Africa

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  5 February 2021
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Coronavirus pandemic: Aid organizations are trying to curb the spread of the virus Muhura (Agenzia Fides) - The health crisis in Rwanda has escalated in the past few days. On February 1, a total of 15,400 infections were registered with peak of up to 300 new infections per day. "There are three hospita ...
• 4 February 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Kampala Document - The guidelines to relaunch evangelization in Africa Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) – The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has on January 28, 2020 launched the Kampala Document which captures the experiences of the bishops of the Church in Af ...
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  4 February 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception on the outskirts of Bamako: welcoming mothers in difficulty Badalabougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The Covid-19 pandemic is slowing down all our activities. We have suffered as a result of the closure of churches and the cessation of various activities. This time of forced rest was long ...
• 3 February 2021
  AFRICA/CONGO - The Bishops: "Serious reservations on the regularity of the March 21 vote" Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "Of course, the elections are scheduled for March 21, however we have serious reservations about the possibility of organizing peaceful, participatory, transparent, free and credible preside ...
• 3 February 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of bishop of Guruè Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On February 2, 2021 the Holy Father appointed as bishop of the diocese of Guruè, Mozambique, the Reverend Inácio Lucas, of the clergy of Nacala, until now vicar general of the same dioc ...
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  3 February 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Church is refuge and hope for a better life Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - The life of the inhabitants of South Sudan is fragile, exposed to a thousand unexpected ups and downs, injustices and abuses of all kinds. The country finds itself in a precarious situati ...
• 2 February 2021
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of the Bishop of Uíje Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Uíje, Angola, the Reverend Joaquim Nhanganga Tyombe, of the clergy of Lubango, until now rector of the Fr. Leonardo Sikufinde Majo ...
• 2 February 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops of the Province of Ibadan: "We ask for a review of the security forces" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "With current realities it has become more necessary than ever to demand the review of Nigeria’s security architecture", said the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria’s Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province a ...
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  2 February 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Launch of the “Missionaries and Saint Joseph” Foundation in favor of greater devotion in the country towards the Patron of the Universal Church Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 December 2020, on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Francis dedicated an entire year to Saint Joseph to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of Saint Joseph as ...
• 1 February 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Do ethnic conflicts undermine the country's stability? Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In the Ethiopian province of Tigray, 2 million people have been dependent on food aid since November last year after the region became a theater of war between the regular Ethiopian armed fo ...
• 1 February 2021
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Zambia and Zimbabwe hit hard by Covid-19; the Bishops: "let's put aside divisions and unite in the struggle" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Let's put aside social, cultural, religious and political differences and let's unite to fight Covid-19 together", urge the Bishops of Zambia, where the spread of the coronavirus is currently al ...
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  30 January 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The local Catholic Church protects the rights of people with albinism Blantyre (Agenzia Fides) - In several African countries the phenomenon of albinism makes albino people live in fear of being kidnapped and killed, due to the widespread belief that some parts of their bodies have special ...
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  30 January 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - World Day of leprosy: Camillian missionaries "alongside the last to announce the Good News" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The main cause of suffering for people affected by leprosy is social exclusion: even when they manage to recover from this disease, social reintegration is often difficult". This is what Fa ...
• 30 January 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops of Central Africa: "Stop war and violation of human rights in the east of the DRC" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "What happens is great misery, there is always war! The great misery of the population, who feels abandoned. And then a lot of suffering is what we have encountered", said His Exc. Mgr. Marcel ...
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  29 January 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Exhortation of the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio to 150 new confirmed on the need to be ambassadors of Christ Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - On January 10, on the occasion of the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, 150 faithful from the Parish of Saint Mary Mother of God of Yambio received the sacrament of confirmation. The Bish ...