Africa

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  18 October 2019
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - The Bishop of Bissau proposes the creation of a national reconciliation commission Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "Many Countries in Africa have already given the example, having created reconciliation commissions and achieved important results. Why do some of our Guinean brothers do not want to believe in t ...
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  18 October 2019
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Extraordinary Missionary Month: lay people committed to evangelization Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - It will be the parish of St. Pius, in the archdiocese of Blantyre, to host the culminating event of the Extraordinary Missionary Month, that is, the Sunday Eucharistic Celebration in which the ...
• 17 October 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the auxiliary Bishop of Owerri Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis appointed the rev. Moses Chikwe of the clergy of Owerri, currently Director of Education of the Archdiocese of Owerri and collaborator of the parish of St. Thomas Mo ...
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  17 October 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - Priest kidnapped and killed Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The body of Fr. Michael Maingi Kyengo, vice parish priest of Thatha, in the diocese of Machakos, was kidnapped on October 8, and found buried near the banks of the Mashamba river, in Makima, in ...
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  16 October 2019
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Peaceful vote, despite tensions on the eve Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The presidential, political and provincial elections in Mozambique took place yesterday, October 15th. According to information gathered by Fides, the vote was not marked by episodes of violence, ...
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  15 October 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The promotion of better working conditions at the center of the international meeting of young Christian workers in West Africa Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to transmit a family spirit, of solidarity, through the promotion of better working conditions which consists in the promotion of man in all its dimensions", says the coordinator of the ...
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  15 October 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Appeal by the Head of State: "Let us not fall into the trap of sectarian war" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "These attacks aim to weaken the way we live together, passed down through our ancestors, and that we must safeguard at all costs", said the President of Burkina Faso, Roch Kaboré, in his m ...
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  15 October 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The vocation of women religious: to pray and work for peace in Africa and in the world Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) "The world needs leaders, men and women, peacemakers": said Archbishop Emeritus of the archdiocese of Dar es Salaam, Cardinal Polycarp Pengo on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the fo ...
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  14 October 2019
  AFRICA - Extraordinary Missionary Month: the real challenge is a mission of hope for Africa Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "The message of hope that the Gospel of Christ brings is fundamental to the mission in Africa. Christ came among us so that we could have life in abundance", says Father Donald Zagore, a theologian ...
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  14 October 2019
  AFRICA/CHAD - Extraordinary Missionary Month: "We do not reach faith alone or through our own efforts" says the Bishop of Goré N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "By decreeing the Extraordinary Missionary Month, the Pope wants to give each of us the opportunity to realize that our faith in Jesus Christ manifested in baptism is first and foremost a gift ...
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  12 October 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Social inequalities and "hate speech" at the root of xenophobic violence Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Inequalities, lack of services, unscrupulous politicians: this is the explosive mix that triggered xenophobic violence in South Africa. A phenomenon, that of xenophobia against migrants, wh ...
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  11 October 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - A festival to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Evangelization of the Ivory Coast Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Ivory Coast is preparing to celebrate the 125th year of evangelization next year. On October 28, 1895, fathers Alexandre Hamard and Emile Bonhomme, the first missionaries ...
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  10 October 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Opening of the Extraordinary Missionary Month: Ivorian Christians witness the Gospel of Christ without fear and without shame Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - "With our baptism we are all missionaries, sent and witnesses of the Gospel of Christ and we must act without fear and without shame", said His Exc. Mgr. Alexis Touably Youlo, Bishop of Agb ...
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  9 October 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - "Staying too long in power is detrimental to the well-being of the country", says the President of Niger Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The holders of power can abuse it and this is all the more true as their presence in power is long. This means that the wear and tear of power can lead to despotism, clanism and inefficiency", s ...
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  8 October 2019
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Hope for national dialogue to end the secessionist crisis in English-speaking areas Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "Everyone was able to express their point of view and everyone returns home with a result", said His Eminence Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, at the end of the gr ...