Africa
16 December 2009
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Faculty of Theology to be established at the Catholic University of Angola
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic University of Angola intends to establish a Faculty of Theology in short time. This has been stated by Archbishop Damião Franklim of Luanda, who emphasized that the requirements e ...
15 December 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Further attacks on Monastery in Bukavu, where a sister was killed on December 7; today, Peace March and Masses in parishes
Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Bukavu, capital of South Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, is once more suffering violence. According to a statement received by Fides, on the night of Sunday, Dec ...
15 December 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - “Mr. President...guarantee security for the Church and inhabitants of Bukavu,” clergy and religious from the Archdiocese of Bukavu tell President Kabila
Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - "We appeal to you to ask you to ensure our safety and that of the people we minister to" is how the priests and religious men and women of the Archdiocese of Bukavu have addressed the President o ...
14 December 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Blessing of first stone of the Pan-African Institute for the Social Doctrine of the Church: a laboratory for the culture of peace and promotion of the common good, without any kind of discrimination
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, blessed the foundation stone of the Pan-African Institute for Social Doctrine of the Church ...
14 December 2009
AFRICA - “Due to climate changes, our seminarians can no longer grow anything they need to live on.” African priest expresses his concern.
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Until the early 90s, our seminarians were able to meet most of the food needs of their communities by cultivating the fields. In recent years, due to climate change, they cannot produce anything, ...
14 December 2009
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Inauguration of Saint Maximilian Kolbe Hospital at the Franciscan Friar's mission in Sabou
Sabou (Agenzia Fides) – This year, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, marked another great event for the mission and the people of Sabou, a town in central-western Burkina Faso. In a testimony sent to Fides, F ...
12 December 2009
AFRICA/KENYA - Irish missionary killed in Kenya; an active promoter of several development projects who had recently completed the construction of a new church
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The death of Father Jeremiah Roche has aroused strong emotions in his community and in his homeland, Ireland, where the newspapers have given prominence to his killing," Fr. Cooney, of the Gene ...
12 December 2009
AFRICA/KENYA - More victims of cholera in the northern part of the country
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - In the last two weeks, an outbreak of cholera has killed 24 people in northwest Kenya. Between November 23 and December 3, about 193 cases were recorded. The districts most affected are Kaped, L ...
11 December 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Another crisis in northwest Congo threatens country's stability
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Has a new war front opened in the Democratic Republic of Congo? This is what the media Congolese and international observers are wondering, while there continue to be uncertain and contradict ...
11 December 2009
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Pontifical Mission Societies of Zambia remember Archbishop Sheen, 30 years after his passing
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - “We offered special mass remembering his great contribution to the Church in Zambia, and many other mission territories,” Fr. Bernard Makadani Zulu, National Director of the Pontifical Missio ...
11 December 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - A deadly epidemic meningitis is hitting the poorest area and people of Kisangani
Kisangani (Agenzia Fides) – A meningitis outbreak has killed more than a dozen students from the same school is spreading throughout the city of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. The viral form of meningitis C, ...
10 December 2009
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Ordination of three deacons of the Opera Don Orione inaugurates inauguration of new “Madonna della Guardia” Shrine
Bonoua (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of the Diocese of Grand-Bassam, Bishop Paul Dakoury, in the presence of the Apostolic Nuncio in Ivory Coast, Archbishop Ambrose Madtha, and Bishop Anthony Swamy of Chikmagalur (India ...
9 December 2009
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - December 12th funeral services for White Fathers missionary killed in South Africa, active in promoting needy of the country; fourth Catholic priest killed in South Africa this year
Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of Fr. Louis Blondel, of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), will be held Saturday, December 12th. Fr. Blondel was killed the night of Sunday, December 6th and Monday 7th in ...
9 December 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - A priest and religious sister killed just hours apart in Bukavu, East Congo. Is the Church becoming the scapegoat?
Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - A priest and a nun have been killed just hours apart from one other in the Archdiocese of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Fr. Daniel Cizimya Nak ...
9 December 2009
AFRICA/KENYA - National Council of Churches calls for new constitution that guarantees respect and protection of human life
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - According to the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK), the new constitution being drafted should ensure full compliance and protection of human life. The NCCK also asked the Committee of ...
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