Africa

• 31 October 2012
  AFRICA/CHAD - Catholic students ask the authorities to reconsider Mgr. Russo's expulsion N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - The Association of Catholic Students of Chad (Jeunesse étudiante catholique - JEC) has asked the government of N'Djamena to reconsider the expulsion from the Country of His Exc. Mgr. Michael ...
• 31 October 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - A Kenyan court acquits a missionary of murder Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Father Gerardo Bottarelli, a Passionist missionary, was acquitted of murder by a court in Migori. The missionary was charged in connection with the death of a citizen of Kenya, Polycarp Otieno, ...
• 30 October 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church complains of persecution and discrimination Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - While the Egyptian Coptic Church is preparing to elect its new Pope, Kamil Seddiq, the Millet Council Secretary (Al-Maglis al-Milli), the body in charge of the administrative affairs of the Church ...
• 30 October 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Growing insecurity in Kivu; tomorrow day of protest organized by civil society in Bukavu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A day of "dead city", with offices and shops closed to protest against the deterioration of the security situation, has been declared for tomorrow, October 31, by the Coordination of Civil Soci ...
• 29 October 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Attack against a church, "a barbaric act " says to Fides the Archbishop of Kaduna who launches an appeal for calm Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "A cowardly, barbarous and horrible act, that any ordinary person can only condemn. It is unthinkable that anyone is able to commit such actions, but unfortunately it happens," says to Fides Agenc ...
• 29 October 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The doctor who takes care of thousands of women victims of rapes in eastern DRC forced to flee Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A Congolese doctor, working for years in taking care of victims of sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, was forced to leave the area of his activities because his life was t ...
• 26 October 2012
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The Government is doing everything possible to maintain peaceful coexistence between religions Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "The government is doing everything possible to maintain peaceful coexistence between Christians and Muslims," says to Fides Agency a source in the local Church in Dar es Salaam after the ...
• 26 October 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - "All Christians were forced to flee from the north of Mali, even Muslims victims of extremism," says a missionary Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "In the north of Mali, all Christians were forced to flee" the complaint in an interview with Aid to the Church in Need, Fr. Laurent Balas, a missionary of the White Fathers, who spent six years ...
• 25 October 2012
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - A Camillian from Burkina Faso dies at the age of 21, on the 45th day of his first religious profession Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - At the age of 21, Dimitri Dambre, a young religious Camillian from Burkina Faso, died on the 45th day of his religious profession on October 22. The news was sent to Fides Agency by the Gene ...
• 25 October 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - A dispensary and a center for the disabled have been inaugurated, a light of hope for the people of Madagascar Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Two works at the service of the weakest representing hope for a better future for the people of Madagascar. This is the dispensary St. Luigi Orione in Miandrarivo and the House of Charity f ...
• 24 October 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A TV for Egyptian Catholics: "a tool to show everyone the wealth of the Catholic gaze" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Its name will be "Salam", which in Arabic means "peace." It will see the light of day within 2013, but the planning phase has already begun. It will be the first Egyptian Catholic television netwo ...
• 23 October 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - A ransom for the three priests kidnapped has arrived; Bishops condemn the crime Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We received a phone call from a person claiming to belonging to the group that kidnapped the three religious, with a ransom note" says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku, ...
• 23 October 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - The population is in favor of international military intervention to free the north Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The majority of the population is in favor of the proposed international military action to regain the north of Mali" says to Fides Father Edmond Dembele, Secretary of the Episcopal Conference o ...
• 22 October 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "Different lines of investigation are being followed for the three Assumptionist fathers kidnapped" says to Fides the Bishop of Butembo-Beni Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We have several lines of investigation to get to find the three religious kidnapped, we must understand which is the right one," says to Fides Agency his Exc. Mgr. Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku, B ...
• 22 October 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Allegations to Portugal for the assault against the barracks, so "the isolation of the Country accentuates" Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is currently calm, the security forces, however, have strengthened border controls and along the roads, and searched a number of houses in search of those responsible for the attac ...