Africa
2 September 2005
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “Hope in Sierra Leone passes by way of education” says Xaverian Father Luigi Brioni as a small Catholic university in Makeni prepares to open
Makeni (Fides Service)- “Our aim is to give the country new hope through education” said Fr Luigi Brioni, Xaverian Provincial Superior in Sierra Leone with regard to a small Catholic university Fatima Institute which ...
1 September 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Barnabiti priests at St. Paul’s College Mbobero bring IT to Congo’s young people
Rome (Fides Service) - Teaching in Congo is a challenge: years of dictatorship and war made many teachers emigrate. Now, thanks to parents determined not to give up seeing the urgency of education for their children and ...
1 September 2005
AFRICA/COTE D’IVOIRE - Tension mounts in Cote d’Ivoire after rebels reject South African mediation
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “We live in an atmosphere of tension and daily rumours of violence and a possibile coup” said local church sources in Abidjan, economic capital of Cote d’Ivoire with regard to a series of i ...
31 August 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Africa Mission: Cooperation and Development Movement commemorates founder Rev. Vittorio Pastori, ‘commuter of charity’ between Italy and Africa
Piacenza (Fides Service) - Friday 2 September will be the 11th anniversary of the death of Rev. Vittorio Pastori, known in Italy as “Don Vittorione”, who founded the Africa Mission - Cooperation and Development Movem ...
31 August 2005
AFRICA/BURUNDI - This high number of female ministers in Burundi’s new executive is a tribute to the part played by Burundi’s women in the peace process
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- Less Ministries and more women Ministers are the novelties of Burundi’s new government according to a local Church source in the capital Bujumbura where yesterday 30 August President Pierre N ...
31 August 2005
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - 6th Meeting of Portuguese Speaking Bishops’ Conferences in Mozambique 6 - 9 September to boost cooperation and evangelisation
Maputo (Fides Service)- From 6 to 9 September in Maputo capital of Mozambique the Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Portugese speaking countries will hold their 6th CPLP Assembly. “These meetings, the first of which w ...
30 August 2005
AFRICA/D. CONGO - Computer expert Sister in Democratic Republic of Congo
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- A Catholic nun in Congo combines her religious vocation with a passion for information technology. Sr Odette Sangupamba, a member of the congregation of the Sisters of Saint Teresa of the Child ...
30 August 2005
AFRICA/GHANA - Matthew 25 Centre run by the local Catholic Church offers assistance to people with AIDS
Accra (Fides Service)- People in Ghana with AIDS find hope at Matthew 25 Centre which offers assistance to people with AIDS. The Centre was opened by the local Catholic Church in 2003 in the diocese of Koforidua in east ...
29 August 2005
AFRICA/SUDAN - The Catholic archbishop of Khartoum Cardinal Zubeir Wako is confident the peace process will continue but warns that Sudan’s stability depends on fair sharing of the country’s resources and respect for human rights
Khartoum (Fides Service)- The Catholic archbishop of Khartoum Cardinal Zubeir Wako has appealed to Sudan’s political leaders to put the interests of the country first. In a press conference in Cologne organised by the ...
29 August 2005
AFRICA/MAURITANIA - Catholic Bishop of Nouakchott appeals for food aid: “Half the population is hungry and many could die of starvation”
Nouakchott (Fides Service)- Mauritania is affected by the serious food shortage felt in other Sahel belt countries especially Niger. The Catholic Bishop of Nouakchott Martin Happe has appealed for urgent international ai ...
27 July 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - Annual diocesan Holy Childhood Meeting: over eight thousand children take part in open air Mass celebrated in front of Muranga
Muranga (Fides Service) - On Sunday 24 July over 8,000 children from 34 parishes accompanied by Holy Childhood leaders took part in a special Mass for the annual diocesan Holy Childhood Day organised by the diocese of Mu ...
26 July 2005
AFRICA/EGYPT - “As the Pope always warned: violence leads to more violence. Once again the majority of the people will be helpless victims of an aggression with which they cannot identify”: Fr Eugenio Elías, IVE, missionary in Egypt told Fides
Cairo (Fides Service) - “Everyone agrees that terrorism is evil. However it would be senseless to ignore the fact the some find ways to justify it. The Pope always warned that violence leads to more violence " said Fr ...
26 July 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - Chapter of Mill Hill Missionaries reflects on diminution of missionaries, vocations and formation and elects new leadership
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Chapter of St Joseph’s Missionary Society (also known as Mill Hill Missionaries) took place from 22 June to the 22 July and was held for the first time in Nairobi, Kenya. The main themes/i ...
26 July 2005
AFRICA/D.CONGO - Dramatic increase in refugee families making their own way home to south Kivu
Rome (Fides Service) - Since the end of the school year in refugee camps in west Tanzania growing numbers of Congolese refugees are making their own way home to the south Kivu region of Democratic Congo without the assis ...
25 July 2005
AFRICA/CHAD - Operations continue to move 10,000 Central African Repulic refugees to Amboko camp
Rome (Fides Service) - As part of its plan to transfer 10,000 Central African refugees sheltering in southern Chad to a camp where they can be better assisted, United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR has moved ...
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