Africa

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  4 October 2019
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Insecurity spreads in vast areas; the drama of the parish of Pissila Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation of security is extremely serious. Not a day goes by without new victims". This is the cry of alarm launched by the Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso, Alpha Barry, on the precar ...
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  3 October 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - Missionary renewal of the Church in Africa, in view of the 400th anniversary of the foundation of “Propaganda Fide” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Bringing together a number of academics to analyze the state of evangelization in Africa and propose possible new ways and missionary solutions": this was the goal of the first continental conf ...
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  3 October 2019
  AFRICA - Bishops of North Africa: "in the last year important steps have been taken in the Islamic-Christian brotherhood" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "This year was characterized by events that stimulate our Churches to work for Islamic-Christian brotherhood", write the members of the Conference of Bishops of the North Africa Region (CERNA) in t ...
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  2 October 2019
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Let's help Fidei Donum priests" urges the National Director of the PMS Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Bonaventure Luchidio, Coordinator of Fidei Donum Programs in Kenya, and Executive Secretary for Commissions for Missions at the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB), and National Dire ...
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  2 October 2019
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - A genuine and solid educational system is needed to limit the horror of violence Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Violence, sacrifices of children, suicides, increased child pregnancies, incivility, criminality, are among the many evils that undermine Ivorian society. "The Ivory Coast is getting worse in th ...
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  1 October 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The youth of Juba axis of Catholicism, missionaries in the archdiocese Juba (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the celebrations for the centenary of the South Sudanese Catholic Church, the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Juba, Mgr. Santo Loku Pio, the head of the Committee for Cent ...
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  1 October 2019
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Extraordinary Missionary Month: “Be missionaries, not spectators” the Bishops exhort Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We want you to rekindle your missionary spirit in order to proclaim Christ's Salvation everywhere", write the Bishops of Burundi, in the message for the Extraordinary Missionary Month which o ...
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  30 September 2019
  AFRICA/GABON - "The Jubilee was important to reinvigorate the Church in Gabon", says the Nuncio Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - "We are satisfied for the participation of the faithful in the closing ceremony of the Jubilee" says His Exc. Mgr. Francisco Escalante Molina, Apostolic Nuncio in Gabon and in Congo Brazzavil ...
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  30 September 2019
  AFRICA/GABON - Archbishop Dal Toso presides over the celebration of 175 years of evangelization Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - All the "spiritual and pastoral fervor", which characterized the year of preparation for the 175 years of evangelization of Gabon (see Fides, 27 and 28/9/2019), "will not stop at the closing ...
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  28 September 2019
  AFRICA/GABON - "The Jubilee of evangelization in our Country urges us to plan the future", says the Bishop of Port-Gentil Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - "The Jubilee was an opportunity for the whole Church in Gabon to not only look at its own history but above all to see the present and plan for the future", says to Agenzia Fides Eusebius Chi ...
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  27 September 2019
  AFRICA/GABON - Sunday 29 September solemn closing of the Jubilee for the 175th anniversary of the Church in Gabon Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - "Celebrating the 175th anniversary of the arrival of Spiritan missionaries in this land is important not only for the Church in Gabon but also for the sister Churches. In fact, from Gabon the ...
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  26 September 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Let us overcome the situation of precariousness in which we live" exhort the Bishops Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We need to strengthen the sense of national belonging", write the Bishops of Nigeria in the final document published at the end of their second Plenary Assembly held from 10 to 20 September in Ag ...
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  25 September 2019
  AFRICA/ESWATINI - The Extraordinary Missionary Month gives life to an extraordinary year of mission in the diocese of Manzini Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - "Welcoming Pope Francis' call to revive our missionary commitment, I am calling our diocese to deepen on this missionary awareness and commitment by celebrating an “extraordinary mission year� ...
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  25 September 2019
  AFRICA/TOGO - The sacredness of Creation celebrated by young people for the Extraordinary Missionary Month Kara (Agenzia Fides) - Debates, conferences, days of formation and prayer, protection of the environment, are some of the activities that the youth of the Mary Queen of the World parish in Saoude, in the diocese of Kara, ...
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  24 September 2019
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The number of churches "legalized" by the Egyptian government rises to 1171 Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In Egypt the process of "legalization" of Christian places of worship built in the past without the necessary permits is proceeding at a rapid pace. In recent days, the governmental committee in c ...