Africa

• 22 November 2005
  AFRICA/EGYPT - In one of the poorest districts of Cairo 270 children learn to read and write thanks to a Catholic missionary Cairo (Fides Service) - A Centre opened by Italian Comboni missionary Fr. Luciano Verdoscia, who has worked for years among abandoned children in the garbage collectors village in Cairo’s Mansheyit Nasser district cont ...
• 21 November 2005
  AFRICA/CONGO - Savage murder of Catholic priest from Manono diocese who tried to convince rebel leader to disarm Manono (Fides Service) - A Catholic priest Fr Francois Djikulo has been savagely murdered by rebels in Democratic Congo. The priest, from the diocese of Manono, had gone, without asking permission or even informing his B ...
• 21 November 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Eleven million electors vote in constitutional referendum and decide the destiny of the government Nairobi (Fides Service) - Kenya is living today 21 November a crucial day in its political history. Eleven million Kenyans are called to decide with a referendum whether to approve or reject a draft constitution which ha ...
• 19 November 2005
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Oblates Missionaries of Mary Immaculate work with local Church to prepare young Catholics for marriage foundation stone of society Gaborone (Fides Service)- The increase in broken marriages and divorces in Botswana is a cause of concern for the local community Oblates Missionaries of Mary Immaculate OMI. According to OMI Information bulletin the mis ...
• 18 November 2005
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Local Church collaborates with foreign partners to launch programme for better education Ouagadougou (Fides Service)- The local Church in Burkina Faso and a Swiss association have launched a joint programme to improve education in the African country. According to Swiss news agency APIC, Oeuvre Suisse d'Entr ...
• 18 November 2005
  AFRICA - Don Orione family celebrates ordination of first local born priests in Kenya and Madagascar Rome (Fides Service)- Saturday and Sunday, 19 and 20 November, the Orinini Family founded by Saint Luigi Orione will rejoice for the ordination of two of its members deacon Peter Wambulwa Wakoba, and deacon Désiré Rand ...
• 18 November 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Political transition in Democratic Congo has become a headache for everyone” says Archbishop Monsengwo Pasinya president of the Catholic Bishops Conference who reaffirms the importance of a process of electoral education Kinshasa (Fides Service)- The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Democratic Congo said political transition in his country has become a headache for everyone. Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kisan ...
• 17 November 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Union of Superiors Major of women religious in Democratic Congo end their 14th plenary assembly Kinshasa (Fides Service) - The week long 14th plenary assembly of the Union of Superiors Major of women religious in Democratic Congo ended on 13 November. A total 140 general and provincial superiors of congregations ...
• 16 November 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - First Sunday of Advent special prayers for peace in the Great Lakes region Kinshasa (Fides Service) - Catholics all over the world have been asked by Archbishop Laurent Pasinya Monsengwo of Kisangani president of the Bishops’ Conference and vice-president of Pax Christi International to offer ...
• 16 November 2005
  AFRICA - “The African world is no longer limited by geographical boundaries and we are ready for apostolic commitments outside Africa, at the service of the African world and we want to be present where important decisions are made for Africa" says new Superior General of the White Sisters Rome (Fides Service) - Spanish born Sr Maria Pilar Benavente Serrano was elected in July the new Superior General of the Missionaries of Our Lady of Africa, known also as the White Sisters engaged in evangelisation on t ...
• 16 November 2005
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “Listen to the people who want a constituent assembly”: Zambia’s Bishops tell government Harare (Agenzia Fides)- “We call on the government to immediately start the process of enacting legislation to set up this constituent assembly”. This appeal was launched by the Catholic Bishops of Zambia in a pastor ...
• 15 November 2005
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Women played a decisive part in Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s electoral campaign Monrovia (Fides Service) - “Women played a determinant part in the election of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf” says Fr. Mauro Armanino, missionary of the Society of Africa Missions in Monrovia, capital of Liberia, where peopl ...
• 15 November 2005
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “Corruption puts the brakes on development” says Archbishop of Lubango during celebrations for 30 years of Angola’s independence Luanda (Fides Service)- “Development is another name for peace” said Archbishop Zacarias Kamwenho of Lubango quoting Pope Paul VI’s famous words. The Archbishop said this in his homily during a Mass of thanksgiving ...
• 14 November 2005
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - National directors of Pontifical Mission Societies in English speaking Africa meet in Lusaka: “providential moment because it enabled the participants to know each other and various pastoral situations, share experiences in mission, and plan missionary animation and cooperation” Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)- The Regional meeting of the National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies for the English Speaking Africa for 2005, took place in Lusaka, Zambia from the 24th October to 2nd November. The ...
• 14 November 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Catholic Bishops of Kenya encourage people to take part in the referendum on the Constitution and launch an appeal for non violence Nairobi (Fides Service)- In a pastoral Letter addressed to “Dear brothers and sisters in Christ and all people of good will”, the Catholic Bishops of Kenya have urged people to take part in the referendum on the Cons ...