Africa

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  15 January 2022
  AFRICA/TOGO - "Equalization and the health of the priest": General Assembly of the Fraternity of Diocesan Priests of Togo Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "The question of equalization and the health of priests is not the exclusive competence of the Bishops" declared Mgr Nicodème Barrigah-Benissan, Archbishop of Lomé and Apostolic Administrator of ...
• 15 January 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Terrorism and violence in the Sahel: "More than 30 million people will need help and protection" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "Three high school students had gone to spend a few days of vacation with their families in the village of Ngoula. Their return to school last Monday was fatal. One of the four friends managed to ...
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  15 January 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Ursulines of Gandino worried and saddened for their sister still in prison Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - "One of the leaders of the Ethiopian community told me that Sr. Abrehet Teserma is still in prison. The biggest problem, besides the imprisonment itself, is that we have no news and today, 4 ...
• 14 January 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Catholic priest arrested in the south-east of the Country Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic priest Fr. Bekong Tobias, was arrested last January 2 near the parish of Saint Charles Lwanga at Checkpoint-Molyko, Buea, in the Anglophone region of south-east Cameroon by gunmen beli ...
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  14 January 2022
  AFRICA - Being true witnesses of the Gospel and of God's grace: Jubilee celebration for the 75th anniversary of the Redemptorists of West Africa Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "This Jubilee celebration is also an invitation for us to be true witnesses of the Gospel and of God's grace, following our vocation and living the charism of the Congregation", writes Fathe ...
• 13 January 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Accidental fire destroys refugee camp near the Cathedral of Alindao Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - About 1,500 houses destroyed by flames and extensive material damage to other structures, about twenty people were hospitalized. This is the toll of the violent fire which devastated the refugee ...
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  13 January 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Pope Tawadros: for Copts there is no longer any "ban" on visiting Jerusalem Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The Coptic Christians of Egypt who go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem do not contravene any provision of the ecclesiastical authority. The prescriptions laid down in the past by the leaders of the Co ...
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  13 January 2022
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Students help African migrants: "We get to know and love them" Fès (Agenzia Fides) - "I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a foreigner, and you welcomed me". This quote from the Gospel of Matthew inspired a group of ...
• 12 January 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Jihadists pressured by the military; Christian and Muslim leaders: "no to the exploitation of religion" Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - About 30 people, mostly women and children, have managed to escape in recent days from the hands of Islamist militias that they had captured in the Cabo Delgado region in the far north of Mozambi ...
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  12 January 2022
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “There's not much here other than knowing that God's love gives meaning to everything” Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "The meaning of life is to love others at all ages and in every place. We Christians proclaim and testify first of all that someone else gives our life meaning because he loves us: he loves every ...
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  11 January 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Law on the personal status of Egyptian Christians is about to be passed Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The new law on the personal status of Egyptian Christians, which also contains provisions on sensitive family law issues and which the Coptic Orthodox Church and other churches and ecclesial commu ...
• 11 January 2022
  AFRICA - Instability in the Sahel causes a sharp rise in military spending Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Military spending in Africa is on the rise. According to the latest report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in 2020, spending on weapons in Africa exceeded 43,000 mil ...
• 11 January 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Kolwezi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, presented by Bishop Nestor Ngoy Katahwa. The Holy Father has ...
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  11 January 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The smile on the face of many orphaned children and the fatigue of women: the poor, always at the center Abobo (Agenzia Fides) - "I belong to the Congregation of the Holy Family of Spoleto. At the age of 17 I wanted to consecrate myself to God and after my religious profession I went to Guatemala", so begins the story of Si ...
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  10 January 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros: “Exclusive priesthood for men is based on the desire of Christ” Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The priesthood in the Church is reserved for men only, according to the will of Christ himself, who, during his public life, as highlighted in the Gospels, chose his apostles from among men, while ...