Africa

• 11 December 2003
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - “THE PLACE OF THE LAITY IN THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH” PASTORAL LETTER TO CATHOLICS IN NKONGSAMBA DIOCESE Yaounde (Fides Service)- The participation of the laity in the triple function of the Church (sanctifying, doctrinal and pastoral) is the main theme of a Pastoral Letter “The place of the faithful in the mission of the ...
• 10 December 2003
  AFRICA/KENYA - FIRST AFRICAN GATHERING OF DON BOSCO FORMER PUPILS: AN IMPORTANT STEP Nairobi (Fides/Ans) – The first ever African gathering of former Don Bosco pupils opened on 29 November at the YES Don Bosco Centre in Nairobi and closed on 4 December. With Alex Dockers, Vice President of the World Fe ...
• 10 December 2003
  AFRICA/RD CONGO - WOMEN FIRST VICTIMS OF WAR AND FIRST AGENTS OF PEACE: THE ACTIVITY OF A CATHOLIC CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT FOR PEACE INITIATIVES IN LUBUMBASHI SOUTHERN CONGO Kinshasa (Fides Service) - Women and children are always the first victims of war, exposed to all sort of violence from all sides. Among the wars where women are seriously affected, the conflict in the Democratic Republi ...
• 9 December 2003
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - YOUNG GUERRILLAS DEMAND BETTER CONDITIONS TO DISARM: SHOOTING CONTINUES IN SOME PARTS OF MONROVIA Monrovia (Fides Service )-“Difficulties encountered with regard to the disarmament operation are a sign that the process to peace is still long” Father Mauro Armanino SMA Superior Provincial in Monrovia, capital of L ...
• 5 December 2003
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - REBELS REJECT 15 DECEMBER DISARMAMENT DATE PROPOSED BY PRESIDENT GBAGBO. MISSIONARIES ASK FOR PRAYERS THAT CHRISTMAS MAY BRING PEACE AT LAST Abidjan (Fides Service)- “Listening to recent declarations by President Laurent Gbagbo, peace would appear to be within reach. But the rebels are still diffident and in my opinion the situation will not be settled imme ...
• 5 December 2003
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - ALARMING SITUATION OF MINORS “VICTIMS AND AGGRESSORS IN CONFLICT”: CHILD SOLDIERS, TORTURED AND IMPRISONED, ORPHANS WITHOUT PROTECTION Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “Since October 29, 1996 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been in serious danger. The situation has become alarmingly worse in 2003”. There is no room for doubt with regard t ...
• 4 December 2003
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - ITALIAN VOLUNTEERS FOR DEVELOPMENT VIS LAUNCH NEW PROJECTS IN RURAL AREAS OF ANGOLA Luanda (Fides Service)- “We have just started two new projects for development in rural areas of Angola” Antonio Raimondi, president the Italian Association Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo (VIS) told Fid ...
• 2 December 2003
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - A REFLECTION BY GENETIST REVEREND SIMPORE FOR WORLD DAY AGAINST AIDS: HOPE AND FEAR: DO WE LET PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES ACCUMULATE DRUGS IN THEIR STORE HOUSES WHILE THE POOR DIE FOR LACK OF TREATMENT? AFRICA/BURKINA FASO A REFLECTION BY GENETIST REVEREND SIMPORE FOR WORLD DAY AGAINST AIDS: HOPE AND FEAR: DO WE LET PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES ACCUMULATE DRUGS IN THEIR STORE HOUSES WHILE THE POOR DIE FOR LACK OF TREA ...
• 1 December 2003
  AFRICA - “OUR PRAYER IS ALWAYS FULL OF HOPE ”: A MESSAGE FROM MORE THAN 600 AFRICAN BISHOPS FOR WORLD DAY AGAINST AIDS 1 DECEMBER Rome (Fides Service)- The Catholic Church’s commitment to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa and assist those suffering from the terrible scourge was confirmed once again by SECAM Symposium of Episcopal Conferences ...
• 29 November 2003
  AFRICA/SUDAN - YOUTH CONGRESS IN KHARTOUM: A SIGN OF VITALITY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH IN A COUNTRY WHERE LIFE IS A STRUGGLE Khartoum (Fides Service)- “This year the Lord wanted us to begin and hold our Diocesan Youth Congress under the banner of Christ the King. He is the Leader and King who is guiding his people in the third millennium”. ...
• 28 November 2003
  AFRICA - “HELPING AFRICA TO DEVELOP IS A MORAL DUTY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CARDINAL MARTINO, PRESIDENT OF PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE Rome (Fides Service)- “It is an imperative of moral and political solidarity for the entire international community to provide a future of hope to Africa, which means giving a future of hope and civilisation to the who ...
• 27 November 2003
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST – EXPECTANCY TO SEE IF REBEL MINISTERS ATTEND NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT MEETING IMPORTANT TALKS BETWEEN PRESIDENTS OF BURKINA FASO AND IVORY COAST Abidjan (Fides Service) -“This was a key meeting for ending the crisis in Ivory Coast ” a local Church observer in Abidjan told Fides with regard to talks yesterday 26 November in Ouagadougou between President Blais ...
• 27 November 2003
  AFRICA - AIDS: AFRICA’S ORPHANED GENERATIONS: UNICEF REPORT SAYS NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTS IS NOW 11 MILLION HAD DOUBLED IN A DECADE. Rome (Fides Service) – The struggle against HIV/AIDS is one of five priorities for UNICEF which has sounded the alarm with its report “ Africa’s Orphaned Generations”, just released in various countries. AIDS has ...
• 27 November 2003
  AFRICA/BURUNDI – ELIMINATE AIDS AND MALNUTRITION ARE MAIN OBJECTIVES FOR CARITAS BURUNDI IN A COUNTRY IMPOVERISHED BY TEN YEARS OF WAR Bujumbura (Fides Service )- AIDS and malnutrition are two priorities to tackle for 2004 by Caritas Burundi known here as Centre d’Entraide et de Développement CED one of the main humanitarian organisations of the Cath ...
• 25 November 2003
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - ARE MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALIST SCHOOLS EXPORTING TERRORISM TO LIBERIA? GROWING CONCERN IN MONROVIA Monrovia (Fides Service) – Is there a threat of Muslim fundamentalism in Liberia? Local sources told Fides that in recent years of civil war between president Taylor and the rebel groups LURD (Liberians United per la R ...