Africa

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  4 June 2019
  AFRICA - No to "anesthetized Christianity": there is no Christian mission without a cross Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "One of the great existential orientations of our world today is to want to 'anesthetize' everything. Many Christians in Africa dream of a peaceful life, devoid of all suffering and sacrifices. In ...
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  4 June 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Cheap electricity, obtained at the cost of the health of coal miners" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We often boast, as a nation, of having cheap electricity, which is based on coal, but its human costs remain invisible", says the Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catho ...
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  3 June 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - After more than two years since his death, the funeral of Etienne Tshisekedi, historical leader of the opposition Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Heads of State from all over Africa and thousands of people attended the funeral of Etienne Tshisekedi, historical leader of the Congolese opposition, and father of the current President of the ...
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  3 June 2019
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Pentecostal Christians gathered in prayer Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - More than thirty Christians, members of the Pentecostal Churches, were arrested by security forces in recent days. The police stopped them while they were gathered in prayer in three different pl ...
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  1 June 2019
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Bishops say: "Pope Francis' visit will encourage us to overcome national traumas" Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "Hope, Peace and Reconciliation" is the motto chosen for the upcoming apostolic visit of the Holy Father in Mozambique, recalls the message of the Mozambican Bishops dedicated to the visit that P ...
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  31 May 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "No to the culture of free death": Bishop's appeal after another boat sinks Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We have to put an end to the culture of free death", invoked His Exc. Mgr. Donatien Bafuidinsoni Maloko-Mana, Bishop of Inongo, in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the message ...
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  29 May 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishop of Kakamega's alarm: Abuse and violence against children are increasing Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Child abuse and violence have increased within families, institutions and society". This is the alarm launched by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Obanyi, Bishop of Kakamega and Apostolic Administrator of ...
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  29 May 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Petition launched by religious confessions for local elections begin Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Local elections are the foundation for the exercise of basic democracy and decentralization sanctioned by the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo", states the joint declaratio ...
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  28 May 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The growing economic disparity puts the nation at risk" warns Cardinal Onaiyekan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "In order for a change to take place, we must all be ready for a sincere change of heart, from the lowest level to the highest, but above all at the highest levels", said Cardinal John Onaiyekan, ...
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  27 May 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Another attack on a Catholic church: 4 faithful killed during Sunday mass Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Four people were killed in an attack on a Catholic church in northern Burkina Faso, perpetrated on Sunday 26 May, in Toulfé, a village about twenty kilometers from Titao, the capital of the ...
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  27 May 2019
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Conference: to prevent sexual abuse on minors in the Church Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - A formation meeting was held on 21 May in Bissau for the men and women religious of the diocese of Bissau and Bafatá, organized by the Conference for Consecrated Life and Society of Apostolic Li ...
• 24 May 2019
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Resignation of the Archbishop of Tanger Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Tanger (Morocco), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M. (SL) (Agenzi ...
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  24 May 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "Remain in Africa to transform it into a prosperous land": Bishops' appeal to young people Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Giving concreteness to evangelical hope, watching over young people. This is the commitment undertaken by the Bishops who participated in the third Plenary Assembly of Bishops of West Africa ...
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  24 May 2019
  AFRICA/GHANA - Attacks on churches in Ghana and other West African countries Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time that we stay awake; it is time that we rise to see what we can do to protect innocent people who come to church. They have come to church to worship and it will be sad that it is insid ...
• 23 May 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Appointment of the Bishop of Malakal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed the rev. Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok, of the clergy of Malakal, currently Vicar General of the same diocese as the Bishop of the diocese of Malakal (Sou ...