Africa
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28 December 2021
AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - The work of the White Fathers to stop violence against women, "offering the support of the Gospel"
Bakavu (Agenzia Fides) - "In Congolese culture, violence against a woman means violence against one's mother, because it is she who gives life and bring up children. Rapes are planned as a war tactic by people who know t ...
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23 December 2021
AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Appointment of the Rector of the interdiocesan major Seminary in Bata
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 8, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Sebastian Mba Nguema Mokuy, of the diocesan clergy of Ebebi ...
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23 December 2021
AFRICA/EGYPT - Planting trees around churches. Coptic Patriarch Tawadros recalls the biblical sources of the ecological initiatives launched in view of "COP 27"
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Since December 1st, at the suggestion of the Coptic Patriarchate, an extraordinary tree planting program has been launched in the areas surrounding the churches and places of worship of the Coptic ...
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23 December 2021
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Church "suffers and shares the anxieties and pains of humanity"
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Ever since we began to see the bitter warning signs of a war, we have expressed in every way through declarations and prayers, the invitation to all actors to consider the path of dialogue ...
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23 December 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - We can all contribute to bringing peace to the earth, according to the bishop of Tombura-Yambio
Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "Like these Holy Parents, we also find hope: Hope in the salvation Christ’s birth brings us; hope in a vaccine for the Coronavirus; hope that gradually we can fill our churches again without fe ...
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22 December 2021
AFRICA/TOGO - The true meaning of Christmas in caring for others: the missionaries never stop
Kolowarè (Agenzia Fides) - "This is the last piece of news from Kolowaré. On Thursday, December 30 I will move to Lomé to accompany a group of young people who are thinking of joining our community". Thus began the me ...
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22 December 2021
AFRICA/MALAWI - Taking care of families in difficulty: the priority of the Catholic Women Organization
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Taking care of families in difficulty, following the example of Saint Joseph, is the challenge for the Catholic Women Organization (CWO) of Malawi that emerged from the annual general Assembly ...
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22 December 2021
AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - A maternity hospital, "the dream" of Ambassador Attanasio
Kenge (Agenzia Fides) - "I want Ambassador Luca Attanasio’s children to know that their father lives in the many children he helped to be born. Saint Esprit maternity hospital is the tangible sign that life does not di ...
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21 December 2021
AFRICA/NIGER - Two "teams" of missionaries arrive in Dosso and Dogon Dutchi for a new adventure of evangelization
Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - Father Rafael Marco Casamayor, a religious of the Society of African Missions (SMA), has been a missionary in Africa for more than 50 years, more than 30 spent in Benín and currently in Níger, f ...
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20 December 2021
AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Archbishop of Bamenda: attacks intensify, with great suffering of civilians
Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in the English-speaking regions is always very tense. According to observers, the 'Amba Boys' (the independence fighters, ed) are intensifying their attacks on the military. This ...
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17 December 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Mariannhill
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Mariannhill, South Africa, with special faculties, the Reverend Fr. Neil Augustine Frank, O.M.I., until now provincial su ...
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17 December 2021
AFRICA/MALAWI - "I was a Christian before I became a religious leader": bringing traditional leaders back to their church
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The main desire of the Catholic religious leaders of Malawi is to carry out the first mission of the Church which is the salvation of all souls". This is what Fr. Stephen Chikhasu, parish prie ...
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16 December 2021
AFRICA/MALAWI - Increase in the cost of living: for the "Justice and Peace" Commission, it is urgent "to listen to the cry of the people"
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to listen to "the cry of the people" on the increase in the cost of living and growing poverty: this is the appeal made by the "Justice and Peace" Commission, within the Catholic B ...
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16 December 2021
AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr Celestin Muhindo
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 7, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr Celestin Muhindo, from the diocese of Goma as National Directo ...
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15 December 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Ezo county towards an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-pandemic world
Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "Leadership and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 world" was the theme of the meeting organized in Ezo county, one of the te ...
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