Africa

• 4 November 2021
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Appointment of the Bishop of Tambacounda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Paul Abel Mamba as Bishop of the diocese of Tambacounda (Senegal), transferring him from the See of Ziguinchor. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 4/11 ...
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  4 November 2021
  AFRICA - "It is on the old mat that we sit and weave the new one": Cop 26, for a return to the sacred Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - An African saying goes: "It is on the old mat that we sit down to weave the new one". To say that at the center of our stories, our African cultures sometimes find adequate answers to the major ...
• 4 November 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Rector of the "Saint Paul VI" preparatory Seminary in Mbanga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 10, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Antoine- Marie Nsoumpe Mboube, of the clergy of Nkongsamba as ...
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  4 November 2021
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Bishop Bertin: hope is the beginning of a process of dialogue and democratization Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "Sometimes I meet people who ask me: after so many years, how can you still hope that the situation in Somalia will change?" And I reply that something has been moving in recent months, but, a ...
• 3 November 2021
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Benguela Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Benguela, Angola, the Reverend Estêvão Binga, of the clergy of the same diocese, until now rector of the major seminar ...
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  3 November 2021
  AFRICA/TOGO - Missionary reports from Kolawarè: "No church closure can slow down the faith of the people" Kolowarè (Agenzia Fides) - "We all felt the need to be together in order to feel alive as a church, beyond the confinements and closures of our churches. But on October 31st we all met in the church, the five base commu ...
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  30 October 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The municipal elections of November 1 are for the Bishops, an opportunity for "moral renewal" Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday, November 1, about 26 million South Africans are called to the polls for municipal elections, to choose the members of the Councils of all the municipalities in the 9 provinces in whi ...
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  30 October 2021
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Missionary October: first profession of two young people among the Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - During the Missionary Month of October, the Congregation of Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (ICM) had the joy of participating in the first religious profession of two Congol ...
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  29 October 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Tombura-Yambio in solidarity with the Sudanese population: "May peace and love reign among you" Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "May the sacred land of Sudan not be soaked again in brotherly blood. Anger should never guide a people, but work for peace and reconciliation. I urge the people of God to seek the way of ...
• 28 October 2021
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Luanda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed auxiliary bishops of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Luanda, Angola: the Reverend Msgr. António Lungieki Pedro Bengui, of the clergy of Luanda, until now Vica ...
• 28 October 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Nairobi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Philip A. Anyolo, currently Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisumu as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Nairobi (Kenya). (SL) (Age ...
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  28 October 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Bishops: "We are returning to a military era" El Obeid (Agenzia Fides) - "We are returning to a military era in Sudan, to war instead of peace", complained Mgr. Yunan Tombe Trille, Bishop of El Obeid, chairman of the President of the Bishops' Conference of Sudan an ...
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  28 October 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - A "missionary tour" to awaken the missionary vocation in the baptized Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - An authentic "missionary tour" crosses the four ecclesiastical provinces of the country and will end on December 18. The initiative was organized on the occasion of the missionary month of ...
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  27 October 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Ouagadougou Pan-African Film Festival: an opportunity for the Church of Africa to evangelize Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "Cinema is an important art in the life of African populations. Africans love TV and cinema in particular". This is what Father Donald Zagore, an Ivorian priest of the Society for African Mi ...
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  27 October 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Fr. Alain Mayama is new Superior General of the Spiritans Bagamoyo (Agenzia Fides) - The general chapter of the Spiritans, meeting in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, from October 3 to 24, elected for the first time an African brother as superior general of the congregation. Current assista ...