Africa

• 13 November 2006
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Prison Fellowship Week of Prayer for victims and perpetrators of violence Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- Prison inmates all over Malawi offered prayers for the victims of violence during a Week of Prayer in Prisons held 6- 13 November organised by the Malawi Prison Fellowship. “The Week of Pray ...
• 10 November 2006
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Hearts launch Seeds of Life and Hope programme to teach techniques of farming and animal breeding to promote social and economic insertion of women in difficulty and young deaf people Kigali (Agenzia Fides)- On 13 November the community of Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Hearts in Nyamata Bugesera district of Rwanda will launch Seeds of Life and Hope, to teach poor people techniques of farming and anim ...
• 8 November 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Curbing global warming is a question of justice because the most affected people are the poor” Christian leaders say in a statement to 12th UN Conference on Climate Change in Nairobi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - ““We pray that the world’s environment ministers meeting from November 6-17 in Nairobi, Kenya - a country currently in the grip of climate change - will find the courage to act with the ur ...
• 8 November 2006
  AFRICA/MALI - New info and communications technology catalyst for development in Africa: international meeting in Mali Bamako (Agenzia Fides)- Bamako, in Mali, is hosting an international meeting Novatech 2006, an industry forum bringing together all actors in ICT and e-commerce as part of a truly innovative ongoing process. Through thei ...
• 7 November 2006
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Bandits kill Brazilian Jesuit missionary and Portuguese lay volunteer, growing concern for safety of missionaries Maputo (Agenzia Fides)- The Provincial of the Society of Jesus in Portugal has reported that a priest and a lay missionary volunteer were killed and other persons were wounded in an attack on Angone Residence in Tete Pro ...
• 7 November 2006
  AFRICA - Asia courts Africa: South Korea signs 10 billion dollar contract with Nigeria Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Asia and Africa are ever closer. After the Beijing summit between China and 48 African countries (see Fides 6 November 2006) now South Korea is hosting a Korea-Africa Meeting in Seoul on 8 November ...
• 6 November 2006
  AFRICA/RWANDA -Local Catholic Church holds Jubilee year to mark the 25th anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kibeho Kibeho (Agenzia Fides)- “The apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Kibeho and the message were without a doubt a source of heavenly blessing for the Church, an opportunity for new evangelisation of society today” ...
• 3 November 2006
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - Catholic Bishops of North Africa discuss Inter-religious Dialogue and the Drama of Emigration Tunis (Fides Service)- Dialogue between Christians and Muslims, the role of lay Catholics in the small Christian communities in north Africa and the drama of migration from sub-Saharan Africa, were the topics discussed b ...
• 28 October 2006
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Special study seminar reflects on the Catholic Church’s mission in east Africa Arusha (Agenzia Fides) - More than 125 philosophy seminarians and religious representing ten different congregations attended a special two day seminar 26-27 October at Senior Spiritan Seminary, Arusha, Tanzania. Accordi ...
• 27 October 2006
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Catholics commemorate Archbishop Munzihirwa of Bukavu, murdered ten years ago. Two candidates in second round of elections for Presidency on Sunday Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - On 29 October the Catholic Church in Congo, particularly the archdiocese of Bukavu will commemorate Archbishop Munzihirwa of Bukavu shot dead in an ambush ten years ago. Cristophe Munzihirwa Mwen ...
• 27 October 2006
  AFRICA/MAURITIUS - Between 300 and 400 cases of suicide a year: alarm in Mauritius. A nun says: “People no longer entrust themselves to God. Life is routine, work centred” Port Louis (Agenzia Fides)- In Mauritius in the Indian Ocean there is alarm for the number of cases of suicide, between 300 and 400 a year, according to a local Catholic weekly La Vie Catholique. Considering that every c ...
• 12 October 2006
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “The dignity of the human person object of God’s love and the centre of our pastoral activity” says President of the Catholic Bishops Conference Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “The main challenge for the Church in Zambia is evangelisation because the Christian message brings a profound change to life” Fides was told by Bishop George Telesphore Mpundu, Coadjutor of Lus ...
• 11 October 2006
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Talks continue: LRA representatives are good negotiators” says one international mediator for peace in Northern Uganda Juba (Agenzia Fides)- “Talks continue: yesterday 10 October the LRA delegation presented a 20 page document the second point for discussion on social and economic aspects. The government delegation should reply today� ...
• 10 October 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Office of United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights calls for independent investigation into Darfur massacres Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is urging the Government of Sudan to order an independent investigation into recent militia attacks that may have left ...
• 10 October 2006
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - “Agreed, the elections are important, but the humanitarian crises afflicting our country must not be forgotten” warns Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga in the Katanga region Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “Although attention in Democratic Congo is focussed on elections, there are humanitarian crises which cannot be overlooked” Bishop Fulgence Muteba, Catholic bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, in south ...