Africa

• 15 October 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Appointment of the Archbishop of Lilongwe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Mgr. George Desmond Tambala, O.C.D., currently Bishop of Zomba, as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lilongwe (Malawi). (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 15/10/20 ...
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  15 October 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Reconciliation with Boko Haram: for the Church a step in the right direction Maiduguri (Agenzia Fides) - It is called "sulhu" and in Arabic means "reconciliation". This is the secret program by which the Nigerian central government intends to convince the leaders of Boko Haram, the famous jihadis ...
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  15 October 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - Fr. Kamemba: "We are following the malaria vaccination campaign with great interest" Kisumu (Agenzia Fides) - "In view of the many health facilities that are under the auspices of the Catholic Church, especially in malaria-prone areas, the new vaccine against this endemic disease will also be of great in ...
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  14 October 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - We Are Youths: young people from Namagabi committed to serving those most in need as a tool of evangelization Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Young people are collecting and distributing basic necessities to those in need, making donations to patients and health personnel at the main hospital in Kayunga or engaged in cleaning some are ...
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  14 October 2021
  AFRICA/BENIN - The missionary, courageous witness of hope Porto-Novo (Agenzia Fides) - «Fearless missionary, I announce hope in Jesus!» is the theme chosen by the National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Benin for the entire month of October. "The missionary, ...
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  13 October 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Archbishop of Bamenda: conflict continues, religious leaders engaged in difficult mediation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In many other parts of the world where there is an ongoing conflict, if someone dies or there are attacks, the press all over the planet talk about it. In Cameroon, clashes, killings, mass ...
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  13 October 2021
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Maintaining peace, protecting land, improving the economy: the country is experiencing a disastrous context Tubmamburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We are all invited to continue to work for the respect of human rights and dignity which is above any religion", writes from Tubmamburg to Fides Fr. Firmin Konan Moiyé Kouassi, priest of th ...
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  12 October 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Bishop Kibira: "The future of the country depends on education" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The future of the Church depends to a large extent on education, emphasized Mgr. Francis Aquirinus Kibira, Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Kasese, on the occasion of the perpetual profession o ...
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  12 October 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Development projects promote vocational training and look for answers to climate change Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - In Malawi, in particular in the districts of Zomba and Malaka, some young people who would have had no hope of contributing to the economic development of their country, acquire professional sk ...
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  11 October 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - For a different church, we need men and women who are determined and committed to change Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "True change will only be possible by letting the action of the Holy Spirit intervene on the will of men and women to collaborate. If we want a different church, we need open minds, willing men ...
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  11 October 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - "Only joy": Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez freed Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The Farnesina confirmed the news to me: only joy"! This is the comment of Father Gigi Maccalli, priest of the Society for African Missions (SMA) regarding the release of Sister Gloria Cecilia Na ...
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  9 October 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Evangelization and charity: the first community of the Sisters of Don Orione Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "For some years now, we have been planning to open a community of the Little Missionary Sisters of Charity in Mozambique: now this dream has come true". This is what Sister Claudia Maria Rio said ...
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  9 October 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Fidelity to mission: 13 young people newly professed in the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - To be prophets and missionaries, on the roads of the world: this is the appeal launched to the 13 young people (11 Congolese and 2 Cameroonians) who, on October 7, in the liturgical memory of O ...
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  8 October 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Social Media and TV for animation in the month of missionary October Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Social media and TV are among the privileged tools used by the Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Nigeria for the animation of missionary October. The preparations, which began about ...
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  8 October 2021
  AFRICA/eSWATINI - Bishop Ponce de León: "The way out of the crisis is a truly inclusive national dialogue" Manzini (Agenzia Fides) - "We live in a time of uncertainty and tension. Since the beginning of the crisis, which broke out at the end of last June, in our meetings with the interim Prime Minister, we have pointed out th ...