AFRICA/CHAD - First round of presidential elections completed
N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - The first round of presidential elections in Chad ended yesterday, May 6. This election was supposed to be the end of the provisional transitional regime installed after the death of President ...
AFRICA/UGANDA - Tensions in the Middle East: mass wine is becoming scarce
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The geopolitical tensions linked to the Gaza war also have unexpected consequences, such as the rationing of mass wine destined for Catholic churches in Uganda. According to Ugandan media report ...
AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Isiolo
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 4, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Fr. Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C., until now provincial superior of the Consolata Missionaries in Kenya and Uganda.
Msgr. Peter Munguti Makau ...
EUROPE/FRANCE - A “small theology of mission” by Cardinal Aveline
By Marie-Lucile Kubacki*
We publish the contribution of the journalist Marie-Lucile Kubacki on the occasion of the presentation of the book "Il dialogo della salvezza. Piccola teologia della missione" (Dialogue of Sal ...
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of bishop of Ahiara
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F., until now titular bishop of Rusgunie and auxiliary of the apostolic administrator sede vacante of Ahiara, as bishop of the ...