Africa
24 April 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - “A great celebration for all the people of God” northern Ghana evangelisation centenary comes to a close
Accra (Agenzia Fides)- “Participation in the liturgy was intense and devout” said local sources in the Ghana diocese of Navrongo, where celebrations for the centenary of evangelisation in northern Ghana concluded yes ...
23 April 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - “ We thank God for the countless graces he has given northern Ghana in the past hundred years ” says Cardinal Dias, Pope Benedict XVI's Special Envoy to close Celebrations for northern Ghana Evangelisation Centenary
Navrongo (Agenzia Fides)- “Every Jubilee is an opportune occasion to look at the past with gratitude, to the present with joy, to the future with hope” said Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Eva ...
23 April 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Uncertainty with regard to regularity of presidential and legislative elections in Nigeria
Lagos (Agenzia Fides)- While the candidate of the governing PDP People’s Democratic Party Umaru Yar'Adua, appears to be leading in the presidential elections in Nigerian on 21 April, the international community and loc ...
23 April 2007
AFRICA/KENYA - Kianda foundation aims for education and social and spiritual promotion of women in Kenya
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 women in Kenya have started a small business, renting mules, running a hairdresser's shop, a clothes making workshop, material shops thanks to TOT project launched by the Kianda Found ...
21 April 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - Cardinal Dias Pope's special envoy to closing celebrations for evangelisation centenary in northern Ghana
Accra (Agenzia Fides)- Monday 23 April will mark the closing of celebrations started on 25 Mary 2006 for the centenary of the evangelisation of northern Ghana. On 23 April 1906 a group of White Fathers (Missionaries of A ...
20 April 2007
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Regional agreement to stop “negative forces” and army offensive against guerrilla groups in southern Kivu
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Violence continues in southern Kivu (Democratic Republic of Congo), where the regular army and the UN peace keeping mission MONUC have launched a military operation to try to stop the guerrilla ...
18 April 2007
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Catholics pray and fast for national peace
Harare (Agenzia Fides)- “We are here to pray for peace and to denounce oppression” said the Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo Pius Ncube during one of two prayer meetings organised last week by the Catholic community o ...
17 April 2007
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “Christians must be active in politics to promote the Gospel values of honesty, sincerity and justice”: Bishops’ message in view of May elections
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides)- In a Message in view of elections on 6 May the Catholic Bishops of Burkina Faso warn the people to be careful: “do not let yourselves be misled by demagogic promises of electoral campaigns. ...
13 April 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - New Catholic Centre for Nigerian women victims of human trafficking will be ready in July
Lagos (Agenzia Fides)- “During my last visit to Nigeria in June 2005, I realised yet again the necessity of a centre to combat human trafficking and help women and minors trapped in this criminal activity ” Consolata ...
12 April 2007
AFRICA/TOGO - Following approval of law on Reproductive Health which envisages abortion in some cases, Catholic bishops reaffirm that every human life must be respected
Lome (Agenzia Fides)- In a message with regard to a law on Reproductive Health passed in parliament on 22 December 2006, the Catholic Bishops of Togo say “this law goes against our conscience as Christians and deserves ...
4 April 2007
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Fire in Catholic Hospital for AIDS patients: heroic Sr Anne Thole dies trying to rescue patients
Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - Sr Anne Thole, aged 35 died trying to save patients from a fire at Duduza Hospice for people with AIDS at the Maria Ratschitz Catholic mission near Wasbank in the north of KwaZulu-Natal, 30 km ...
2 April 2007
AFRICA/SOMALIA - “We are deeply grateful to the Holy Father for his concern for the suffering of the people of Somalia” says apostolic administrator of Mogadishu
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- “In these sad days when violent fighting is once again devastating Mogadishu, leaving dead, injured and displaced civilians, and seriously threatening the peace process in Somalia, we are dee ...
2 April 2007
AFRICA/SUDAN - Large numbers take part in Palm Sunday procession and Mass in Khartoum; 70 preparing for Baptism during the Easter Vigil Mass
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- “Large numbers of Catholics took part in the Palm Sunday Procession through the streets of Khartoum with tangible devotion” said Fr. Luigi Cagnolini, Comboni provincial in Khartoum, capital ...
2 April 2007
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Fragile treaty in Mogadishu following five days of intense fighting; population in flight
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- People are at last coming out to bury the dead after five days of intense fighting in Mogadishu between Ethiopian army troops backed by Transition government soldiers and militia of the Islamic ...
31 March 2007
AFRICA/SOMALIA - “We are deeply grateful to the Holy Father for his concern for the suffering of the people of Somalia” says apostolic administrator of Mogadishu
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- “In these sad days when violent fighting is once again devastating Mogadishu, leaving dead, injured and displaced civilians, and seriously threatening the peace process in Somalia, we are dee ...
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