Africa

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  10 May 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Coordinator of a Catholic organization murdered in the parish. Sorrow of Bishop Hiiboro Kussala Tambura (Agenzia Fides) – A new act of violence has shaken the parish of St. Mary Help of Christians, in Tombura County, Western Equatoria State, one of the ten states of South Sudan. According to local media reports, ...
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  9 May 2025
  AFRICA - He has visited the continent several times: Pope Leo XIV knows Africa well Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Leo XIV knows Africa well, having visited several African countries in recent years in his capacity as Cardinal Prefect of the Diacstery of Bishops and, before that, primarily as Prior General ...
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  7 May 2025
  AFRICA - Archbishop Nwachukwu: "Africa is no longer a little child" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Africa is often seen as a little child in a cradle, whose voice is perceived as a disturbing cry and who needs to be calmed by giving her some 'milk' in the form of development aid," said Archbish ...
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  7 May 2025
  AFRICA/TOGO - Being a missionary with and for others Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - "We are a family consisting of seven young people, all university graduates, a community leader, Father Valéry Aguh, who spent ten years in Sierra Leone; a director of studies, Jean Jacques Wisdo ...
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  6 May 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Drone attacks on Port Sudan: The conflict risks spreading to neighboring regions Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The war in Sudan has escalated with the bombing of Port Sudan, the stronghold of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) under the command of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, by the Rapid Support Forces (R ...
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  6 May 2025
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Here, prayer becomes life and life becomes prayer by Anselmo Fabiano* Kom Ghareeb (Agenzia Fides) - Temperatures here are already approaching 30 degrees Celsius. In recent days, we experienced a sandstorm, one of those scenes from movies where dust and sand obscure ...
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  5 May 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Seven Capuchin Friars die in a tragic road accident Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Seven Capuchin Friars, members of the Custody of St. Francis and St. Clare of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in Nigeria, lost their lives in a serious traffic accident that occurred on May 3, ...
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  5 May 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The serious security situation in Imo State also affects priests and religious Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is dire. Kidnappings for ransom, abductions for organ harvesting, and violent invasions of people’s lands and farms are now commonplace across Imo State and Igbo land”, said F ...
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  5 May 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - One year after the disappearance, there is no news of Father Lukas and his companion Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "One year has passed, and their silence haunts us. The disappearance of Fr. Luke and Michael is not just a personal loss - it is a wound to the heart of our society," said the Bishop of Tambura-Yam ...
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  3 May 2025
  AFRICA/SUD SUDAN - Until the very end, Pope Francis sent letters to South Sudanese leaders urging them to work for peace Juba (Fides Agency ) - “Pope Francis worked until the very end for peace in South Sudan,” Sister Elena Balatti, a Comboni missionary in South Sudan, told Fides Agency. “Unfortunately, South Sudan is once again on ...
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  2 May 2025
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Coadjutor of the Bishop of Bangassou: “With Pope Francis' visit, a positive change has been felt” Bangui (Fides Agency) - “Pope Francis has always been very important for the Central African Republic,” Aurelio Gazzera, who has lived and worked as a Carmelite missionary in the Central African Republic for 34 years ...
• 30 April 2025
  AFRICA/TOGO: New Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Fides Agency) - Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Churches), appointed, on March 25, 2025, Father Anawia Bédilana Jon ...
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  30 April 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Ibrahim Amos, kidnapped from his home on April 24, is free Abuja (Fides Agency) - Father Ibrahim Amos, parish priest of St. Gerald Quasi Church in Kurmin Risga, a village in the Kauru district of Kaduna state in northwestern Nigeria, has been released. This was announced by the ...
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  28 April 2025
  AFRICA - Pope Francis and his tireless pursuit of peace in the face of African conflicts by Luca Mainoldi Rome (Fides Agency) - Two images capture more than any others the relentless efforts of Pope Francis to put an end to the wars that are tearing African peoples apart. The first image shows Pope Fran ...
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  25 April 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest kidnapped in northwestern Nigeria Abuja (Fides Agency) - Another Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. The victim is Fr. Ibrahim Amos, pastor of St. Gerald Quasi Parish in Kurmin Risga, in the local government area of Kauru, Kaduna State, in nor ...