Africa

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  18 March 2019
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Moroccan Christians call for greater religious freedom: appeal to the Pope Fés (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis will visit Morocco on March 30-31. The Committee of Moroccan Christians has written to Pope Francis two weeks ahead of his visit, asking for the intervention of the Holy See on a theme ...
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  18 March 2019
  AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - The mission of Caritas: to be close to the poor Djibouti (Agenzia Fides) - "Our mission is to be close to the poor. Whatever faith they profess and ethnicity they belong to. Whether they are immigrants or local citizens". Francesco Martialis, Director of Caritas Djibo ...
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  16 March 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - Six months of silence for father Maccalli, missionary kidnapped: "The only free person among us" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Father Pierluigi Maccalli, a priest of the Society for African Missions was kidnapped six months ago (see Fides 17/9/2018). "It is an eternity for us. He was taken hostage by strangers who took ...
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  15 March 2019
  AFRICA/GHANA - Collection and processing of E-Waste can create opportunities for young people Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "The greatest potential threat to social cohesion, democratic governance and national security in Ghana and in many parts of the world is youth unemployment", said His Exc. Philip Naameh, Archbish ...
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  14 March 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Lent is a propitious moment to build a welcoming community for migrants": appeal by the Archbishop of Johannesburg Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “Oh city of Johannesburg, what kind of a mother are you? Are you not supposed to be like a mother who gathers all her children? As a hen gathers her chicks under her wings?” (Mt. 24.37) ...
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  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Jean Noël Gossou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 6, 2019, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Jean Noël Gossou, of the clergy of the diocese of Yopoug ...
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  12 March 2019
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The churches of Zambia against the suspension of the broadcasting license of Prime Television Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "It is hypocritical to allow the suspension of a broadcasting license of a private media house when government-owned and controlled media outlets have miserably been unprofessional and unethical" ...
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  12 March 2019
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Ethiopian plane crash: among the victims also a missionary, a nun and 4 lay operators of the Catholic Relief Services Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - 157 people were killed in an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash on Sunday, 10 March, which include a priest, a religious sister, and four staff members with Catholic Relief Services (CRS). Acc ...
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  11 March 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - Lent in prayer for Father Maccalli, six months after his abduction Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The more time passes, the more we must resist the temptation to resign ourselves and to soften our attention. In the diocese we want to continue to propose moments of prayer for the release of F ...
• 11 March 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Coadjutor of Abuja Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, currently Archbishop of Jos as Archbishop Coadjutor of the Archdiocese of Abuja (Nigeria). His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Ka ...
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  11 March 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - International Women's Day: an occasion for interreligious dialogue Mbata Mbenge (Agenzia Fides) - "Unity among the churches is very important and can pass through women, who are pillars of family life, but also of the life of faith", says Mrs. Josephine Pfiti, promoter of the interrelig ...
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  8 March 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Léonie Kandolo, a Catholic woman committed to the common good Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Among the testimonies of Congolese female figures, there is Léonie Kandolo, member and spokesperson of the Committee for the Coordination of the Laity (CLC), a body which was the protagonist d ...
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  8 March 2019
  AFRICA - There is no mission in Africa without women Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "Today in Africa, mission cannot be conceived without direct, close and effective collaboration with women. In our continent women are a fundamental link in the missionary activity of the Church": ...
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  7 March 2019
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishops appeal for Lent: "Let us fast from lies" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "A fast of lies that inundate and poison interpersonal and social relations". This is what the Bishops of Benin propose in their Lenten message, in which they exhort the faithful to remain silen ...
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  7 March 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The number of churches "regularized" by the Egyptian government rises to 783 Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In Egypt the process of "legalization" of Christian places of worship built in the past without the required permits, along with the granting of authorizations for the construction of new churches ...