Africa
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5 August 2021
AFRICA/GHANA - Accra Cathedral construction: Chairman of the Catholic Bishops' Conference emphasizes disagreement over funding
Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Although the country's Christians will benefit most from the construction of the cathedral, the citizens should not be expected to finance this from their own donations. I think the project could ...
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4 August 2021
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Foreign troops in Cabo Delgado: Jesuit favors Tanzanian mediation initiative
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - More troops are arriving in the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado to fight jihadists allegedly belonging to the Islamic State (IS). After the Rwandan armed forces, which were already deployed i ...
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4 August 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Mass destruction, killings, violence, displacement, where is the government of South Sudan? ask religious leaders
Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "What we are witnessing is symptomatic of a series of factors that cannot be ignored. These include the country's tragic history, endemic corruption, internal political struggles, moral d ...
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3 August 2021
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops condemn theft and attacks on churches in Mbujimayi and Kinshasa
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "These are deliberate acts of desecration, despicable and particularly revolting acts", said His Exc. Mgr. Bernard-Emmanuel Kasanda Mulenga, Bishop of Mbujimayi, about the recent thefts and att ...
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3 August 2021
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Prayers unite us, wherever we are": preparations for the first mission of the SMA fathers in the Country
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, July 24, the priestly ordination of Father Davide Camorani was celebrated, a priest of the Society for African Missions (SMA), who is preparing to leave for the Central African Repub ...
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2 August 2021
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic women mobilized to contain the third wave of Covid-19 and to promote vaccination
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “The fear of the third wave of COVID-19 is the beginning of wisdom, the infection rate is rising again. We must do whatever is necessary to avoid getting infected. We must be in constant contact ...
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2 August 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - More than 15,000 internally displaced persons in the city of Tombura are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance
Tombura (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of 15,000 internally displaced persons in Tombura alone is becoming more serious every day, said Kia Moses, representative of the Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (C ...
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31 July 2021
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - "No to destabilization and the seizure of power by force", say the Bishops
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "We are against any form of destabilization and seizing power by force", declared His Eminence Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana, Archbishop of Toamasina and President of the Episcopal Conferen ...
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31 July 2021
AFRICA/MALAWI - Preparations for the diocese of Zomba in view of World Mission Day begin
Zomba (Agenzia Fides) - "Encourage Christians to pray within their families; create greater awareness of World Mission Day and the missionary obligations of each baptized person; ask the faithful to contribute financiall ...
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30 July 2021
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Strengthening democracy in Zambia: the Church urges the population to be an integral part of the electoral process
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "As a Catholic Church, we count on the laity to be our light in the democratic process and we urge all of our lay members to be an integral part of this process". This was stated by Fr. Cornelius ...
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30 July 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "No to violence, but it is urgent to tackle the inequalities that feed it"
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 36 billion rand (2.4 billion dollars) have been allocated by the government of South Africa to support businesses and people affected by the restrictions related to Covid-19 a ...
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29 July 2021
AFRICA/EGYPT - Meek and humble, in imitation of Jesus. Pope Tawadros commemorates Bishop Epiphanios three years after his assassination
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Anba Epiphanios "was a bishop who enlightened all those around him with his presence", and "despite the pain we all feel, we trust in his resurrection and greet him, as our Church teaches us to do ...
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29 July 2021
AFRICA/BENIN - Appointment of the Rector of the "St Paul" inter-regional philosophical seminary in Djimé
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 20, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Roger Anoumou, of the diocesan clergy of Lokossa as Recto ...
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29 July 2021
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Crisis in Cabo Delgado: "The military route is dangerous and no one knows how it will end" Catholic NGOs warn
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Military solutions are always expensive and extremely destructive "warn the participants in a virtual seminar of experts and operators of various Catholic organizations dedicated to the crisis in ...
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28 July 2021
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Increasing violence in North Kivu against civilians, also committed by soldiers and police
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Kidnappings, arbitrary arrests and illegal detentions, as well as rape and sexual violence, torture. These are crimes committed against the person in the Territory of Rutshuru, in the provinc ...
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