Africa

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  8 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Diocesan pilgrimage: women of the Catholic Church join forces to pray for peace in the Country Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - "Catholic women in the face of politics". This is the theme on which the women of AFEC, the Association of Women of the Catholic Church of the Dioceses of Yamoussoukro and Agboville reflect ...
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  8 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - In the Jubilee of the Church in Ivory Coast, the jubilee of the Society for African Missions Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of the Ivory Coast celebrated 125 years of evangelization: the fathers of the Society for African Missions (SMA) were pioneers for the missionary work in the country (see Fid ...
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  7 January 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Explosion on the border with Cameroon causes 30 deaths Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - An explosion ripped through a crowded market on a bridge on Nigeria’s border with Cameroon on Monday, January 6, killing at least 30 people and injuring many others. According to the Cameroonia ...
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  7 January 2020
  AFRICA/DRC - Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo denounces a plan for the balkanization of the Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The general climate in the eastern part of the Country is characterized by insecurity and unbearable misery. The report clearly shows that the goal of all this is the balkanization of our Coun ...
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  7 January 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Sisi at the vigil of Coptic Christmas: "If we love God, we must love each other" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us continue in an honorable way, in a time without honor, and we believe that God will make honorable people victorious". Thus Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi expressed himself in his ...
• 7 January 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Jos Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 January 2020, the Holy Father appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos (Nigeria) His Exc. Mgr. Matthew Ishaya Audu, currently Bishop of Lafia. His Exc. ...
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  3 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Country needs political apostles of peace and reconciliation Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Ivorian politicians must be men and women sincerely in love with peace. Our Country really needs politicians who are apostles of peace and reconciliation". This is what Ivorian theologian Fr. ...
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  3 January 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Visit of Cardinal Ambongo among the populations of the east, victims of massacres Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least twenty dead is the toll of the massacres carried out in the Territory of Beni, in North Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the end of December, during the vi ...
• 3 January 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Aba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 December 2019 the Holy Father appointed as Bishop of the diocese of Aba, Nigeria, the Reverend Augustine Ndubueze Echema, of the clergy of Owerri, currently lecturer in liturgy in the ...
• 3 January 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Resignation of the Archbishop of Bamenda and appointment of new Metropolitan Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 December 2019 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamenda, (Cameroon), presented by Archbishop Cornelius Fontem Esua. Th ...
• 3 January 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Resignation of the Bishop of Buéa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 December 2019 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Buéa, Cameroon, presented by Bishop Immanuel Bushu. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 3/1/2020) ...
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  2 January 2020
  AFRICA/CHAD - The Extraordinary Missionary Month has positively marked the Church in Chad N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "The celebrations of the Extraordinary Missionary Month (October 2019) were lived with joy and had historical importance" says a report from the Pontifical Mission Societies of Chad, sent to ...
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  2 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Mass for peace: Cardinal Kutwa asks the Head of State for pardon for some opponents Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Every year on January 1st the World Day of Peace is celebrated, which aims to defend peace from the dangers that constantly threaten it. Pope Francis, for this 53rd edition, in his message entit ...
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  23 December 2019
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Education and professional opportunities for the disabled: the commitment of missionaries Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Assisting disabled people in Zambia means offering them physical and psychological support but, above all, it means helping them to overcome the social stigma that surrounds them. These are the o ...
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  21 December 2019
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "Development assistance is a sign of God's love because the Church's mission is evangelization" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church should not be identical to the other development agents but rather serve with the spirit of Christ. Its main mission is evangelization", said His Excellency Mgr. Roberto Bergamas ...