Africa
18 October 2021
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Spiral of violence in the English-speaking regions, the Bishops: "Life does not seem to have any more value"
Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with the deepest dismay and great sorrow that we, the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda, have received the terrifying news of the brutal killing of Enondiale Tehuengia Car ...
16 October 2021
AFRICA/UGANDA - Bishop of Lira to priests: "Always stay focused and firm to overcome challenges"
Lira (Agenzia Fides) - "The vocation to serve as a priest is a commitment that must be embraced with love and perseverance in the midst of challenges". This is what the Bishop of the diocese of Lira, Mgr. Sanctus Lino Wa ...
16 October 2021
AFRICA/RWANDA - World Mission Sunday marks the start of a special jubilee Year
Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - In Rwanda, the celebration of World Mission Sunday (October 24, 2021) will also mark the opening of a special Jubilee Year which, in full harmony and communion with the Holy See and the universal ...
15 October 2021
AFRICA/MALAWI - Appointment of the Archbishop of Lilongwe
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Mgr. George Desmond Tambala, O.C.D., currently Bishop of Zomba, as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lilongwe (Malawi). (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 15/10/20 ...
15 October 2021
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Reconciliation with Boko Haram: for the Church a step in the right direction
Maiduguri (Agenzia Fides) - It is called "sulhu" and in Arabic means "reconciliation". This is the secret program by which the Nigerian central government intends to convince the leaders of Boko Haram, the famous jihadis ...
15 October 2021
AFRICA/KENYA - Fr. Kamemba: "We are following the malaria vaccination campaign with great interest"
Kisumu (Agenzia Fides) - "In view of the many health facilities that are under the auspices of the Catholic Church, especially in malaria-prone areas, the new vaccine against this endemic disease will also be of great in ...
14 October 2021
AFRICA/UGANDA - We Are Youths: young people from Namagabi committed to serving those most in need as a tool of evangelization
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Young people are collecting and distributing basic necessities to those in need, making donations to patients and health personnel at the main hospital in Kayunga or engaged in cleaning some are ...
14 October 2021
AFRICA/BENIN - The missionary, courageous witness of hope
Porto-Novo (Agenzia Fides) - «Fearless missionary, I announce hope in Jesus!» is the theme chosen by the National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Benin for the entire month of October. "The missionary, ...
13 October 2021
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Archbishop of Bamenda: conflict continues, religious leaders engaged in difficult mediation
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In many other parts of the world where there is an ongoing conflict, if someone dies or there are attacks, the press all over the planet talk about it. In Cameroon, clashes, killings, mass ...
13 October 2021
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Maintaining peace, protecting land, improving the economy: the country is experiencing a disastrous context
Tubmamburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We are all invited to continue to work for the respect of human rights and dignity which is above any religion", writes from Tubmamburg to Fides Fr. Firmin Konan Moiyé Kouassi, priest of th ...
12 October 2021
AFRICA/UGANDA - Bishop Kibira: "The future of the country depends on education"
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The future of the Church depends to a large extent on education, emphasized Mgr. Francis Aquirinus Kibira, Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Kasese, on the occasion of the perpetual profession o ...
12 October 2021
AFRICA/MALAWI - Development projects promote vocational training and look for answers to climate change
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - In Malawi, in particular in the districts of Zomba and Malaka, some young people who would have had no hope of contributing to the economic development of their country, acquire professional sk ...
11 October 2021
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - For a different church, we need men and women who are determined and committed to change
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "True change will only be possible by letting the action of the Holy Spirit intervene on the will of men and women to collaborate. If we want a different church, we need open minds, willing men ...
11 October 2021
AFRICA/MALI - "Only joy": Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez freed
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The Farnesina confirmed the news to me: only joy"! This is the comment of Father Gigi Maccalli, priest of the Society for African Missions (SMA) regarding the release of Sister Gloria Cecilia Na ...
9 October 2021
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Evangelization and charity: the first community of the Sisters of Don Orione
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "For some years now, we have been planning to open a community of the Little Missionary Sisters of Charity in Mozambique: now this dream has come true". This is what Sister Claudia Maria Rio said ...
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