Africa

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  8 May 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "We need peace and not to fuel conflict" says the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "Let's avoid clashes, fighting or violence, let's not get involved in any conflict because of the desire for power", says to Agenzia Fides the bishop of the diocese of Tombura Yambio, Mgr ...
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  8 May 2020
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Bishops denounce serious human rights violations in the application of measures to contain Covid-19 Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the beginning of the emergency phase, there have been gross violations and missteps in the enforcement of the state of emergency and the measures as announced by the President", denounce ...
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  7 May 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - In times of pandemic crisis, a priest prays the Rosary on the streets of his parish territory Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "We have decided to pray the Rosary through the city, on the one hand to show the face of the Church, which is certainly confined (due to the Coronavirus) but whose voice is not silent, and on t ...
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  7 May 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops ask for clarity on the use of funds to cope with COVID-19 Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are concerned by the reports that some funds meant for the pandemic containment appear to be misused", said Vice-Chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB), His Exc. Mgr. Jo ...
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  6 May 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Church in Kisumu donates aid to flood victims and launches an appeal to deal with the consequences of Covid-19 Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will reach out to many other places because the generosity of our people has so far made us to be convinced that the jar will not go empty nor the jug of oil will run dry (1Kings 17:14)", sa ...
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  6 May 2020
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - COVID-19: Solidarity Fund of the Senegalese Church for the poorest families Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - On March 7, 2020, the Bishops of Senegal launched a national mobilization campaign in favor of the Emergency Fund of Senegal. The idea was to provide Caritas Senegal with the means to act quickly ...
• 6 May 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Bouaké Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 5 May 2020, the Holy Father appointed as Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, the Reverend Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa, of the clergy of Grand-Bassam, currently Maître d ...
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  5 May 2020
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The response of the Tanzanian Church to the Papal Covid-19 Emergency Solidarity Fund Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Following the outbreak of the COVID-19, the Holy Father Pope Francis has invited the Universal Catholic Church to join hands with the entire world by offering prayers and making charitable ...
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  5 May 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Food and hope for those in need of slums: the intervention of the Church Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Flour, sugar, oil, soaps, disinfectants and protective masks were delivered to the families most in need of slums in Kibera. Thanks to this joint initiative, promoted by the Justice and Peace Co ...
• 5 May 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Bishop of Oudtshoorn Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 4, 2020, the Holy Father Francis appointed as Bishop of Oudtshoorn, South Africa, the Reverend Noel Andrew Rucastle, of the clergy of Cape Town, currently parish priest of the Our La ...
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  4 May 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "He continued preaching the Gospel and asking me to change the evil ways, that is why I killed him", says the murderer of the young seminarian Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "He continued preaching the Gospel and asking me to change the evil ways, that is why I killed him". This is what Mustapha Mohammed reported during an interview to a Nigerian newspaper, arrested o ...
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  4 May 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Lockdown due to Covid-19, Coptic Patriarch Tawadros authorizes the celebration of weddings Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros instituted new rules limiting attendance during wedding ceremonies. A maximum of four people can participate in the celebration, in addition to the spouses, th ...
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  4 May 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Appeal from the Christian Workers Movement: "A dignified life guaranteed by decent wages" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The MMTC is committed together with all workers in rural and urban areas to ask for a decent life. Yes, we ask workers for decent work, fair wages and human conditions in workplaces", says Benj ...
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  4 May 2020
  AFRICA - In times of pandemic, even more intense and permanent missionary activity is needed Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "This moment of global pandemic caused by COVID-19 is having repercussions not only on health, but also on missionary activity. If technology in urban areas makes human contact possible and allows ...
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  30 April 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - A community thriving on hope: the testimony of the Church in South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in South Sudan consists of an archdiocese and six suffragan dioceses most of whom have celebrated their first centenary of Christian Faith. Like the rest of the church in Africa, the qu ...