The "common thread" of the days of the General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Uganda, which took place at the Shrine of the Martyrs of Uganda in recent days, comes from the Syno ...
• 10 December 2021
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Appointment of the Bishop of Bissau Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Mgr. José Lampra Cá, currently Auxiliary Bishop and Apostolic Administrator Sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the same Diocese, as B ...