Africa

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  18 May 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "But how can you preach love in a country where violence has become a rule?" asks the Bishop of Nsukka Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "But how can you preach love in a country where violence has become a rule?", asks His Exc. Mgr. Godfrey Igwebuike Onah, Bishop of Nsukka, in the State of Enugu (south-eastern Nigeria), saying he ...
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  18 May 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "The work of formation of priests is a global and continuous effort on the part of the whole community" Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - After five years of being closed, Saint Joseph Minor Seminary, a secondary school that welcomes 92 seminarians in the Catholic diocese of Tombura-Yambio, reopened its doors on May 11. "Le ...
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  17 May 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - "I have never regretted converting to Christianity" Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not easy to be a Christian in Niger today, and even more so after the jihadism fueled by movements such as Al Qaeda or Boko Haram, present in the country", writes to Fides Fr. Rafael Casama ...
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  16 May 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The role of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the growth of the living and active faith of the local Church Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pontifical Mission Societies can be defined as the four evangelical arms of the Holy Father in carrying out the mission of the Church that Jesus Christ began on earth". This is how Father Pontian K ...
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  16 May 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The XII General Assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) begins Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "Courage, it's me, do not be afraid!". The reassuring words that Jesus addresses to the Apostles, troubled and uncertain after having seen him walking towards them on the waters, in the Lake of Ti ...
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  16 May 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "An abyss that only divine love can fill": the canonization of Charles de Foucauld experienced by a missionary of the 'last mile' Gode (Agenzia Fides) - - "I look at Saint Charles de Foucauld, and I am comforted and encouraged in the face of my lack of human efficacy. He insisted on the ordinary, daily life, of living with Jesus under the gaze of t ...
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  9 May 2022
  AFRICA - The Bishops of West Africa urge to live the Christian vocation to give a future to young people Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly denounce the policies and practices of our governments and leaders that facilitate and allow the exploitation and marginalization of our people and endanger the future of our children ...
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  9 May 2022
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Taza Province: Church aid projects for children and elders in the north of the country Taza (Agenzia Fides) - A dozen families in the city of Taza, in the northeastern mountain range of Morocco, have received assistance and support services for their children aged 7 to 12. Thanks to a project led by Sister ...
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  7 May 2022
  AFRICA - The Bishop of Agboville elected President of CEREAO/RECOWA Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Agboville (Ivory Coast) His Exc. Msgr. Alexis Touably Youlo, was elected President of the Regional Bishops' Conference of West Africa (CEREAO/RECOWA) during the Fourth Plenary Assemb ...
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  7 May 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Felix Zakari Fidson, kidnapped at the end of March, has been freed Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Felix Zakari Fidson, priest of the diocese of Zaria, in the state of Kaduna, northern Nigeria, kidnapped on March 24, has been released (see Fides, 25/3/2022). "With a heart filled with joy, ...
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  6 May 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Presentation of the Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees for the South African dioceses Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The need for Guidelines for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees in the SACBC (Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference) arises from the reflection of how the Church can speak to th ...
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  6 May 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Uncertainties and hopes in a country in conflict Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Orthodox fundamentalist groups could create problems for Ethiopia by fueling a new military escalation", one of the seven members of the Inter-Religious Council of Ethiopia (EIRC) told Fide ...
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  5 May 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Bishop of Pemba: "Do not forget the tragedy of Cabo Delgado" Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "Insecurity prevails, the internally displaced are still many. I personally ask you, those who know me, to pray. Pray for me, and pray for peace". This is the appeal launched by His Exc. Mgr. Mgr ...
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  4 May 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops of West Africa: "We do not propose solutions to the problems of the region; but our mission is to educate consciences" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Youth unemployment, religious and ethnic crises, climate change, land grabbing; diseases even more deadly than the Covid-19 pandemic, money spent on arms instead of using it to remedy the crippli ...
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  3 May 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Missionary on the construction of a new monastery: "We thank those who help our mission" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "On July 16, 2021, our community blessed and laid the foundation stone for the construction of a new monastery and church. Ten months have passed since then and the new monastery is slowly taking ...