Africa

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  26 June 2019
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Major Seminarians in Malawi ready to celebrate the Extraordinary Missionary Month October 2019 Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Seminarians at Kachebere Philosophical Major Seminary in Mchinji have proposed activities to be done in preparation for and during the month of October 2019 to mark the Extraordinary Missionary ...
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  25 June 2019
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Pilgrims in the Holy Land in view of the Extraordinary Missionary Month Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "To reflect on mission work for the propagation of evangelization and strengthening of Christian values" and "go to the Holy Land to draw on the sources of faith and draw strength for the missi ...
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  25 June 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Hope of change in the Country is good, but now an ethical change is needed", the Bishops say Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The elections of December 30, 2018 gave rise to a hope of change in the country", say the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo in their message published at the end of their 56th Plenar ...
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  24 June 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Extraordinary Missionary Month at the center of the 78th PMS National Council Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - The Extraordinary Missionary Month was one of the central themes of the 78th National Council of PMS (Pontifical Mission Societies) of the Ivory Coast, which was held from 11 to 14 June at ...
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  24 June 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “Avoid us another war!”: The Bishops' cry of alarm as the tension rises in view of the 2020 vote Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - "Among the population there is a widespread climate of fear" denounce the Bishops of Ivory Coast in their message published at the end of their 113th Plenary Assembly in Agboville. "In fac ...
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  21 June 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Formation and animation for Missionary Childhood educators Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, June 21st, the third formation session for the diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), the animators and educators of the PMS of the ecclesiastical province of Kin ...
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  21 June 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The President of the Bishops’ Conference to politicians: "Preserve social peace; no to hate speeches" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The Ivorian political class, in particular all those who hold authority, have to work to preserve the socio-political environment, safeguard peace by respecting the rules of democracy", said Hi ...
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  19 June 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "For years we have been in the grip of terrorism", denounce the Bishops of Burkina Faso and Niger Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The Countries of our Bishops' Conference, Burkina Faso and Niger, are prey to terrorist attacks", denounce the Bishops of the two West African States, in the final message of their Plenary ...
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  19 June 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Kidnapped priest released; over 150 violent deaths in a week Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Isaac Agubi, a priest who serves at the Holy Name church of Ikpeshi, 230 km away from Benin City, capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria was released by the police. The priest had been kid ...
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  18 June 2019
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Islamic State in the east of the DRC; the concern of local bishops Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There is also the mysterious Islamic State in the Province of Central Africa among the armed groups that rage in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, whose violent actions are at t ...
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  18 June 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - Interfaith prayer for Father Maccalli in Niamey Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "After nine months of Father Pierluigi Maccalli’s absence, there was the first common moment of prayer with the Muslim leaders of the capital": says Father Mauro Armanino, priest of the Society ...
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  17 June 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - A Christian church set on fire in Maradi Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - In the night between Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 June, in Maradi, the third largest city in Niger, a group of protesters demonstrating against the arrest of a prominent local imam set a Protestant ...
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  14 June 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Political tensions and identity crises in society: the prophetic role of the Church Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The turbulent declarations of Ivorian politicians continue to feed serious threats to the political stability of our country, especially in view of the presidential elections of 2020", says Fat ...
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  14 June 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - Boko Haram threaten Christians in Diffa. "Real news, but there is no mass flight of the faithful" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians have been threatened but there is no mass flight of the faithful" says Mgr. Anthony Coudjofio, Vicar General of Niamey to Agenzia Fides, to whom we asked if it is true that the Christ ...
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  13 June 2019
  AFRICA/MALI - President and Cardinal Zerbo bring their solidarity to the victims of Sobame Da massacre Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jean Zerbo Archbishop of Bamako and President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta are in the village of Sobame Da this morning, in the Mopti region in central Mali, where in the night between 9 and ...