Africa

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  13 December 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Catholic Church in Nigeria does not support or subscribe to any political party. Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “No Catholic priest or people of consecrated life should be actively involved in partisan politics in obedience to the Canon Law of the Catholic Church ” says a statement issued by the Bishops ...
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  13 December 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Two Copts killed by security guard charged with church surveillance Minya (Agenzia Fides) – A security guard at a church in the Egyptian city of Minya used his service weapon to kill Copt Christians Imad Kamal Sadiq, aged 49, and the latter’s 21 year old son David. The double murd ...
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  12 December 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishops say, we must continue to pray for peace in our country Yei (Agenzia Fides) – “The Bishops of AMECEA, the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa, together with the governments of Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Sudan, helped promote the signing of the P ...
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  11 December 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenyan priest killed in a robbery Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – A Kenyan priest has been killed in a robbery. The morning of 10 December, Fr. John Njoroge Muhia parish priest at Kinoo, Kiambu, 25 km from Nairobi, was on his way to a bank in the town of ...
• 10 December 2018
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Francis on 8 December 2018 appointed Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi (Tanzania) Rev. Filbert Felician Mhasi of the clergy of Mahenge, until now parish priest of the Cathedral ...
• 10 December 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Coadjutor of the Archdiocese of Durban appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Francis on 9 December 2018 appointed Bishop Abel Gabuza until now Bishop of Kimberley in South Africa, Coadjutor of the Archdiocese of Durban . (SL) (Agenzia Fides 10/12 ...
• 7 December 2018
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Francis appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Maputo (Mozambique) Rev. António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo of the clergy of Chimoio, until now parish pr ...
• 7 December 2018
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Bishop of Kaya resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Kaya (Burkina Faso), presented by Bishop Thomas Kaboré. The Holy Father appointed ...
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  7 December 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Alindao Massacre; Cardinal Nzapalainga calls for an international inquiry Bangui (Agenzia Fides)-“We ask for an international enquiry into the massacre in Alindao” said Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, archbishop Bangui, who went to the town in south-east of Central Africa where on 1 ...
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  6 December 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - “We must not lose our moral values if we are to live in a healthy society ” warn the Bishops Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – A society cannot be united if it loses its moral values. We learn from the Bible that Sodom and Gomorrah (Ezekiel 16:48-50) became a symbol of a decadent society, whose moral fabric was syst ...
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  6 December 2018
  AFRICA - Missionaries at the service of the poorest and most rejected people carrying the good news of the Gospel Kara (Agenzia Fides) – “In the remote parts of our villages and cities in Africa we carry forward the cause of the Gospel, putting ourselves at the service of the poor and the marginalised”: Fides was told by I ...
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  5 December 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAFRICA - The murderers of Alindao attack another camp run by the local Church Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – Another displaced persons camp run by the local Church in Ippy south east Central African Republic, was attacked yesterday 4 December by men of the UPC ( Unité pour la Paix en Centrafrique) ...
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  5 December 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Copt Patriarch praises Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman and announces a visit to Arabia Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Saudi Arabia is an essential “pillar” of the Muslim Arab world and the recent meetings by the Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud at all levels are much appreciated because they reve ...
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  5 December 2018
  AFRICA/MALAWI - PMS meeting in view of preparations for Extraordinary Missionary Month in October 2019 Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- “As Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies you bear the burden of convincing priests, religious and laity in your local Churches to cooperate with the different mission activities pr ...
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  4 December 2018
  AFRICA/CONGO - “May our priests accompany our youth on their path”, urge the Bishops following plenary assembly AFRICA/CONGO - “May our priests accompany our youth on their path”, urge the Bishops following plenary assembly Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - “Congolese youth and Christian identity ”, was the theme of the 47 ...