Africa
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13 June 2006
AFRICA/SUDAN - We must help the Church and the people of southern Sudan at this crucial moment in their history: appeal from Major Superiors
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)-. At the request of the local Bishops and to see for themselves the situation of the people and the church and assess needs in view of concrete assistance and in the month of March a delegation o ...
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12 June 2006
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Social and pastoral zeal in the young Catholic diocese of Emdeber where people suffer from prolonged food crisis
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides)- “The food crisis is ever more serious and we have to rely on aid from other countries” Bishop Musie Ghebreghiorghis of the diocese of Emdeber in Ethiopia, told a delegation of ‘Aid to t ...
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9 June 2006
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Blessed Marcoantonio Durando Orphanage in Fianarantsoa, run by the Nazarene Sisters is the only point of reference for 382 children victims of urbanisation
Fianarantsoa (Agenzia Fides) - There is growing urbanisation in Madagascar as more and more individuals and whole families move from rural areas to towns and cities in search of a better life and future. However these ex ...
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31 May 2006
AFRICA/TOGO - In Lome a Parish Social Forum, the first of its kind, tackles problems of work and development
Lome (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of Notre Dame de la Rédemption at Bè-Klikamé in the archdiocese of Lome has just held a Parish Social Forum for young Catholics.
The theme of the Forum, the first of its kind, was ...
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31 May 2006
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - New NGO offers children in difficulty hope for a better life
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- “Hope for Children” is a new non profit organisation in aid of children in Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire is one of Africa’s richer countries but because of instability and civil war the ...
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23 May 2006
AFRICA/KENYA - Following the birth of the first Kenyan ‘test tube’ babies by means of IVF Catholic Bishops clarify the position of the Church: “the procedure is morally unacceptable”
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Kenya say Intra Vitra Fertilization (IVF) is a “morally unacceptable procedure”. A recent press release signed by Bishop John Njue, president of the Bishops’ Confer ...
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20 May 2006
AFRICA/KENYA - Eighteen deacons and a priest from six different countries not only African ordained in Makuyu
Makuyu (Fides Service) - Great celebrations on 13 May at the Salesian mission in Makuyu for the ordination of 18 deacons and one priest. The solemn Mass with the rite of ordination was presided by Bishop Peter Kihara of ...
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19 May 2006
AFRICA - AIDS kills and disintegrates families. So far 1,300 children out of 25,000 patients protected by Programme Drug Resource Enhancement against Aids and Malnutrition (Dream)
Rome (Fides Service) - This morning at the Campidoglio, in Rome, there was the 4th International Conference “We too want to live”, promoted by the S. Egidio Community with regard to its DREAM programme to prevent ch ...
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18 May 2006
AFRICA - In East Africa nine out of ten girls suffer physical or psychological abuse African Child Policy Forum denounces
Rome (Fides Service) - The United Nations information agency IRIN reported findings of the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) with regard to child abuse in East Africa: 9 out of ten girls suffer physical, sexual or psycho ...
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17 May 2006
AFRICA/TANZANIA -“We are all missionaries”: Radio Tumaini programmes support missionary activity of Basic Ecclesial Communities
Dar es Salaam (Fides Service) - MAC, the “Mission Awareness Committee” of the Association of Religious Superiors in Tanzania, recently held its 23rd Meeting at Mbingu Conference Centre in Mahenge diocese, chaired by ...
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17 May 2006
AFRICA - Three million people in west African Sahel region risk famine: urgent appeal to international community from World Food Programme
Dakar (Fides Service) - Food supplies for families in the west African region of Sahel are running short. The situation is very concerning and the UN World Food Programme has launched a appeal to the international comm ...
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17 May 2006
AFRICA - 24 projects in 14 different countries in Africa funded by Harambee 2002 solidarity initiative started on the occasion of canonisation of Opus Dei founder
Rome (Fides Service) - In Sierra Leone a programme to rehabilitate with school and social re-insertion former child soldiers, in Uganda a library for a school, in Rwanda a farm for families who give a home to orphans. Fr ...
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16 May 2006
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Diocesan Synod priority pastoral commitment this year: Archbishop of Gitega says there is work for everyone in the Church to announce the Gospel of life and peace
Gitega (Fides Service) - Archbishop Simon Ntanwana of Gitega has said every Catholic in the diocese has a contribution to make to the major pastoral priority this year, the Diocesan Synod. “The year 2006 will be marke ...
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15 May 2006
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Almost half a century of Christian formation and information ‘Vida Nova’ most widely read by Catholics and non
Nampula (Fides Service) - “Vida Nova”, the magazine of Christian formation and information most read by Catholics and non was published for the first time in 1960 as the monthly bulletin of the diocese of Nampula, m ...
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12 May 2006
AFRICA/ALGERIA - Le Figuier Centre for Research and Encounter inaugurated at Tizi Ouzu capital of Algeria’s Berber region
Tizi Ouzu (Fides Service) - The inauguration of the new Le Figuier Catholic Centre for Research and Encounter at Tizi Ouzu capital of Algeria’s Cabilia Berbar region drew a good number of people. According to the bulle ...
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