Africa
24 March 2021
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Pilgrimage of Catholic journalists and communicators inspired by the Pope's message for the 55th World Day of Social Communications
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Come and see: Communicate by meeting people where and how they are" is the theme of Pope Francis' message for the 55th World Day of Social Communication, which was celebrated on Saturday, March ...
24 March 2021
AFRICA/UGANDA - World Day against Tuberculosis: Covid-19 slows down the fight against the 'disease of poverty' but there are messages of hope
Moroto (Agenzia Fides) - In the year of Covid-19 in Uganda there are often problems related to the fight against viruses and infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, which is still one of the deadliest in the world toda ...
23 March 2021
AFRICA/MALAWI - Prayer, the key to discerning God's will and his own vocation according to the Bishop of Dedza
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people in the Church and the country should choose a life of prayer. It is only through prayer that they will be able to listen attentively where God is calling them to despite many dis ...
23 March 2021
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Exhortation of the Bishop of Solwezi in favor of a positive use of social networks by young people
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The social media are for you to be knowledgeable and to be connected with others; to do something productive and progressive, not to use it as a way of downsizing, traumatising or destroying oth ...
22 March 2021
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Solidarity of Bishops, encouragement and support for internally displaced people within the Eparchy of Bahir Dar-Dessie
Hosanna (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation from the Ethiopian episcopate visited internally displaced people in the Eparchy of Bahir Dar-Dessie, one of the 13 ecclesiastical jurisdictions under the local Catholic Church.
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22 March 2021
AFRICA/NIGER - Testimony of a missionary from the Society of African Missions on the situation in Bomoanga
Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - A real psychological war is waged against civilians in the Bomoanga area on the border between Niger and Burkina Faso where, in the night between 17 and 18 September 2018, Fr. Pierluigi Maccalli, ...
20 March 2021
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Seminarian Michael Nnadi, killed because he invited his kidnappers to conversion, in view of the Day of Missionary Martyrs
Sokoto (Agenzia Fides) - On February 1, 2020, His Exc. Mgr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria, announced the discovery of the body of 18-year-old Michael Nnadi, the youngest of the four seminarians who, on ...
20 March 2021
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Abduction of a priest in Delta State, southern Nigeria
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Another priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria: Fr. Harrison Egwuenu, dean of St. George's college in Obinomba, was kidnapped around 8 p.m. local time on March 15 in Abraka, in the local government ...
20 March 2021
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Resignation of bishop of Bafoussam
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Bafoussam, Cameroon, presented by Bishop Dieudonné Watio. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 20/3/2021)
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20 March 2021
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Boma
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, presented by Bishop Cyprien Mbuka, C.I.C.M.
The Holy Father ha ...
18 March 2021
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The "forgotten war" in Tigray: the testimony of the Salesians on the dramatic humanitarian situation
Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - Little news has come from the Ethiopian province of Tigray, where war has been raging between the Ethiopian armed forces and the militias of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) since ...
18 March 2021
AFRICA/EGYPT - 70 exhibitors at the Fair for small youth enterprises promoted by the Coptic Church
Alexandria Egypt (Agenzia Fides) - Today, March 18, the 5th Fair for Small Youth Enterprises, promoted by the local Coptic Orthodox Church, is being held in Alexandria. The annual initiative launched five years ago as an ...
18 March 2021
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Denunciation of the Archbishop of Korhogo against the lack of rigor on the part of the authorities in the management of the health crisis
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Principle-based management is good to the extent that the State establishes clear principles. But on a practical level, in the implementation of these principles, these are not respected", depl ...
17 March 2021
AFRICA/MALAWI - Church warning about discriminatory behavior towards people with HIV
Liwonde (Agenzia Fides) - "We are all equal and we must support and encourage each other so that even people with HIV can participate in the activities of the church and in the work of the development of the country". Th ...
17 March 2021
AFRICA - "Receiving the available COVID-19 vaccine is an act of charity towards the weakest"
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Support from various African Bishops' Conferences for the vaccination campaigns is underway in their respective countries.
"In the absence of other means to stop or even prevent the COVID-19 pa ...
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