Africa

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  6 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "No priest was kidnapped in the assault on the church of Owo" clarifies the diocese of Ondo Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In the attack, which took place yesterday, Sunday June 5, on the Church of Saint Francis of Owo, in Ondo State, no priest was kidnapped. This was announced in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides by ...
• 3 June 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Yendi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Yendi, Ghana, presented by Bishop Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, S.V.D. The Holy Father has appointed Msgr. Ma ...
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  3 June 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Thousands of pilgrims flocked from across Africa to celebrate Ugandan Martyrs' Day Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "We are not alone. The Lord is with us. He was with the martyrs to sustain them during their tribulation", said His Excellency Msgr. Robert Kisaija Muhiirwa, Bishop of Fort Portal, during the Ma ...
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  3 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - A small Catholic community in a Muslim country Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "A breath of fresh air in this time when the heat burns us and the monotony of the desert distorts our horizon", was the definition that Father Rafael Casamayor gave of a group of seminarians from ...
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  2 June 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros II on the Feast of the Entry of the Holy Family: “A Blessing for the Country” Kafr el Sheikh (Agenzia Fides) - May the time that Jesus and all the Holy Family spent in the land of Egypt be an eternal blessing to all Egyptians. This was confirmed by Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II on Wednesda ...
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  2 June 2022
  AFRICA/MAURITIUS - "Torture by police officers is inhumane and disturbs social cohesion", says Cardinal Piat Port Louis (Agenzia Fides) - "Together with the population I was horrified by the torture inflicted by members of the police on citizens who were in their custody. That is why it is essential that those guilty of this ra ...
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  2 June 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "The Church is not yet an angelic community. It lives in the world without being of the world" Robe (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is not yet an angelic community. She lives in the world without being of the world, totally and seriously in the world. Living the reality of the world as an evangelizing presence is no ...
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  1 June 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops’ appeal a few weeks before Pope Francis' visit: "Stop the war in North Kivu" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The nightmare of war has been going on for too long. We ask the belligerents to return to reason", exhort the Bishops of CENCO (National Episcopal Conference of the Congo), in a statement in w ...
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  1 June 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church celebrates the entry into Egypt of the Holy Family Sakhā (Agenzia Fides) - People who follow Jesus consecrate their family to the Lord, so that he protects them from the dangers of the present time, and preserves their path in love, sharing and freedom. This is how Copt ...
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  1 June 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “Nabad” peace! With peace and reconciliation everything is possible Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The election of Hassan Sceikh Mahamud, former president and founder of a private university, has received warm congratulations from international and regional leaders and has already moved the ...
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  31 May 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Celebrations in the Marian shrine Jabal al Tayr: around one million pilgrims expected Samalut (Agenzia Fides) - This year more than one million Egyptian pilgrims, both Coptic Christians and Muslims, are expected at the Marian Monastery-Shrine of Jabal al Tayr, near the city of Samalut, in the Egyptian pro ...
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  31 May 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Reducing Poverty and Improving Food Security in Baringo County, severely affected by climate change Baringo (Agenzia Fides) - Reducing poverty and building community resilience by improving food security and responding to climate change in Baringo County is the goal of a post-Covid-19 project, launched in May 2021, by ...
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  30 May 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Working to generate peace: to be ambassadors of peace in one's own Communities Lira (Agenzia Fides) - "Working to generate peace, respect for fundamental human rights and the dignity of everyone in every situation, are elements that require active participation of all political, civil and cultural ...
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  30 May 2022
  AFRICA - Appeal from Africa for the 56th World Communications Day: "Let us rediscover the ability to listen to the other" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Only listening to the other allows us to lay the foundations in order to build a fruitful dialogue, a prerequisite for building a more just society. This is the synthesis of the messages launched b ...
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  27 May 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - More than 50 killed in the east by a jihadist assault Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50 people have been killed near Madjoari, a village in eastern Burkina Faso. The massacre took place on May 25, but it was not known until yesterday, May 26. Madjoari village is ...