Africa

• 17 October 2005
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Catholic school pupils of different faiths not separated by school prayers Dakar (Fides Service)- In Africa and elsewhere in the world, many of the pupils at Catholic schools are non Christians whose families appreciate the schools’ quality of education and the respect for the religious feeli ...
• 17 October 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - “In Nairobi prisons the miracle of the Eucharist reawakens the faith”. Consolata parish celebrates Week of the Eucharist of prayer and adoration Nairobi (Fides Service)- “In the prisons of Nairobi the miracle of the Eucharist reawakens the faith” said Italian Consolata missionary Fr Eugenio Ferrari, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Ken ...
• 17 October 2005
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The Year of the Eucharist and the Bible underlines that Christians are nourished by both the Word and the Eucharist Tsiroanomandidy (Fides Service) - “Last year in October we opened the Year of the Eucharist with a three day National Meeting on the theme “Adoration of the Eucharist in each of the six areas of Antananarivo diocese ...
• 15 October 2005
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Handmaids of Holy Child Jesus: English speaking West Africa’s first local Congregation of women religious Lagos (Fides Service) - Handmaids of Holy Child Jesus (H.H.C.J.) the first indigenous congregation of women religious in English-speaking Africa was founded in Nigeria in 1931 by Mother Mary Charles Walker, an English n ...
• 15 October 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Stop causing all this suffering to your brothers and sisters”: vicar general in Ubundu, east Congo pleads with militia Kinshasa (Fides Service) - A Catholic priest in Ubundu, archdiocese of Kisangani in east Democratic Congo has called on militia groups to stop violence against civilians. “Stop causing this suffering to your brothers a ...
• 14 October 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - The Year of the Eucharist in Catholic parishes in Bukavu, east Congo Bukavu (Fides Service)- “We are preparing for the closing celebrations of the Year of the Eucharist while remembering our beloved Archbishop who left us in October the month of mission” said Fr Gianni Brentegani, Xav ...
• 14 October 2005
  AFRICA/CAPE VERDE - Capuchin missionaries in Cape Verde: pastoral animation, projects for human and social development, health centre Praia (Fides Service)- Capuchin Fathers have been present in Cape Verde since 1947: a Franciscan presence among the poorest and most humble people. “A presence which has grown with time” Fr Ottavio Fasano, head of Fo ...
• 13 October 2005
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Elections: “example of maturity and responsibility which astonished the world” said a local missionary Monrovia (Fides Service) - “An example of maturity and responsibility which astonished the world and demonstrated that there is always hope for a better future”. This was the comment from a missionary in Monrovia, ca ...
• 13 October 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Eucharist “source of peace and joy” in a country still recovering from a tragic civil war: national Youth Meetings on the Eucharist will be held every year Bujumbura (Fides Service)- Celebrations for the Year of the Eucharist in our country have been marked by peace and national reconciliation and joy” said local Catholic priest Rev Salvatore Niciteretse, in Burundi, a co ...
• 13 October 2005
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Jesuits mark 100 years of service for evangelisation and human promotion in Zambia Lusaka (Fides Service)- This year the Jesuits are marking their centenary of service in Zambia. After a few unsuccessful attempts in 1880, on 14 July 1905 Fr Joseph Moreau opened the first Jesuit mission in a part of sou ...
• 12 October 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Catholic Bishops say “government has a responsibility to pay teachers a fair salary, but for the good of the pupils, teachers on strike must go back to work” Kinshasa (Fides Service) - In Democratic Congo where the school year is threatened by a teachers strike, the Catholic Bishops have issued an appeal reminding the government of its duty to guarantee teachers a fair wage a ...
• 12 October 2005
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Thousands gather for ordination and installation of new Bishop of Dedougou Ouagadougou (Fides Service)- On 1 October thousands of Catholics filled St Anne’s Cathedral in Dedougou, Burkina Faso, for the ordination and installation of the new Bishop Judes Bicaba.. The main celebrant was Bishop ...
• 12 October 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - High ranking UN official commends Catholic Church for major contribution to education in Africa: many of Africa's leaders in politics and in the private sector were educated at Catholic schools Nairobi (Fides Service)- Recently the Catholic Church was commended by a high ranking UN official for its major contribution to promoting education in Africa. The Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlement ...
• 11 October 2005
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - “Choose men and women with the wholesome qualities of leadership needed to ensure the country a future” say Catholic Bishops to Liberians voting today in first elections since the end of the civil war Monrovia (Agenzia Fides)- “To vote is a fundamental political right which must be exercised freely and in conscience for it to be truly effective” the Catholic Bishops of Liberia said in a statement “The Challenge ...
• 11 October 2005
  AFRICA/MALAWI - “For believers in Malawi where the serious food shortage continues October will be above all a month of prayer” says a local Monfort Missionary Lilongwe (Fides Service)- “In this month of October Christians and Muslims are turning to prayer to help straighten the situation which threatens to get out of hand. The new moon marked the beginning of the Muslim mont ...