Africa

• 25 February 2022
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Monze Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Raphael Mweempwa, of the clergy of Monze, currently Professor and Formator at St. Dominic Major Theological Seminary of Lusaka, as bishop of the d ...
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  25 February 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - COVID-19: Campaign to disprove false myths and encourage vaccination initiated by Catholic nuns Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Our awareness campaign has helped to increase the number of people who have been vaccinated", says Sister Lucy Hometowu, superior general of the Sisters of Mary Mother of the Church, who is also ...
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  25 February 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Our pride and our strength is faith. We must never stop being ambassadors of peace" Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not enough to call ourselves Christians or disciples of God or children of God. We must work within ourselves, within our hearts. Only if we continue to act as believers will we be ...
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  24 February 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Inauguration of a training center for nurses to be sent to rural areas, promoted by Cardinal Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Higher Institute of Medical Techniques, created by the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary of the Congo Province, was inaugurated in Bangui, under the aegis of His Eminen ...
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  24 February 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - In the bloodied Tigray region, the heparch of Adigrat calls for solidarity with the bishops Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "The atrocities committed so far against the Tigrinya population are not only against the right to the existence of human beings, but also against God who created us", declared the Bishop of the ...
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  23 February 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Hard work is the key to success for young people. "Let's get our hands dirty": a warning from the bishop of Tombura Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "We must work hard, be honest, commit ourselves as if we were not the ones who would benefit from the fruits of South Sudan. We are the ones who lay the foundations", said the Bishop of t ...
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  23 February 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - "We who know war, we beg you: do not do it!": from the depths of the Congo, a call not to start a war in Ukraine Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - We, the young people of Bukavu, the war generation, have suffered a lot of misfortune and trauma because of it. That is why we beg you not to start the war. Someone wrote: "If you want peace, pre ...
• 22 February 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Bishop of Mamfe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Aloysius Fondong Abangalo, of the clergy of Buéa, bishop of the Diocese of Mamfe (Cameroon), currently teacher and formator at the St. Thomas Aqu ...
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  22 February 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Students and schools targeted in English-speaking separatist regions Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - There is also a Catholic school among the schools attacked in recent weeks in the southwestern region of Cameroon. On February 8 and 11, armed groups burned down two schools, respectively the p ...
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  22 February 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Street children rediscover dignity, hospitality and love at the Foyer totonn Gilles Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "With the street children I met in Niamey, we organized a cleaning campaign in a field near our house", says Gilles, a Nigerian journalist who spends most of his time with these young victims in ...
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  21 February 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Malnourished children, exhausted population, destroyed livestock: the environmental crisis worsens the living conditions of the population Ginir (Agenzia Fides) - "People are starving in our area and the situation continues to deteriorate rapidly. My health colleagues say that the increase in cases of acute malnutrition among children will only get worse. T ...
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  21 February 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Archbishop of Onitsha rejects the statements of a religious that risk fomenting ethnic hatred Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church is not a tribal institution and should", says His Exc. Mgr. Valerian Maduka Okeke, Archbishop of Onitsha, in a statement in which the Archdiocese warns the faithful that Fr. E ...
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  19 February 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Prolonged drought, erratic and unpredictable rainfall, increased flooding: the population reduced to hunger Ndola (Agenzia Fides) - "Life in the tents is not easy because of the lack of water supply and the hygienic-sanitary challenges that we face every day", said the diocesan radio station of Ndola, the victims of the floods ...
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  19 February 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Bishop Bertin: "We must put discord aside and act together against the real enemies: terrorism and drought" Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "The mission of the Church in Somalia is to be always well informed of what is happening and not to forget this part of the world. The mandate that I see for myself and for the Church here, is ...
• 19 February 2022
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan Archbishop of Gitega Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Gitega, Burundi, presented by Archbishop Simon Ntamwana. The Holy Father has appointe ...