Africa

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  3 January 2022
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Appeal of the Bishop of El Obeid: "The country is safe only if every single citizen is" El Obeid (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, January 2, 2022, the news of the resignation of the Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was known, who declared that he could not return power to the civilian population after the ...
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  30 December 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros: anti-Covid vaccines developed by scientists are a "blessing" from God for the entire human family Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The mass vaccination campaign represents the only adequate response to counter the Covid-19 pandemic. While the speed with which the international scientific community has been able to develop eff ...
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  28 December 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest killed on Christmas Eve Abeokuta (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Luke Adeleke, 38, recently ordained priest, on August 19, 2017, of the diocese of Abeokuta, capital of the southwestern state of Ogun, was shot dead by gunmen while coming from a mass on ...
• 28 December 2021
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Alger Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 27, 2021 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Alger, Algeria, presented by Archbishop Paul Desfarges, S.J. The Hol ...
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  28 December 2021
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - The work of the White Fathers to stop violence against women, "offering the support of the Gospel" Bakavu (Agenzia Fides) - "In Congolese culture, violence against a woman means violence against one's mother, because it is she who gives life and bring up children. Rapes are planned as a war tactic by people who know t ...
• 23 December 2021
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Appointment of the Rector of the interdiocesan major Seminary in Bata Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 8, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Sebastian Mba Nguema Mokuy, of the diocesan clergy of Ebebi ...
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  23 December 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Planting trees around churches. Coptic Patriarch Tawadros recalls the biblical sources of the ecological initiatives launched in view of "COP 27" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Since December 1st, at the suggestion of the Coptic Patriarchate, an extraordinary tree planting program has been launched in the areas surrounding the churches and places of worship of the Coptic ...
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  23 December 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Church "suffers and shares the anxieties and pains of humanity" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Ever since we began to see the bitter warning signs of a war, we have expressed in every way through declarations and prayers, the invitation to all actors to consider the path of dialogue ...
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  23 December 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - We can all contribute to bringing peace to the earth, according to the bishop of Tombura-Yambio Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "Like these Holy Parents, we also find hope: Hope in the salvation Christ’s birth brings us; hope in a vaccine for the Coronavirus; hope that gradually we can fill our churches again without fe ...
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  22 December 2021
  AFRICA/TOGO - The true meaning of Christmas in caring for others: the missionaries never stop Kolowarè (Agenzia Fides) - "This is the last piece of news from Kolowaré. On Thursday, December 30 I will move to Lomé to accompany a group of young people who are thinking of joining our community". Thus began the me ...
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  22 December 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Taking care of families in difficulty: the priority of the Catholic Women Organization Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Taking care of families in difficulty, following the example of Saint Joseph, is the challenge for the Catholic Women Organization (CWO) of Malawi that emerged from the annual general Assembly ...
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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 ...