Africa
28 April 2020
AFRICA/SUDAN - In the time of Covid-19 no clashes and hostilities: the hopes of the Church
El Obeid (Agenzia Fides) - "Partly because of the terror due to the spread of the coronavirus, partly because dialogue continues, there have been no clashes here in Sudan". This is what Mgr. Tombe Trille, Bishop of El Ob ...
27 April 2020
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Covid-19: in times of suffering, the Church is close to the faithful via radio
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "Because of the pandemic, we have postponed baptisms and first communions which we normally celebrate at Easter. Now, due to the spread of the coronavirus in the country, nobody knows when our ca ...
27 April 2020
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Capuchin friars produce and donate protective masks to the poorest
Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) – Face masks with a thousand colors to protect the most disadvantaged sections of the population from coronavirus infection. The initiative was launched by the Capuchin friars of Cameroon, one ...
24 April 2020
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Rains devastate the south-east of the DRC: Bishops’ appeal for solidarity
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "At a time when we are worried about the COVID-19 pandemic, it is with great pain that we received the sad news of the disasters caused by the torrential rains of recent days in the provinces o ...
24 April 2020
AFRICA - "How can one be a missionary in times of Covid-19, when you cannot meet people?"
Kara (Agenzia Fides) - Missionary activity is suffering heavily due to the Covid-19 crisis, many are trying to adapt through technology by offering masses, adorations, exhortations, etc. "Guaranteeing the evangelizing mi ...
22 April 2020
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appeal of the Bishop of Bamenda to end the conflict in the English-speaking regions: "Now is the time for peace"
Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "After so many years fighting and killing each other, now is the time for peace", Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda wrote in his pastoral letter dated April 17 in which he appeals for a ...
22 April 2020
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Missionaries in times of Covid-19: "a small and humble sign of the love of Christ in this land"
Adaba (Agenzia Fides) - "Our missions are numerically small, but we immediately followed the indications that were given to us by public and religious institutions regarding Covid-19", explains missionary Fr. Nicola de G ...
22 April 2020
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Lockdown for Covid-19, the Scalabrinians: "Poor and immigrants without livelihood"
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - In South Africa the situation is becoming increasingly tense. Government measures that require the lockdown due to Covid-19 prevent those who live for today from getting food. The poorest p ...
21 April 2020
AFRICA/NIGER - Covid-19 "Protests due to confinement measures cause fear of assault on Christians"
Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "It was to be expected. There have been scenes of urban guerrilla warfare for several days in Niamey due to the 'confinement' measures caused by the Covid-19 pandemic", writes Fr. Mauro Armanino, ...
21 April 2020
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Oldest Cathedral in South Africa Desecrated
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with great sadness and alarm that we confirm the news that has been doing the rounds on Social Media, that the Cathedral had been vandalized and that a ciborium, a pyx, four silver c ...
21 April 2020
AFRICA/CONGO - Appointment of the Coadjutor Archbishop of Brazzaville
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 18 April 2020, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou, currently Bishop of the Diocese of Dolisie, as Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Brazzavi ...
20 April 2020
AFRICA/NIGERIA - COVID-19: Nigerian Caritas distributes food to the poor blocked at home
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria (CCFN) donated food materials to over 500 households in Durumi community and its surroundings in Abuja (federal capital of Nigeria), as part of measures ...
20 April 2020
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - National Day of Prisoners: appeal by a priest for greater humanization of prisons
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Ivory Coast, through the Episcopal Commission for Social Pastoral, has been celebrating the national day of prisoners every year since 2007 on the feast of the Divine Merc ...
18 April 2020
AFRICA/NIGER - Appeal to global ceasefire: violence carried out by jihadist groups continues
Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The ceasefire implored by Pope Francis here in Niger is almost completely unheard: jihadist terrorism continues to bloody this land and claim hundreds of victims. Even the situation at the borde ...
18 April 2020
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - A Church fund to fight Covid-19; the solidarity of the Bishops of Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We are close to the brothers and sisters who contracted and suffer because of the Coronavirus disease", say the Catholic Bishops of Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe in the Easter message signed by Mg ...
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