Africa
9 October 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - “Are they trying to send a warning sign to the Church?” a missionary in eastern Congo asks following attacks on churches
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “Are they trying to send a warning sign to the Church?” is the question presented to Agenzia Fides in an interview with a missionary from South Kivu, in the eastern part of the Democratic R ...
8 October 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Troubling situation in East Congo: Archbishop of Bukavu forced to leave Synod to return to Archdiocese; message from Combonian Chapter members says “millions of Congolese suffer from a conflict aimed at exploiting natural resources”
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The serious situation in South Kivu, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has led Archbishop Francois Xavier Maroy Rusengo of Bukavu to have to leave the Special Assembly ...
8 October 2009
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - New obstacles in the implementation of the Maputo Accord, while people are left to their own devices
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – The agreement that was reached on October 6 in Madagascar by the movements of the “4 Presidents,” for the implementation of the Maputo Accord (signed in the capital of Mozambique on A ...
6 October 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - “The Church does not have the 'magic solutions' to Africa's problems, but accompanies Africans,” says President of the Bishops' Commission for Social Communications in Congo
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “The black continent is once again the focus of the Church's concern. It is a clear and strong sign that presents the need for a serious reflection. Fifteen years after the first continental ...
6 October 2009
AFRICA/EGYPT - Update on activities of the Catholic Church in Egypt
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Agenzia Fides has gathered information on activities of the Catholic Church in Egypt.
On September 18, 2009, the school year began at the Religious Studies Institute in Cairo, which has nearly ...
6 October 2009
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - New Camillian religious at St. Camillus Parish in Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) – The Parish of Saint Camillus in Ouagadougou celebrated the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary with 19 young men who had expressed their desire to belong to the Lord in the Order of M ...
5 October 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Priest and seminarian kidnapped in eastern Congo released; Fides source says “the Church is an inconvenient testimony of the crimes in Kivu”
Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) – The priest and seminarian who were kidnapped the night of October 2-3 by an armed band of men who attacked a parish in Ciherano (in Walungo, southern Bukavu, in South Kivu, DRC) have been freed ...
5 October 2009
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Formation workshop for mass media instructors, sponsored by the Bishops' Conference
Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Nigeria are making increasing efforts to ensure that the study of communications forms an integral part of the formation of future priests and religious in the country. Thus, the ...
2 October 2009
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “National Healing and Reconciliation”: Pastoral Letter of the Bishops on the evils of the nation and its path to healing
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - “We are all guilty, for those who have been victims at one time have been aggressors at another and many more have done nothing in the face of atrocities perpetrated before their eyes. Today, w ...
2 October 2009
AFRICA - On the eve of the Synod for Africa, African Bishops highlight Church's effort for peace and reconciliation on the continent
Accra (Agenzia Fides) – Evangelization, peace, and reconciliation are at the heart of the document of presentation of the Instrumentum Laboris of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, publishe ...
1 October 2009
AFRICA/KENYA - “We come to the Synod accompanied by the prayers and interest of millions of our fellow Christians,” write the Bishops of the AMECEA
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – How has Africa evolved since 1994, the year of the First Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa, looking back now from 2009, on the eve of the II Synod on the continent? This is t ...
30 September 2009
AFRICA/BOTSWANA - “We use our right to vote in order to choose a government which will facilitate the coming of the kingdom of God on earth here and now,” say Bishops of Botswana, as they await Presidential elections next month
Gaborone (Agenzia Fides) - “It is our duty as responsible citizens to exercise our right to choose the leaders and government that will respect human dignity and create better life for all,” the Bishops of Botswana a ...
29 September 2009
AFRICA/GUINEA - Victim assessment of demonstration in Conakry; a witness briefs Fides on recent events
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – The number of victims is now at 128 following the repression of the demonstration held yesterday, September 28 in Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea. This is what was affirmed by a ...
29 September 2009
AFRICA/GUINEA - On the eve of the demonstration that turned bloody, Bishops launched appeal to everyone: “If the house of Guinea is set on fire, we will all be held accountable.”
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – On September 23, shortly prior to the demonstration held yesterday, September 28 which later turned bloody, the Catholic Bishops of Guinea launched an appeal to all concerned, asking them to r ...
28 September 2009
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Fighting between police and demonstrators from 3 former Presidents' movements; Madagascar protests impeding Rajoelina speaking in UN Assembly
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – There are 8 wounded and 17 arrested, after fighting broke out on September 26 in front of the Mahamasina Stadium in downtown Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar.
“The most seriousl ...
Total articles: 10492 - Page 528 of 528