Africa

• 13 June 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “The dignity of workers must be respected but the right to strike should not endanger lives” say Catholic Bishops in South Africa where the public servants strike is causing a deteriorating situation effecting especially school children and hospital patients Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides)- The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has expressed concern at the deteriorating situation of the public servants strike. In a SACBC statement sent to Fides the Bishops ...
• 13 June 2007
  AFRICA - CERNA Bishops conclude Ad Limina visit Rome (Agenzia Fides)- The Bishops and Vicars General of the Regional Bishops Conference of Northern Africa CERNA send Fides a report on their ad limina visit to Rome which concluded on 9 June. Last week Fides interviewed ...
• 12 June 2007
  AFRICA/GHANA - “Take the path of reconciliation and forgiveness ” says the Catholic Bishop of Yendi, in northern Ghana, where the succession of the traditional king is a cause of dispute Accra (Agenzia Fides) - No to “punitive” justice founded on revenge, yes to justice founded on reconciliation and pardon. This appeal was launched by Bishop Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, the Catholic Bishop of Yendi, in nor ...
• 12 June 2007
  AFRICA/MALAWI - “The funeral of First Lady could build new unity in Malawi” says a Monfort missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- “On June 9 2007 the whole of Malawi stopped for the funeral of the First Lady Ethel Mutharika, wife of President Bingu wa Mutharika who died on 28 May” Monfort missionary Fr Piergiorgio Gamb ...
• 11 June 2007
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - A visit of great symbolic significance: the leader of radical wing of president's party goes to former rebel's stronghold Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- “A small symbolic step but most important on the path to peace in Cote d'Ivoire” said local Church sources with regard to a visit to Bouaké in the north of the country by Charles Blé Goudé ...
• 8 June 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Respect for legality but at the same time dialogue to rid slums of crime”: a missionary in Nairobi tells of Catholic commitment in degraded city districts Nairobi (Agenzia Fides )- “The operation launched by the police against the Mungiki sect must be seen in the context of the electoral campaign but it also has aspects which go beyond the present situation” Fides lear ...
• 8 June 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - More than 30 people killed in violent clashes between the police and members of the Mungiki sect Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Some 37 people are reported to have been killed and 300 arrested in a police operation against the Mungiki sect in Mathare slum district of Nariobi, capital of Kenya. The Mungiki (Multitude) se ...
• 6 June 2007
  AFRICA - “ We must deepen our reciprocal knowledge in order to build a world of peace founded on respect for others” says Catholic Archbishop of Rabat, president of the Northern African Regional Bishops Conference, in Rome for the ad limina visit Rome (Fides Service)- “Our small communities of Catholics living among people who are mainly followers of Islam, bear witness to Christ's love for all humanity” said Archbishop Vincent Landel of Rabat, Morocco and pr ...
• 6 June 2007
  AFRICA/CHAD - Jesuit Refugee Service starts school lessons for children of internally displaced families N’Djamena (Fides Service)- On 18 May in Habile 3 IDP camp a service of primary school began for the children of internally displaced persons in the Dar Sila region in eastern Chad started by the Jesuit Refugee Service ...
• 5 June 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Doctors and nurses strike causes healthcare collapse: Red Cross steps in Harare (Agenzia Fides)- “A war situation ” .This was how the international Red Cross Committee defined the health system in Zimbabwe where junior doctors and nurses are striking for higher salary and better working c ...
• 4 June 2007
  AFRICA/GABON - “ The call to holiness: this is the message which Pope John Paul II tirelessly announced to the whole Church” said the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples in his homily on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the late Pontiff's visit to Gabon Libreville (Fides Service)- Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples has concluded his pastoral visit to Gabon, (see Fides 31 May 2007) where on June 2 in the capital Libreville h ...
• 1 June 2007
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Catholic Bishop receives award for commitment in the field of health care and the struggle to eradicate illegal sale of medicines Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- A Catholic Bishop in Congo has received an important award in teh field of healthcare. Bishop Fidèle Nsielele of the diocese of Kisantu, was awarded the “Galien d'honneur” by Congolese phar ...
• 31 May 2007
  AFRICA/GABON - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Cardinal della Ivan Dias is visiting Gabon on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of a pastoral visit to the country by Pope John Paul II Libreville (Fides Service)- Today Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples arrives in Gabon where he will take part in celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of a pastoral visi ...
• 31 May 2007
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - The Bishop of Bukavu fears new outbreak of war in east Congo Bukavu (Fides Service)- “A psychosis of war pervades our villages”. This alarm was launched by the Catholic Archbishop of Bukavu in the east of Democratic Congo, Archbishop François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo, in a letter ...
• 31 May 2007
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA The Pope appoints new Bishop of Keetmanshoop Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 31 May 2007, appointed Rev. Phillip Pöllitzer, O.M.I., Bishop of Keetmanshoop (Namibia), until now the Bishop elect was Provincial of the Oblate Miss ...