Africa
12 July 2023
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Rector of Mary Queen of the Apostles Seminary in the Archdiocese of Yaoundé
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 4, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the Rev. Gaetan Bissa of the clergy in Ebolowa, as Rector of Mary Queen of the Apo ...
12 July 2023
AFRICA/ALGERIA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Father Marco Pagani
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 2, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Father Marco Pagani, of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), Nati ...
11 July 2023
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "Let us remain united: the elections are not a fight between friends and enemies"
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The forthcoming elections, described as "critical, decisive and decisive", "must not divide us as a nation", write the bishops of Zimbabwe in their pastoral letter dedicated to the elections of A ...
10 July 2023
AFRICA/UGANDA - Resignation of Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Portal
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 8, 2023, the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Fort Portal, Uganda, presented by Bishop Joseph Mugenyi Sabiiti. (Age ...
10 July 2023
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of Bishop of Antsirabé
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Jean Pascal Andriantsoavina, until now titular bishop of Zallata and auxiliary of the archdiocese of Antananarivo, as bishop of the diocese of Antsirab ...
10 July 2023
AFRICA/GABON - Two days of prayer and penance for the future of Gabon
Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - In preparation for the election of a new President, the Catholic Church in Gabon organized two ecumenical days of prayer and penance for the country on July 7th and 8th. The two days of penan ...
7 July 2023
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "No to the proposal to establish the National Council of Christian education"
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has rejected a bill seeking to establish the National Council of Christian Education, considering it unconstitutional. The bill, aimed at regulating reli ...
7 July 2023
AFRICA/SUDAN - Twenty years of war in Darfur
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - It is 2023 and Darfur has officially been in conflict for 20 years. There had been tensions between Arab and non-Arab communities in Darfur for decades. But in 2003, full-scale war broke out ac ...
4 July 2023
AFRICA/TANZANIA - A new beginning in the life of vocation and service for Archbishop Rugambwa
Tabora (Agenzia Fides) - "I see this opportunity as the beginning of a new desire in my life of vocation and service". These are the words that Protase Rugambwa, Coadjutor Archbishop of Tabora, expressed during the Holy ...
1 July 2023
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of the Bishop of Leena, Martín Lasarte Topolansky
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Martín Lasarte Topolansky, S.D.B., until now provincial superior of the Salesian Society of Saint John Bosco (Salesians) in Angola.
Msgr. Martí ...
30 June 2023
AFRICA/GUINEA - Erection of the diocese of Guéckédou and appointment of first bishop
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 29, the Holy Father erected the new diocese of Guéckédou, Guinea, with territory taken from the diocese of Kankan and N’Zérékoré, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan ar ...
28 June 2023
AFRICA - Not only Wagner: Private Military Companies (PMC) and the future of the monopoly of force
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Private Military Companies (PMC), like the Russian Wagner, are the most modern and professional form of mercenary formations used since ancient times by States to reinforce their military units or ...
28 June 2023
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - WYD 2023: Burkinabe youth prepare to carry high the torch of faith and the colors of the nation
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "An act of faith that offers the young people of Burkina Faso the opportunity to deepen their faith". This is how Father Valéry Sakougri defined World Youth Day to be held in Lisbon from Au ...
27 June 2023
AFRICA/EGYPT - Further delays regarding the new law on the personal status of Christians
Cairo - (Agenzia Fides) - The text of a new law on the personal status of Egyptian Christians has been ready for some time, but various reasons and circumstances continue to delay its approval and enactment, repeatedly g ...
27 June 2023
AFRICA/SUDAN - More fighting in Khartoum and Darfur: number of civilian deaths increases
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 25 June fierce fighting broke out again in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militiamen have attacked and captured the headquarters of the Central Reserve P ...
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