Africa

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  22 February 2018
  AFRICA - Congo and South Sudan: peace and hope against all appearances Kara (Agenzia Fides) - The "Day of Fasting and Prayer for Peace in the Congo and South Sudan and in the world", announced by Pope Francis (see Fides 19/2/2018) was welcomed with gratitude by the Christians of South Sudan ...
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  21 February 2018
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Al Azhar is "open" to Coptic students (but they must memorize the Quran) Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The University of al Azhar, the most prestigious theological and academic center of Sunni Islam, supports the consolidation of a "modern and democratic" State in Egypt, and does not exclude openin ...
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  21 February 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops applaud the State of the Nation Address by President Ramaphosa Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We are at a moment in the history of our nation when the people, through their determination, have started to turn the country around", said the newly elected President of South Africa Cyr ...
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  21 February 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - National political dialogue begins: Catholics pray for peace Kolowarè (Agenzia Fides) - National political dialogue among the various political parties in Togo has begun in Lomé: the government and the coalition of the 14 opposition parties, which organized demonstrations almost ...
• 21 February 2018
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Felix Lerata Mahlatsi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 16, 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Felix Lerata Mahlatsi, of the diocesan clergy of Leribe, ...
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  20 February 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops: "A campaign of defamation of the Church underway while the Country prepares to vote" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We denounce the campaign of discrediting and defamation of the Catholic Church and its hierarchy", says the National Episcopal Conference of the Congo (CENCO) in the statement published at the ...
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  20 February 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Overcoming the sin of tribalism: a challenge for the Church of Africa Ahiara (Agenzia Fides) - The well-known ethnic and tribal crisis that struck the Nigerian diocese of Ahiara "is just the tip of the iceberg", reports Ivorian theologian Donald Zagore, missionary of the Society of African ...
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  19 February 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Church invites us to pray for peace:"The country needs unity and compassion" Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community, during Lent, and in particular on Friday 23 February, will pray for peace in the conflict-stricken nations of South Sudan and in the Democratic Republic of the Con ...
• 19 February 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Ahiara and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Ahiara (Nigeria), presented by his Exc. Msgr. Peter Ebere Okpaleke, and at the same time appoin ...
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  19 February 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Repentance and reconciliation are urgent", says Archbishop Okpaleke announcing his resignation as Bishop of Ahiara Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the announcement of the appointment, there have been violent reactions and resistance from a group of the Ahiara diocesan clergy, the laity and others", stresses His Exc. Mgr. Peter Ebere O ...
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  16 February 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "President Jacob Zuma’s resignation should have been presented a long time ago" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC), in a statement to Fides "welcomes the resignation of President Jacob Zuma. It is long overdue". Zuma resigned after being recalle ...
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  16 February 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - The diocese of Ngong promotes the Year of Youth: "Be strong in faith, do not be afraid" Ngong (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Ngong has announced the celebration of the Year of Youth whose theme is: "You are the Light of the world". As Fides learns, the idea of the local Church comes in view of the XV Gene ...
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  15 February 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Quality education to break the vicious circle of poverty and war Wau (Agenzia Fides) - La Loyola Secondary School (Lss) in Wau, South Sudan, is a school but also a shelter. It is a place where boys and girls can find serenity and can build the future beyond violence and war. "The qual ...
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  15 February 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Campaign for Lent: Christ is the starting point for reconciliation Kisumu (Agenzia Fides) - "Reconciliation for peaceful coexistence and national integration, Justice for all": as reported to Agenzia Fides, this is the theme of the Lenten campaign for 2018 presented at the University of ...
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  14 February 2018
  AFRICA/TOGO - Nobody knows the ways of the Lord: the story of an African who returns to the origins Kolowarè (Agenzia Fides) - Djery is a young man originally from the village of Alibi, Togo, but who lived in the Ivory Coast and in Europe. "I was a Muslim, but I returned to the religion of my ancestors. I rediscovered ...