Africa
1 February 2007
AFRICA/BENIN -Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, Dean emeritus of the College of Cardinals and first African bishop called by the Pope to an important post in the Roman Curia celebrates 50th anniversary of ordination as a Bishop with special Mass of Thanksgiving
Ouidah (Agenzia Fides) - Fifty years ago on 3 February 1957 Cardinal Bernardin Gantin was ordained a bishop having been appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Cotonou in Benin on 11 December 1956. To mark this ...
30 January 2007
AFRICA/ANGOLA - “We are deeply grateful for the Holy Father’s message of solidarity and hope”: appreciation for Pope Benedict XVI message to victims of flood disaster
Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- “We are deeply grateful for the Holy Father’s message of solidarity and hope” say local Church sources in Angola after Pope Benedict XVI sent a telegramme to express solidarity and encourage ...
29 January 2007
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Southern Africa Catholic Bishops’ Conference January Plenary Session
Pretoria (Agenzia Fides)- On 24 January with a special Mass St Peter’s Seminary in Pretoria the Southern Africa Catholic Bishops’ Conference started its January Plenary Session.
On Thursday 25 January, the last da ...
26 January 2007
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Koupéla Diocesan Bulletin new graphics, first issue, focus Catholic Schools
Koupéla (Agenzia Fides) - New graphics for Kugpεεl-Kibare Bulletin published by the archdiocese of Koupéla in Burkina Faso. Fifteen pages in magazine form with a cover in colour, the bulletin intends to remai ...
25 January 2007
VATICAN - “Leprosy: a forgotten disease”: 14 million treated 4 million left mutilated. 54th World Leprosy Day on Sunday
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 29 January is the annual World Leprosy Day dedicated this year to the theme ‘Leprosy: a Forgotten Disease’. The Day was instituted in 1954 at the insistence of Raoul Follereau.
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23 January 2007
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Pan African Congress on Evangelisation Final Statement highlights media, Church-Family-of-God awareness, respect for religious freedom, Laity’s mission in temporal realities, preparations for 2nd Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa
Dar-Es-Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - From the 15th to the 18th January 2007, SECAM held a Pan-African Congress at Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania on the theme: "Evangelisation in Africa: Ecclesia in Africa in Retrospect and the Wa ...
23 January 2007
AFRICA - La Croix du Benin and DIA Agency in Congo: two Catholic realities celebrate anniversary
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Two important Catholic media realities in Africa Cotonou based La Croix du Benin and DIA Catholic news agency based in Kinshasa Congo are marking respectively 60th and 50th anniversaries.
La Croix ...
23 January 2007
AFRICA/RWANDA - Important step towards abolition of death penalty
Kigali (Agenzia Fides)- After comprehensive consultation with the different social and political realities in the country, the Rwandan government approved a proposed Bill to abolish capital punishment. The decision was r ...
22 January 2007
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Cardinal Pengo elected new President of the Symposium of the Bishops’ Conferences of Africa and Madagascar
Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides)- Cardinal Polycarp Pengo Archbishop of Dar es Salaam, capital of Tanzania was elected President of the Symposium of the Bishops’ Conferences of Africa and Madagascar SECAM at the end of a ...
20 January 2007
AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Agreement with rebel General Nkunda makes way for humanitarian aid to desperate civilians after years of sacking
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons can now return to their native villages in northern Kivu (east Democratic Congo), after Kinshasa reached an agreement with Ge ...
20 January 2007
AFRICA/GUINEA - National crisis critical, neighbour countries want to find a solution
Conakry (Agenzia Fides)- Tension is high in Guinea on the 10th day of a paralysing national strike (see Fides 17 January 2007). Yesterday 19 January two more people, a school boy and a youth were killed by police gun fi ...
19 January 2007
AFRICA/KENYA - Africa and its Contradictions: 7th World Social Forum in Nairobi starting tomorrow
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - About 100,000 members of civil society organisations and local bodies are expected to attend the 7th World Social Forum in Nairobi which starts tomorrow 20 January and will conclude on Wednesda ...
19 January 2007
AFRICA/UGANDA - Inspirer of Lord’s Resistance Army dies in exile
Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- Alice Lakwena, the woman who inspired the Lord’s Resistance Army LRA, has died in a refugee camp at Dadaad, in northern Kenya, close to the Ugandan border where she lived in exile for 18 Years ...
18 January 2007
AFRICA/COTE D’IVOIRE - International convention of Orionini Brothers: "The unity of the family and fraternal life as guarantee for the announcement of the Kingdom and stimulus for an increase in vocations"
Bonoua (Agenzia Fides) - Today, 18 January, was the closing day of an International convention of Orionini Brothers held at Saint Luigi Orione Centre in Bonoua in Cote d’Ivoire which started on January 12 and brought t ...
18 January 2007
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Statement from Luanda archdiocese on the question of clearing of illegally occupied land destined for the building of a church
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The Angolan Archdiocese of Luanda issued a statement to clarify its position with regard to a land site in Kilamba Kiaxi, illegally occupied by people who were then expelled. A local humanitarian ...
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