Africa

• 20 April 2006
  AFRICA - First meeting of directors of Catholic cultural centres in Africa Vatican City (Fides Service) - The first meeting for directors of Catholic Cultural centres in Africa is taking place in Lusaka, Zambia 18- 22 April. Thirty four directors from different parts of Africa are reflecting on ...
• 12 April 2006
  AFRICA - Africa’s Catholics start Holy Week Services with Palm Sunday Rome (Fides Service) - Millions of African Catholics prepare to take part in Holy Week services. On Palm Sunday Catholics all over Africa went to Mass with the traditional palm for blessing . In Gabon the mass in the c ...
• 12 April 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Church in Kenya recalls “peace builders” killed in Marsabit air crash Nairobi (Fides Service)- “At this time of deep grief we wish to express our sympathy with the families of those killed, to the chairman and members of the national assembly, the Anglican Church of Kenya, the head of st ...
• 11 April 2006
  AFRICA - January 2007 Congress will assess evangelisation in the past ten years Rome (Fides Service)- The Catholic Bishops of Africa have decided to hold an all African Congress to assess evangelisation efforts in the past ten years. The Symposium of Bishops’ Conferences of Africa and Madagascar S ...
• 7 April 2006
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Radio AVEC fundamental channel for evangelisation in one of the most isolated areas of Madagascar Antananarivo (Fides Service) - Radio AVEC of the diocese of Ihosy in Madagascar, broadcasts 14 hours a day, soon 16, for a 270km radius. The Radio started in 1999 is affiliated with Don Bosco Radio in Antananarivo, the c ...
• 6 April 2006
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Seminar highlights urgency of Interreligious Dialogue between Catholics and followers of Traditional African Religions for a society at peace and in solidarity Lagos (Fides Service)- Dialogue between people of different faiths for building a society of peace and solidarity was the central theme of a Seminar on Relations between Christianity and Traditional African Religion held ...
• 6 April 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Provisional list of presidency candidates: 32 out of 73 candidatures accepted as valid Kinshasa (Fides Service) - A provisional list has been announced of candidates in presidential elections in Democratic Congo in June: 73 people presented their candidature and the Independent Electoral Commission accepte ...
• 6 April 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - After 20 years of exile first 500 refugees return to Southern Sudan from Ethiopia Khartoum (Fides Service) - About 500 Sudanese refugees have returned home as part of repatriation operations from Ethiopia to Blue Nile State in Southern Sudan promoted by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees ...
• 5 April 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - “Rebuilding trust among Ivorians to restore peace in the country”: a priority in the present situation for the Archbishop of Gagnoa Rome (Fides Service)- “Prospects for evangelisation in Côte d'Ivoire are good as we can see from many signs of vitality in the local Church” says Archbishop Jean-Pierre Kutwa of Gagnoa, Côte d'Ivoire presently in R ...
• 4 April 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Augustinians in Kenya: a constantly growing young reality Nairobi (Fides Service)- 11 students in 1997, 20 in 2000, 30 in 2005. This is the progression of Augustinian vocations in Kenya where Augustinians have been only been present for about a decade. In 1995 the then vice pro ...
• 3 April 2006
  AFRICA/BENIN - Elections: a test for a democracy which the Church helped build enlightening consciences Cotonou (Fides Service)- “Contrary to all forecasts the election was proof the good health of Benin’s democracy compared to situations in other countries of Africa” says Fr Jean-Raphaël Marie Tonoudji of the congr ...
• 3 April 2006
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - “Charity is still the most beautiful language” says former Bishop of Tunis with regard to Christian/Muslim relations Tunis (Fides Service)- “We are all foreigners from no less than 44 different countries but prayer builds us into one family” says Bishop Fouad Twal, for 13 years Bishop of Tunis and now Coadjutor of the Latin Patriar ...
• 1 April 2006
  AFRICA - Alarm for Africa’s forests essential for daily subsistence and reduction of poverty: 20 million hectares lost in five years 2000/2005 Maputo (Fides Service)- Every year between 2000 and 2005 Africa lost 4 million hectares of forest mainly for conversion of forest land into farmland. Forestland in that period was reduced from 655,6 million hectares to 6 ...
• 1 April 2006
  AFRICA/CHAD - United Nations High Commission condemns forced recruitment of Darfur refugees N’Djamena (Fides Service)- The United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR firmly condemns forced recruitment of Sudanese refugees from Darfur by various armed groups in some of the camps run by UNHCR in eastern ...
• 31 March 2006
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Gratitude of the Archdiocese of Rabat to the Church in Benin in the words of Archbishop Landel Rabat (Fides Service)- “The archdiocese of Rabat owes a debt of gratitude to the Church in Benin” writes Archbishop Vincent Landel of the diocese of Rabat, capital of Morocco in the diocesan bulletin Ensemble at the ...