Africa
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10 December 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - External pressures mount, calling for Mugabe's resignation; however real danger is the army
Harare (Agenzia Fides) – It is not so much the requests from leaders of various important nations (including in Africa) that he let go of the reigns, as it is the alarming signs coming from the army, that worry Zimbabw ...
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9 December 2008
AFRICA - The French dioceses take up a collection for Africa, in a concrete effort to respond to Benedict XVI's desire that Africa not be forgotten
Paris (Agenzia Fides) – Solidarity with the African churches will be at the heart of the celebration of Epiphany, which will be celebrated in France on Sunday, January 4.
“We are all invited to support the African ...
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9 December 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Week for Peace in Congo ends, as talks between Nkunda's rebels and the Congolese government open in Nairobi
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Week for Peace in Congo, begun on December 2, closed on December 7, with a Mass held at 1pm in Rome, at the Church of the Nativity (the Congolese National Church), celebrated by its Chaplain, ...
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5 December 2008
AFRICA/GHANA - Presidential elections: the Bishops exhort the faithful of Ghana to participate and to refrain from acts of violence, fanaticism, intolerance, and threat
Accra (Agenzia Fides) – The Presidential and Parliamentary elections set to take place on Sunday, December 7 are a test not only for the local democracy, but for all Africa. This is the opinion of many experts on Afric ...
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5 December 2008
AFRICA/MALAWI - Famine looming on the horizon after several years of plentiful harvests: a missionary offers his testimony
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - “After so many promises saying that famine was now something of the past, we now see the hard truth reemerging in our day-to-day lives: all of a sudden the newspaper says that the tragedy is ...
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5 December 2008
AFRICA/MORROCO - At the command of the Apostle Paul: 8 outlines on the Bible for holding group encounters on the First Letter to the Thessalonians and the First Letter to the Corinthians
Rabat (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Rabat has distributed a series of informational sketches on the Bible, entitled “The Year of St. Paul – Bible Studies on the First Letter to the Thessalonians and the First Le ...
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4 December 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Testimony of a missionary from Goma: “The people are still afraid, living as if they were in a foreign land, in distrust and anxiety - especially at night.”
Goma (Agenzia Fides) - “In spite of the fact that for the past few days, the media's interest in this part of the world has died down, the conflict continues in the region of Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Co ...
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4 December 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Government declares health emergency on account of cholera, while the loyalty of the military remains in question
Harare (Agenzia Fides) – Authorities in Zimbabwe have declared a health emergency on account of the cholera epidemic that has been plaguing the country for several months (see Fides 2/12/2008). Local healthcare centers ...
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4 December 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Talks underway for the crisis in eastern Congo, as missionaries organize a solidarity campaign in Rome in support of the Congolese people
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – It seems that the moment of democracy has come in the dramatic crisis of North Kivu , in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. In Goma, the capital of the province, in which military and para ...
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3 December 2008
AFRICA - “The stranger is not to be seen as a threat, but as our brother in Christ,” Bishops of Africa and Europe state at the close of the Liverpool Seminar on Migration
Liverpool (Agenzia Fides) – Migration is a global phenomenon that requires a greater pastoral attention on the part of the Church and her pastors, the European and African Bishops said in their final message issued at ...
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3 December 2008
AFRICA - Vocations are growing in Africa: Spiritual Directors in Africa's seminaries tell Fides their experiences
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “ We have many vocations, including to the religious life, both masculine and feminine. In relation to the formation of diocesan priests, we have decided to improve resources by creating provinci ...
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2 December 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - “The international community has the duty to intervene in bringing peace to eastern Congo,” the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN in Geneva says.
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “The international community cannot remain inactive and should speak clearly. It is of utmost importance that the international community restore order and seek the common good.” These were ...
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2 December 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Fighting between police and military soldiers; cholera, anthrax, and AIDS: the Zimbabwean crisis continues to worsen
Harare (Agenzia Fides) – The extremely serious economic, political, and health crisis taking place in Zimbabwe is worsening every day. In response to the government's decision to hold a credit freeze, due to the lack o ...
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1 December 2008
AFRICA - “AIDS is still a priority emergency in Africa,” the Jesuits' AIDS Network says
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – We should be on alert, as the AIDS epidemic is not only not over, but it remains the leading cause of death in Africa. This is what the African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN) says in their Message fo ...
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1 December 2008
AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Who are the ones encouraging the violence, through a cynical manipulation of religion?,” Archbishop of Abuja asks Nigerian authorities
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “Once again, lives and properties have been destroyed, causing great avoidable damage and misery to many families and communities. Of particularly grave concern is the targeting of places of wor ...
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