Africa
7 May 2020
AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops ask for clarity on the use of funds to cope with COVID-19
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are concerned by the reports that some funds meant for the pandemic containment appear to be misused", said Vice-Chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB), His Exc. Mgr. Jo ...
6 May 2020
AFRICA/KENYA - The Church in Kisumu donates aid to flood victims and launches an appeal to deal with the consequences of Covid-19
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will reach out to many other places because the generosity of our people has so far made us to be convinced that the jar will not go empty nor the jug of oil will run dry (1Kings 17:14)", sa ...
6 May 2020
AFRICA/SENEGAL - COVID-19: Solidarity Fund of the Senegalese Church for the poorest families
Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - On March 7, 2020, the Bishops of Senegal launched a national mobilization campaign in favor of the Emergency Fund of Senegal. The idea was to provide Caritas Senegal with the means to act quickly ...
6 May 2020
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Bouaké
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 5 May 2020, the Holy Father appointed as Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, the Reverend Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa, of the clergy of Grand-Bassam, currently Maître d ...
5 May 2020
AFRICA/TANZANIA - The response of the Tanzanian Church to the Papal Covid-19 Emergency Solidarity Fund
Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Following the outbreak of the COVID-19, the Holy Father Pope Francis has invited the Universal Catholic Church to join hands with the entire world by offering prayers and making charitable ...
5 May 2020
AFRICA/KENYA - Food and hope for those in need of slums: the intervention of the Church
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Flour, sugar, oil, soaps, disinfectants and protective masks were delivered to the families most in need of slums in Kibera. Thanks to this joint initiative, promoted by the Justice and Peace Co ...
5 May 2020
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Bishop of Oudtshoorn
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 4, 2020, the Holy Father Francis appointed as Bishop of Oudtshoorn, South Africa, the Reverend Noel Andrew Rucastle, of the clergy of Cape Town, currently parish priest of the Our La ...
4 May 2020
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "He continued preaching the Gospel and asking me to change the evil ways, that is why I killed him", says the murderer of the young seminarian
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "He continued preaching the Gospel and asking me to change the evil ways, that is why I killed him". This is what Mustapha Mohammed reported during an interview to a Nigerian newspaper, arrested o ...
4 May 2020
AFRICA/EGYPT - Lockdown due to Covid-19, Coptic Patriarch Tawadros authorizes the celebration of weddings
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros instituted new rules limiting attendance during wedding ceremonies.
A maximum of four people can participate in the celebration, in addition to the spouses, th ...
4 May 2020
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Appeal from the Christian Workers Movement: "A dignified life guaranteed by decent wages"
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The MMTC is committed together with all workers in rural and urban areas to ask for a decent life. Yes, we ask workers for decent work, fair wages and human conditions in workplaces", says Benj ...
4 May 2020
AFRICA - In times of pandemic, even more intense and permanent missionary activity is needed
Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "This moment of global pandemic caused by COVID-19 is having repercussions not only on health, but also on missionary activity. If technology in urban areas makes human contact possible and allows ...
30 April 2020
NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - A community thriving on hope: the testimony of the Church in South Sudan
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in South Sudan consists of an archdiocese and six suffragan dioceses most of whom have celebrated their first centenary of Christian Faith. Like the rest of the church in Africa, the qu ...
29 April 2020
NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Zimbabwe, Churches in the frontline for a national agreement
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Christian Churches, historically active and recognized presence in Zimbabwe, have decided to structure some proposals to help the country get out of the tunnel of difficulty and suffering in whic ...
29 April 2020
AFRICA/UGANDA - Covid-19: containment measures work, but the damage to the economy is serious
Gulu (Agenzia Fides) - The virus has not yet reached Gulu. At St Mary's Lacor Hospital, however, everything is ready. Non-acute patients were sent home. The Medicine department has been equipped for the infected by Covid ...
28 April 2020
AFRICA/TOGO - Coronavirus pandemic: missionaries also suffer due to restrictions
Sokodé (Agenzia Fides) - "We are also confined, no more Sunday and weekday masses. So no more collections on Sunday. We used to do two: one for missions and one for the church. For two months we have not received any do ...
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