Africa

• 8 July 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of auxiliary bishops of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On July 7, 2021, the Holy Father appointed the following as auxiliary bishops of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: the Reverend Fr. Stephano Musomba, O.S.A., until ...
• 7 July 2021
  AFRICA/ESWANTINI - Appeals for dialogue to overcome the crisis are multiplying Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - The alarms of international organizations are multiplying over the situation in the small southern African state of Eswantini (formerly Swaziland). After the appeal for reconciliation launched a ...
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  7 July 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - Four years and 5 months after the kidnapping, there is still no news of Sister Gloria Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Time passes, inexorable and cruel: 4 years and 5 months ago Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez, a Colombian nun from the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate, fell into the hands ...
• 7 July 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Abakaliki Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On July 6, 2021, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Abakaliki, Nigeria, presented by Bishop Michael Nnachi Okoro. At the same time the Holy ...
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  6 July 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Approval of the law on the personal status of Christians and family law is imminent Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The new law on the personal status of Egyptian Christians, which has been awaited for decades by the Coptic Orthodox Church and the other Christian churches and ecclesial communities represented i ...
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  6 July 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - New rural mission among the Pygmies: sharing of the Gospel, education and health care Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - School and professional education and commitment in the health sector through the various health centers are an integral part of the mission among the pygmies that the religious of the Italian Pr ...
• 6 July 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The kidnapping of a priest from Maiduguri has been confirmed Maiduguri (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray for the release of Fr. Elijah Juma Wada, We know that he is alive and we hope for a positive outcome of this sad story. At the moment I cannot add anything else, for obvious reasons", ...
• 6 July 2021
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Appointment of bishop of Francistown Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July, 5th 2021, the Holy Father appointed as bishop of the diocese of Francistown, Botswana, the Reverend Fr. Anthony Pascal Rebello, S.V.D., until now parish priest of the Holy Cross pa ...
• 6 July 2021
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Appointment of archbishop ad personam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On July, 5th 2021, the Holy Father conferred the title of archbishop ad personam to Bishop Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D., of the diocese of Gaborone, Botswana. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 6/7/ ...
• 6 July 2021
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Hwange Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July, 5th 2021, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Hwange, Zimbabwe, presented by Bishop José Alberto Serrano Antón, I.E.M.E. The Holy ...
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  5 July 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic bishop Anba Moussa: no religious argument can justify the horrendous custom of female genital mutilation Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In the Holy Bible there is not a single verse that can be used as a pretext to justify the practice of female genital mutilation, of which countless girls are still victims in many African countri ...
• 5 July 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Attacks in North Kivu; the population has been invited "not to fall into the provocation of terrorists" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not fall into the trap of the ADF and their allies who, with the latest attacks, are waging psychological warfare to induce the population to rebel against the state of siege", states a not ...
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  5 July 2021
  AFRICA/ESWATINI - Appeal for dialogue from the Pope, as well as from the Bishop of Manzini Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - In the small and usually quiet Swaziland (today the kingdom of ESwatini) important street protests have been underway for some days. The Bishop of Manzini José Luis Ponce de Leon and the member ...
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  3 July 2021
  AFRICA - New ongoing formation program for missionaries and pastoral workers Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The African continent is renewing itself in terms of support and ongoing training for pastoral workers. For a long time, enormous efforts have been made to offer missionaries and pastoral worker ...
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  3 July 2021
  AFRICA/Djibouti - Consolata missionaries alongside disabled children to "promote the dignity and integral development of the person" Ali Sabieh (Agenzia Fides) - "After several years of hard work, some disabled children have been admitted to primary and secondary school. This is a great joy for us, because before disabled children were kept hidden in ...