Africa
1 April 2005
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Refugees in Cape Town pray for the Pope
Cape Town (Fides Service)- “I informed my parishioners about the critical situation of the Pope’s health and we started to pray for him at this difficult time in his life” Scalabrini missionary Father Mario who wor ...
1 April 2005
AFRICA/UGANDA - Uganda’s sick Catholics in hospitals and at home unite in prayer to sustain the Holy Father
Lachor (Fides Service) - At St. Mary’s Hospital di Lachor Catholic patients pray intensely for Pope John Paul II at this difficult moment. The sick, in hospital and at home united now more than ever with the ailing and ...
1 April 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - All Kenya is close to Pope John Paul II
Nairobi (Fides Service) - “Christians in Kenya are close to the Pope with their prayers” Father Eugenio Ferrari, IMC, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Kenya told Fides. “The Holy Father is l ...
1 April 2005
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Poor people, sick and dying at the Catholic Camillian hospital in Ouagadougou suffer and pray with and for the Pope
Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - Terminally AIDS patients at the Camillian hospital in Ouagadougou are deeply concerned for the Pope and assure him their sympathy and prayers. (AP) (1/4/2005 Agenzia Fides; Righe:8; Parole: ...
1 April 2005
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - “We have prayed for the Holy Father non stop” says a missionary in Madagascar
Antananarivo (Fides)- “Ever since the Pope was admitted to hospital the first time in February, the entire diocese of Antananarivo has prayed for the Pope unceasingly” Italian missionary Fr Cosimo Alvati, director of ...
31 March 2005
AFRICA/BURUNDI - “We the people of Burundi have suffered deeply but we also believe deeply in the redemptive value of suffering”: Catholic Bishops send John Paul II message of sympathy from Burundi where more than 300,000 died in civil conflict
Bujumbura (Fides Service) -“We the people of Burundi have suffered deeply but we also believe deeply in the redemptive value of suffering. We sympathise with our Holy Father Pope John Paul II in his present state of su ...
31 March 2005
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “Stay with us Lord…” Catholic Bishops of Zambia issue Pastoral Letter on the Year of the Eucharist
Lusaka (Fides Service)- “The Holy Father invited us to celebrate the Year of the Eucharist, from October 2004 to October 2005, a favourable time to deepen our understanding of the sacrament of the Eucharist” the Cath ...
30 March 2005
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - In pastoral letter on elections Catholic Bishops of Zimbabwe urge all citizens to play their part to ensure a vote which is fair and peaceful
Harare (Fides Service) - In pastoral letter for elections tomorrow 31 March the Catholic Bishops of Zimbabwe “invite all Christians to pray for our leaders and would-be-leaders in all sections of our society so that th ...
30 March 2005
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Elections 2005 in Zimbabwe: less violence but a vote nevertheless marked by irregularities in the electoral campaign
Harare (Fides Service)- Almost 6 million voters will be eligible to take part tomorrow 31 March in legislative elections in Zimbabwe, a country which has suffered years of serious political crisis due mainly to the deci ...
21 March 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - 500 diocesan and 50,000 parish volunteers: local Church committed to prepare people to take part in elections which will end the interim period
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- The Democratic Republic Congo is preparing for important elections and the local Catholic Church is training diocesan and parish volunteers to help the people understand the electoral process an ...
21 March 2005
AFRICA/TUNISIA - St Joseph’s Catholic church on the tourist attraction Island of Djerba to reopen
Tunis (Fides Service)- “As we approach the festivity of Easter we are happy to announce that St Joseph’s Catholic Church on the Island of Djerba will be reopened”. This announcement signed by Archbishop Fouad Twal ...
21 March 2005
AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - 4 April decision on presence of international peacekeepers in Côte d'Ivoire. Demonstrations for and against withdrawal of French and UN troops. Increasing threat of possible ethnic war
Abidjan (Fides Service) - “This is just another example of how the country is divided” a local Church source told Fides with regard to demonstrations pending a decision with regard to the presence of international pe ...
18 March 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - Boys and girls sold as slaves: hidden scourge in Togo militarised with technical support for North Korea
Lome (Agenzia Fides)- “The army must step to one side, it must no longer be the main factor in political life in Togo” a local source told Fides with regard to the present situation in this African country, in a seri ...
17 March 2005
AFRICA/TANZANIA - “Eucharist sign of unity and bond of Charity”: Lenten Message in the Year of the Eucharist. “The Family of God must always be a community which grows in the one spirit united in the one bond of love”
Dar Es Salaam (Fides Service) - The Eucharist as a sign of unity and bond of charity was the theme of a Lenten Message issued by the Catholic Bishops of Tanzania in this Year of the Eucharist in which the Bishops call on ...
17 March 2005
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Climate of tension in Central Africa waiting for results of first round of presidential and legislative elections
Bangui (Fides Service)- “The Central African Republic is in a climate of tension waiting for the results of the first round of legislative and presidential elections”, a local source in the capital Bangui, told Fide ...
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