Africa
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27 October 2004
AFRICA/SUDAN - Solidarity is building a Catholic hospital in the Nuba Mountains region: now that peace is in sight we must boost missionary activity” Catholic Bishop of El Obeid tells Fides
Khartoum (Fides Service)- “In 2005 the people of Nuba Mountains will have a Catholic hospital at their service. We are building the hospital thanks to solidarity from many people” Bishop Macram Max Gassis of El Obeid ...
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26 October 2004
AFRICA/KENYA - Prison inmates missionaries through prayer in mission month of October
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “Even prisoners can be missionaries, I tell my brothers in prison when I meet them every Thursday and Sunday at Kamiti high security prison in Nairobi” Consolata missionary Father Eugenio Fer ...
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26 October 2004
AFRICA/ANGOLA - The situation in Angola two years after the civil war: Secretary of the Bishops’ Conference
Rome (Fides Service)- “Two years since the end of civil war in Angola, the country is in a phase of reconstruction which is sure to last for a long time Bishop Eugenio Dal Corso of Saurimo who is secretary of the Ango ...
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25 October 2004
AFRICA/UGANDA - Uganda hosts Anglophone African Regional Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies NDESA
Kampala (Fides Service)- The National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) with the Episcopal Commission for Missions in Uganda is hosting this year’s regional meeting of the National Directors of Engli ...
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25 October 2004
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Catholics in Tanzania celebrate World Mission Sunday with enthusiasm and gratitude
Dar as Salaam (Fides Service) - Catholics celebrated World Mission Sunday throughout Tanzania on 24 October by emphasising the theme “The Eucharist and Mission.” There was wide use of the Message of Pope John Paul II ...
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22 October 2004
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Comboni Bishop Armido Gasparini: 52 years on Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia dies at the age of 91
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - After 52 years as a missionary in Eritrea and Ethiopia, Bishop Armido Gasparini and Italian Comboni missionary died yesterday 21 October, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Bishop was emeritus V ...
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21 October 2004
AFRICA - Conflict and dialogue between Islam and Christianity discussed by Catholic Bishops of Africa and Germany committed to enhancing communion between Churches of the two continents and fruitful relations with Muslims
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Catholic Bishops of Africa and Germany met in Akosombo, Ghana, west Africa between October 10 and 16 to “enhance communion among the Churches on our two continents and strengthen the witness to th ...
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21 October 2004
AFRICA/BURUNDI - More than 8,000 attend funeral of Catholic priest killed in ambush: “the priest was a target” local sources told Fides
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “We have lost another man of peace” said a priest who attended the funeral of Father Gerard Nzeyimana from Bururi diocese killed in an ambush on 19 October. The funeral was held in Bururi ...
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20 October 2004
AFRICA/SUDAN - Massacres in Darfur continue: 10,000 deaths every month. Caritas engaged in assistance
Rome (Fides Service)- “The situation in Darfur is unbearable” Caritas Italy said in a report to Fides underlining the urgent need for decisive intervention on the part of the international community to put an end to ...
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20 October 2004
AFRICA/BURUNDI - “They killed a priest whose only aim was peace” local church sources in Bururi comment death of local Catholic priest
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- “He was loved by all and his only aim was peace” local Church sources in Bururi (Burundi) said of Father Gerard Nzeyimana a Catholic priest in Burundi ambushed and brutally shot dead on 19 ...
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19 October 2004
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - On the 40th anniversary of independence Zambia’s Christians confirm commitment to work for the country’s development
Lusaka (Fides Service) - “Looking to the Future with Hope, Four Decades of Grace” is the title of a statement signed by the three main Christian bodies in Zambia on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the country ...
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19 October 2004
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Confusion grows as in addition to oppostion pressure for Prime Minister's resignation, farmers of the country's main export cacao call a strike
Abidjan (Fides Service)- The 15 October has come and gone, the programme to disarm militia has not started (see Fides 14 October 2004) and the political crisis in Ivory Coast is increasingly complicated. Supporters of Pr ...
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18 October 2004
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - President Kabila makes first visit to eastern Congo. Another step towards peace
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- Joseph Kabila President of Congo is visiting eastern Congo, a region held by antigovernment guerrillas for a long time. Yesterday 17 October the President went to the main town Kisangani where ...
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15 October 2004
AFRICA - “Encourage all those within Islam who are trying to establish forms of dialogue”
Rome (Fides Service)- The Catholic Bishops of North African nations (mainly Muslim countries) are meeting in Rome 13 - 16 October to discuss dialogue with Muslims and juridical and pastoral questions connected with mixed ...
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14 October 2004
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Intifada in northern Ivory Coast against disarmament, which should start tomorrow
Abidjan (Fides Service) - The process of disarmament process has provoked “a real Intifada with stone-throwing” a local Church source in Bouake, Ivory Coast told Fides. For more than a week in this main town in the c ...
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