Africa

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  8 June 2019
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Celebrata la giornata mondiale della gioventù a Bissau e a Bafatà Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - “La vendetta non risolve i problemi, ma piuttosto diventa un fertilizzante per i problemi. In questo ordine di idee, i cristiani dovrebbero evitare la via della vendetta e dello scandalo, speci ...
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  8 June 2019
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - World Youth Day celebrated in Bissau and Bafatà Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "Revenge does not solve problems, but rather becomes a fertilizer for problems. Christians should avoid the path of revenge and scandal, especially those who are engaged in politics", says the Au ...
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  7 June 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Christians and Muslims on pilgrimage to the monastery in Smalut Smalut (Agenzia Fides) – To make a pilgrimage and ask for the intercession of the Virgin Mary for security and peace in the country: with this spirit thousands of Christians and Muslims took part in the week of celebra ...
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  7 June 2019
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A missionary: "Violence, massacres, wild exploitation of resources in the Country" Bozoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The Country is in a situation of serious instability. Despite the agreements of Khartoum signed in February by the government and 14 rebel leaders, 80% of the territory is in the hands of gangs ...
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  7 June 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "The group that kidnapped Fr. Luc is known and we are trying to free him", says the Bishop of Bunia Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The group that kidnapped Fr. Luc is known and we are trying to release our priest", says His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Uringi Uruci, Bishop of Bunia, where an armed group abducted Fr. Luc Adélard ...
• 7 June 2019
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Mathias Tshithigona OMI Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - on April 4, 2019 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Mathias Tshithigona, OMI, as National Director of the Pontifical Miss ...
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  6 June 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Unprecedented level of insecurity" denounces the President of the Nigerian Bishops’ Conference Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The level of insecurity in Nigeria is now unprecedented and we must not be silent while certain persons visit mayhem on the rest of the nation with so much impunity", denounced His Exc. Mgr. Augu ...
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  6 June 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Mgr. Tlhagale's appeal: "No to war between the poor, between migrants and South African citizens" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The conflict between migrants, asylum seekers and South Africans is at the instigation of the latter who feel frustrated and disappointed by their own political leadership", says His Exc. ...
• 6 June 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Auxiliary of Cape Town Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Fr. Sylvester David, O.M.I., currently Vicar General of the archdiocese of Durban, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Cape Town (South Africa), 1 Fr. S ...
• 6 June 2019
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Appointment of the Bishop of Gaborone Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, S.D., currently Bishop of Francistown, as Bishop of the diocese of Gaborone (Botswana). (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 6/6/2019) ...
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  5 June 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - Priest killed Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest was killed in Kenya. Fr. Eutycas Murangiri Muthur, of the parish of Limbine, diocese of Meru, county of Tigania, was stabbed to death by one or more individuals at about 1.30 ...
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  5 June 2019
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Seminar to block female genital mutilation Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "Female genital mutilation is not punished and still continues to be practiced", says Benjamim da Silva Sanca, at thehead of the National Committee for the Abandonment of Harmful Traditional Prac ...
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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 ...