Africa

• 23 March 2021
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Exhortation of the Bishop of Solwezi in favor of a positive use of social networks by young people Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The social media are for you to be knowledgeable and to be connected with others; to do something productive and progressive, not to use it as a way of downsizing, traumatising or destroying oth ...
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  22 March 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Solidarity of Bishops, encouragement and support for internally displaced people within the Eparchy of Bahir Dar-Dessie Hosanna (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation from the Ethiopian episcopate visited internally displaced people in the Eparchy of Bahir Dar-Dessie, one of the 13 ecclesiastical jurisdictions under the local Catholic Church. Ac ...
• 22 March 2021
  AFRICA/NIGER - Testimony of a missionary from the Society of African Missions on the situation in Bomoanga Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - A real psychological war is waged against civilians in the Bomoanga area on the border between Niger and Burkina Faso where, in the night between 17 and 18 September 2018, Fr. Pierluigi Maccalli, ...
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  20 March 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Seminarian Michael Nnadi, killed because he invited his kidnappers to conversion, in view of the Day of Missionary Martyrs Sokoto (Agenzia Fides) - On February 1, 2020, His Exc. Mgr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria, announced the discovery of the body of 18-year-old Michael Nnadi, the youngest of the four seminarians who, on ...
• 20 March 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Abduction of a priest in Delta State, southern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Another priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria: Fr. Harrison Egwuenu, dean of St. George's college in Obinomba, was kidnapped around 8 p.m. local time on March 15 in Abraka, in the local government ...
• 20 March 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Resignation of bishop of Bafoussam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Bafoussam, Cameroon, presented by Bishop Dieudonné Watio. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 20/3/2021) ...
• 20 March 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Boma Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, presented by Bishop Cyprien Mbuka, C.I.C.M. The Holy Father ha ...
• 18 March 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The "forgotten war" in Tigray: the testimony of the Salesians on the dramatic humanitarian situation Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - Little news has come from the Ethiopian province of Tigray, where war has been raging between the Ethiopian armed forces and the militias of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) since ...
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  18 March 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - 70 exhibitors at the Fair for small youth enterprises promoted by the Coptic Church Alexandria Egypt (Agenzia Fides) - Today, March 18, the 5th Fair for Small Youth Enterprises, promoted by the local Coptic Orthodox Church, is being held in Alexandria. The annual initiative launched five years ago as an ...
• 18 March 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Denunciation of the Archbishop of Korhogo against the lack of rigor on the part of the authorities in the management of the health crisis Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Principle-based management is good to the extent that the State establishes clear principles. But on a practical level, in the implementation of these principles, these are not respected", depl ...
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  17 March 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Church warning about discriminatory behavior towards people with HIV Liwonde (Agenzia Fides) - "We are all equal and we must support and encourage each other so that even people with HIV can participate in the activities of the church and in the work of the development of the country". Th ...
• 17 March 2021
  AFRICA - "Receiving the available COVID-19 vaccine is an act of charity towards the weakest" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Support from various African Bishops' Conferences for the vaccination campaigns is underway in their respective countries. "In the absence of other means to stop or even prevent the COVID-19 pa ...
• 16 March 2021
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Explosions in Bata: the solidarity of African Bishops Malabo (Agenzia Fides) - "To the families of all those who have lost their loved ones, we the Catholic Bishops of Africa express our heartfelt sympathy. To all the wounded and those affected in any way by the explosions, ...
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  15 March 2021
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Radio Mansa, a precious reference point for the mission of the Church Mansa (Agenzia Fides) - "In the absence of the radio, it would be very difficult to reach the faithful, especially in this time of the Covid-19 pandemic. The radio is a very important tool because in this area 90% of the ...
• 12 March 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Satisfaction with the qualification of a global terrorist group affiliated with the alleged "Islamic State" to the ADF/MTM on the part of the US State Department Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We have learned with great interest of the decision of the State Department of the United States of America formally designating the ADF/MTM movements of the DRC and Ansar al-Sunna of Mozambiq ...