Africa
30 November 2009
AFRICA/GUINEA - Talks between the junta and the opposition resume; group of Guineans criticize report on September 28 events which seems to be trying to provoke ethnic and religious conflict
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – Talks resume today, 30 November in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, between the military junta of Guinea and the "Live Forces", the symbol beneath which several opposition groups fall. Ac ...
30 November 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Celebrations for 25th anniversary of the Association of Central African Bishops' Conferences and 50th of hierarchy's erection in Burundi, DRC, and Rwanda
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Today, November 30, marks the beginning of ceremonies for the 25th anniversary of the Association of Bishops' Conferences of Central Africa, ACEAC (1984-2009), which includes Burundi, Democra ...
30 November 2009
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Multipurpose Health Education Center of the “Suore Dorotee” of Alepe prepares HIV/AIDS attack plan
Alepe (Agenzia Fides) - There are many activities and initiatives of the Catholic Church around the world in support of AIDS patients. Among these, there is the generous commitment of the “Suore Dorotee” of Vicenza ( ...
28 November 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - “I found a church eager to continue the work of missionaries and to contribute to human development," Fr. Magrin tells Fides, after visit to Kisangani
Kisangani (Agenzia Fides) - “I found a living Church, eager to make her contribution to human promotion and development in the area," says Fr. Giuseppe Magrin, Director of Formation for the Congregation for the Evangel ...
28 November 2009
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Church can go where others cannot: over 1,000 hospitals and 5,000 clinics caring for AIDS patients in Africa
Karen (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church is at the forefront of efforts to combat AIDS in Africa, in both the care and prevention spheres.” This is what a spokesperson from the African Jesuit AIDS Network told Fides in pr ...
28 November 2009
AFRICA - African Bishops' Message for World AIDS Day: AIDS continues to be a priority for the Church in Africa, although it may have disappeared from the international agenda
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church is second to none in facing HIV in Africa and caring for people infected and affected,” says the Message for World AIDS Day (celebrated on December 1), from the Symposium of Bishops ...
27 November 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - “We are awaiting the publication of the UN report on Congo before making a comment” Xaverian missionaries say
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In relation to the indiscretions of the press on the UN report in which reference is made to two Xaverian missionaries working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the General Curia of the ...
27 November 2009
AFRICA/NAMIBIA - A million voters to elect Head of State and Parliament
Windhoek (Agenzia Fides) – About one million Namibians are called to the polls today, 27 November, for the legislative elections and presidential elections. The challenge sees the electoral participation of 14 parties ...
27 November 2009
AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Brief Overview of the Country
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Namibia was one of the last African countries to become independent. It was a German colony until the First World War and in 1915 was occupied by South Africa as a territory administered under a ...
26 November 2009
AFRICA/UGANDA - Jesuit Refugee Services administering to refugees in Uganda: 20 refugee leaders coming from the DRC, Burundi, Eritrea, and Ethiopia reflect on their rights and duties
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "If the refugee leaders share what they have learned in the workshop on their rights and obligations with just 20 members of their communities, JRS will have offered more than 600 refugees and a ...
26 November 2009
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Newly-elected President of Angolan Bishops' Conference says “politicians are ignoring the Church's appeals”
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "Our calls are not always welcome. When we make a complaint ... we do not always receive a satisfactory response," says Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingue, Archbishop of Lubango and newly elected Presi ...
26 November 2009
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - “ Learning to Face AIDS as a Family" - Message from the Moderator of the Conference of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar to all Jesuits of the continent, for the next World AIDS Day
Karen (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the upcoming World AIDS Day, which will be celebrated throughout the world on December 1, Father Fratern Masawe, Jesuit and moderator of JESAM, the Conference of Major Superio ...
25 November 2009
AFRICA/BENIN - In response to declining socio-political situation, Bishops launch “prayer chain” for the nation
Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Benin have sounded the alarm for the "continued decay" of political and social life in the country, in a statement issued at the conclusion of the Plenary Assembly, held Novembe ...
25 November 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - "The UN report is fine, but we have to take steps in stopping illegal trafficking that finances the war," two missionaries with long experience in the Congo tell Fides
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We urge the international community to create a system of tracing illegally extracted minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is good that the UN has issued a report denouncing ...
24 November 2009
AFRICA/ANGOLA - “We have seen unimaginable suffering,” two representatives from Aid to the Church in Need say, after visiting Angolans expelled from Congo
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - “We saw unimaginable suffering and appalling conditions.” This is how Fr. Andrzej Halemba and Fr. Ulrich Kny of the Association of Pontifical Right Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) describe th ...
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