Africa

• 31 May 2014
  VATICAN - Priorities for the Bishops of Equatorial Guinea: evangelisation ad gentes, family pastoral, ongoing formation for clergy and laity Mongomo (Agenzia Fides) – “Situated in the heart of central west Africa, the Church in Equatorial Guinea is one of the oldest in the sub-Sahara region. Our faithful here are the heirs of great missionary work undert ...
• 31 May 2014
  VATICAN – Like Mary “called to announce the joy of the Gospel”: Cardinal Filoni concludes the Marian month of May in Equatorial Guinea Mongomo (Agenzia Fides) – “Just as Mary feels called to visit her cousin Elizabeth to see how she is in her state of advanced pregnancy and to assist her, I like to think that I too, as a co-worker of the Holy Father ...
• 31 May 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Malawi has a new President Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- Malawi has a new president. He is Peter Arthur Mutharika, 74 year old brother of Bingu wa Mutharika, President who died in 2012 while in office, succeeded by Joyce Banda who has led the country ...
• 30 May 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The attack on Our Lady of Fatima parish in which a priest was killed was carried out by foreigners Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – The perpetrators of the attack on Our Lady of Fatima parish church in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, spoke neither French nor the locale Sango, Fides was told by Archbish ...
• 30 May 2014
  VATICAN – A Church which is dynamic, lively and growing, despite difficulties: Cardinal Filoni meets the Bishops and priests of Cameroon Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) – The dynamism, the vitality, commitment and growth of the Church in Cameroon, “is the result of excellent missionary work of the part of numerous men and women missionaries of the past to who ...
• 30 May 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Sisi triumphs in presidential elections; Copt Catholic Bishop of Guizeh contests voices on low turnout Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Egypt’s Presidential elections decreed the triumph - expected for some time - of former general Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. According to unconfirmed results issued by electoral offices, al-Sisi w ...
• 28 May 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA- Boko Haram: For Cardinal Onaiyekan "It is not enough to condemn violence alone, but it is also necessary to condemn intollerant positions" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Boko Haram problem has military, economic and political aspects, but also a religious dimension that cannot be ignored. This is the core of the message of the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’a ...
• 27 May 2014
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - 100 years of evangelization in Bamenda: "We aim at the inculturation of faith and human promotion", says the Archbishop Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - "The Dehonians German fathers arrived in Cameroon in 1912 to evangelize this area of Cameroon" explains to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Cornelius Fontem Esua, Archbishop of Bamenda, in the west of ...
• 27 May 2014
  AFRICA/TOGO - The Bishop of Atakpamé mediator in the political dialogue Lome (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic Bishop has been appointed to mediate between the parties in Togo. We are talking about His Exc. Mgr. Nicodème Anani Barrigah_Bénissan, Bishop of Atakpamé, who will have to facilitate ...
• 27 May 2014
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA – More support and availability for 15 million children, adults and elders with disabilities Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest World Report on Disability, carried out by the World Bank and WHO, in Ethiopia there are 15 million children, adults and elders with disabilities, 17.6 % of the popul ...
• 26 May 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Elections contested: the only thing certain are the irregularities and suspicions of fraud Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - There is institutional clash in Malawi between outgoing President, Joyce Banda, and the Supreme Court, which quashed the decision of the Head of State to annul the vote on 20 May and to hold ne ...
• 26 May 2014
  AFRICA/CHAD - Thousands of displaced children in the Central African Republic left without education N'djamena (Agenzia Fides) - About 40,900 children and thousands of other young people displaced due to the violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) are stranded in transit camps in southern Chad without being able ...
• 26 May 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Christian Churches condemn the death penalty imposed on a Christian woman accused of apostasy Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - In a joint statement, the churches in Sudan deplore the death sentence imposed on Mariam Yehya Ibrahim, a woman in her eighth month of pregnancy, accused of apostasy. Fr. Boutros Trille Kuku, D ...
• 23 May 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The kidnapping of the girls in Chibok has united the Country", said the Bishop of Sokoto Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The abduction of about 200 students from the school in Chibok, in northern Nigeria, has joined the Country and caused a wave of international solidarity. This was stated by His Exc. Mgr. Mathew Ha ...
• 23 May 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 132 children abducted by the LRA have been released Juba (Agenzia Fides) - 132 children abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA ) have been released by the Regional Taskforce of the African Union in charge of hunting down the rebel group of Ugandan origin that has be ...