Africa

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  7 October 2020
  AFRICA/ESWATINI - World Mission Sunday 2020: Creative ways of Evangelization in times of pandemic Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - When Pope Francis invited the Church a year ago to celebrate an Extraordinary Missionary Month, we welcomed this invitation with joy: in the Kingdom of Eswatini we decided to extend it to the wh ...
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  6 October 2020
  AFRICA - The CRS: "Economic inequalities and not ethnic tensions are the causes of violence and instability in the Sahel" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Deeply rooted economic inequalities and not ethnic tensions are the causes of violence and instability in the Sahel. This is what the study, entitled "Steps Towards Peace" recently released by Cath ...
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  6 October 2020
  AFRICA - Covid-19: WHO explains the factors that have led to the low number of cases in Africa Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "The spread of COVID-19 in Africa has been marked by a relatively low number of infections, which have decreased in the past two months due to various socio-ecological factors and early publ ...
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  5 October 2020
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "The militarization of doctors will push them to flee abroad" says the Bishop of Chinhoyi Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "They bring bloodshed; they kill. Instead of freedom, they bring prison. They bring violence and imprison all those who oppose them. The only thing they know is violence". This is the harsh attac ...
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  5 October 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - Archdiocese of Tamale encourages entrepreneurship among women in rural areas Accra (Agenzia Fides) – About 1000 women from the Kpandai district in northern Ghana are being supported as part of a project to improve their entrepreneurial skills, which is being carried out by the Catholic Archdioc ...
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  3 October 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Platform of religious leaders for peace and reconciliation launches a series of activities during the electoral period Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The platform of faithful politicians are campaigning for peace, reconciliation, social cohesion and development (PLCRD), a few days before the presidential elections at the end of October and in ...
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  3 October 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Sokoto: "In a democracy, political leaders must reflect the diversity of the Country" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "I think even the most optimistic Nigerian must conceive that we are nowhere near coming to define the real sense of democracy", said His Exc. Mgr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto, in his s ...
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  2 October 2020
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Covid-19: an exponential increase in the number of infections; hospitals close to collapse Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - In Uganda the number of positive coronavirus cases is growing exponentially. On September 23rd, the total number of infections was 7,064 cases throughout the country with a daily increase in the ...
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  2 October 2020
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Science and faith united in the fight against Covid-19", recalls Cardinal Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Covid-19 pandemic is an evil to be faced with faith and reason in love. Dear brothers and sisters, we cannot take refuge in any doctrine to ignore this disease that is dangerously destroying ...
• 2 October 2020
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Sebastien Bidiare Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 July 2020, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Sebastien Bidiare, of the archdiocesan clergy of Conakry as Nat ...
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  1 October 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Laying of the first stone of the City of Peace: "the first visible sign of the financial autonomy of the Church", says the Bishop of Grand-Bassam Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The City of Peace is the first visible sign of the financial autonomy of the Church", said His Exc. Mgr. Raymond Ahoua, Bishop of Grand-Bassam on 29 September, at the blessing and official open ...
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  1 October 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "60 years after Nigeria's independence we must rebuild the Country on a fairer foundation" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Nigerians from almost all geographic regions seem to agree that we must start working to rebuild the Country. It is somewhat regrettable that the federal government of Nigeria has not kept its el ...
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  1 October 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Candidacy of Coptic Orthodox priest in the elections reopens the debate on the participation of the clergy in politics Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The candidacy of Coptic Orthodox priest Paula Fouad (photo) in the next parliamentary elections reopens the debate on the direct involvement of the clergy in politics. The priest, parish priest of ...
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  30 September 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - In Saint Laurent parish of Yopougon Kouté, a committee on social cohesion, for peaceful elections Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "After the unfortunate experiences of the past in 2010 and especially the recent events after the speech of the President of the Republic on August 6th, the Catholic parish has decided to set up ...
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  30 September 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest kidnapped and then released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Yet another kidnapping of a priest in Nigeria. Fr Jude Onyebadi, who works in the parish at Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Issele-Azagba , about 10 miles southeast of Issele-Uku, was kidna ...