Africa
3 June 2016
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Catholic Women for women’s human development and dignity
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – Locally known as “Entrepreneurs for the Kingdom of God”, women members of the Damas Salesianas association are now active in Angola. According to information sent to Fides by ANS, this ...
2 June 2016
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Yei consoles missionary priests and sisters to remain strong in their faith after the painful death of Sister Veronika Rackova
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Remain strong in your faith" said Mgr. Erkolano Lodu Tombe, Bishop of Yei, during a ceremony in memory of Sister Teresia Veronika Rackova, the missionary of the Congregation of Sisters Servants of ...
2 June 2016
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The difficult conditions of refugees in South Africa at the center of the concerns of the Church
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The refugees in South Africa have to face injustice and inhumanity" said His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Buti Thlagale, Archbishop of Johannesburg, in his opening speech at the roundtable organized b ...
1 June 2016
AFRICA/DR CONGO - A priest denounces the fact of having received death threats
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Egide Safari, treasurer of the parish of Mambasa, in the Eastern Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has denounced the fact of having received death threats with leaflets left i ...
1 June 2016
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishops denounce: "Politicians do not keep their promises to end violence"
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Bishops of Zambia are disappointed with politicians who have continued to perpetuate political clashes despite committing themselves to end political violence at the meeting that wa ...
31 May 2016
AFRICA/SUDAN - “Continual bombing in Nuba Mountains area, a Catholic school damaged” Bishop Gassis reports
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - “The diocese denounces continual indiscriminate aerial bombing which kills and maims and instils a culture of fear and death among the people” says Bishop Macram Max Gassis, Emeritus bishop ...
31 May 2016
AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Moïse Katumbi now in South Africa still an adversary for President Kabila
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “If President Joseph Kabila wanted to rid himself of Moïse Katumbi he has succeeded, at least temporarily. Far from Congo, Katumbi, in a sort of exile, is politically out of the game ” F ...
30 May 2016
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "More than 1.3 million Christians forced to flee from northern Nigeria", says a Bishop
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In northern Nigeria, between 2006 and 2014 an estimated 11,500 Christians were killed, over 1.3 million Christians displaced and 13,000 churches destroyed or abandoned. This assertion was made by ...
30 May 2016
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Resignation of the Bishop of Mutare, appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 May 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Mutare (Zimbabwe), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa, in accordance w ...
30 May 2016
AFRICA/KENYA - Religious leaders: "Urgent political solutions to avoid the country plunging into violence"
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The leading role of the two major political parties, especially the dispute around the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), is a threat to national peace, cohesion and unity ...
30 May 2016
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Drought and precarious sanitation exacerbate child malnutrition
Chiulo (Agenzia Fides) - The severe drought which last year hit southern Angola continues to threaten the health of mothers and children. In 2015 in the only hospital in Chiulo, 19% of pediatric hospitalizations regarded ...
27 May 2016
AFRICA - A European-African project o recover 7 million weapons in circulation in West Africa
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - There are 7 million small arms circulating in West Africa, one million in Nigeria alone. 77,000 of these are in the hands of guerrilla groups that fuel conflicts in the Ivory Coast, Guinea Bissau, ...
27 May 2016
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Bishops have called for the release of political prisoners in order to achieve genuine reconciliation
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Reconciliation naturally demands the release of political prisoners mainly because no one (political party) can claim to have acted in complete innocence during the conflict", said Mgr. Ignace ...
25 May 2016
AFRICA/SUDAN - Release of Coptic monk kidnapped in Darfur
Nyala (Agenzia Fides) – Coptic Orthodox monk Gabriel, kidnapped on Thursday, April 14 in the city of Nyala, Sudan's state capital of South Darfur (see Fides 16/04/2016) has been released. His confreres of the monaster ...
25 May 2016
AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Constitutional Court’s decision paves the way for Kabila to stay in power for a third term
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Constitutional Court ruling of May 11 states that the constitution permits the president of the republic to remain in office until the installation of the new elected president.
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