Africa

• 19 July 2017
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Claudio Santangelo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 11, 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Fr. Claudio Santangelo, of the Congregation of the Mission (CM) Lazar ...
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  18 July 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Religious leaders denounce the terrorist attacks and banditism to prevent the people from voting Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are convinced that these attacks, though masquerading as terrorism or banditry, may actually be orchestrated criminality aimed at displacing populations so that they don’t participate in t ...
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  18 July 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Two priests kidnapped. The Bishops' condemnation: "Hurting them means harming the community they serve" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Two Congolese Catholic priests were kidnapped during the night between Sunday 16 and Monday, July 17. Don Pierre Akilimali and Don Charles Kipasa were kidnapped by strangers in the Notre-Dame d ...
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  17 July 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram attacks a mosque: "It is an enemy of humanity", says the Social Communications Director of the Diocese of Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Boko Haram is an enemy of humanity and does not hesitate to kill faithful Muslims. Its tactics is to commit atrocities against innocent civilians in order to maximize the terrorist impact on the ...
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  14 July 2017
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Forced repatriation and violence push Nigerian refugees to go back home Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - There are 91,000 people who left Nigeria to take refuge in Cameroon, but the hostilities encountered are pushing many to return to their country of origin at the cost of exposing themselves to ...
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  14 July 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The son of a Coptic killed by jihadists donates the sum for the families of the victims to a mosque and a church Minya (Agenzia Fides) - Young Coptic Michael Atef Munir, son of one of the victims of the massacre of the Coptic pilgrims killed on May 26 in a jihadist ambush, announced he wants to donate the money that the Egyptian go ...
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  14 July 2017
  AFRICA/GABON - The Festival of Cultures, the most popular cultural event in the Country opens its doors again Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - The 2017 edition of the Festival of Cultures in Gabon has just ended in Libreville, Akanda and Owendo. The 2017 edition was celebrated under the theme ‘Cultural Diversity and National Cohes ...
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  13 July 2017
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Women, true primary missionaries of Faith Mansa (Agenzia Fides) - "You women are naturally the first catechisers who communicate faith and morals to us from the earliest stages of our life. Do not neglect this singular honour God has bestowed upon you, especiall ...
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  13 July 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros: 5% of jobs in churches and ecclesial works will be dedicated for the disabled Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Orthodox Catholic Patriarch Tawadros II has decided that 5 percent of the work regarding people working in ecclesiastical churches and institutions will now be dedicated for the disabled. The same ...
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  12 July 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Anniversary of Independence: "Many, of all religions have not given up hope" Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "Six years after liberation, South Sudan’s humanitarian crisis is worse than ever, with grave violations of human rights and a lingering brutal civil war", writes His Ex. Mgr. Edward Hiiboro ...
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  12 July 2017
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Major commitment to remove talibés children from the streets Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of the tens of thousands of talibés children in Senegal does not seem to diminish (see Fides 31/3/2017). Although, in March 2017, over 1,500 children were removed from the streets ...
• 11 July 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Bangassou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today Pope Francis appointed Fr. Jesús Ruiz Molina, M.C.I.I, Parish priest in Moungoumba, and diocesan coordinator of the Commission for Catechesis in the Diocese of M'Baïki, as Auxiliary ...
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  11 July 2017
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The Bishops: Journeying towards peaceful and credible elections Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "We call on all Sierra Leoneans, especially those who are of voting age, to strongly reject all acts of violence, unnecessary provocations, various forms of fraud that distort results, as well ...
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  10 July 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Over 5 million children risk cholera in the Chad Lake region Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - With the arrival of the rainy season in the Chad Lake region, more than 5 million children are at risk of contracting cholera or hepatitis E. Due to the violence of Boko Haram, humanitarian aid is ...
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  10 July 2017
  AFRICA/CAMERUN - Bishops confirm their position: Bishop Bala did not drown Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Bishops Conference of Cameroon, His Exc. Mgr. Samuel Kleda, Archbishop of Douala, during a meeting with journalists convened on July 8 at the Episcopal Conference, reiterat ...