December 17, 2022
Ethiopia: Adigrat Overwhelmed By More Than 100,000 New Displaced People
"Our city is overwhelmed by a multitude of newLY displaced people who have arrived from the border areas. More than 100,000 people live in the city and in the nearby villages,… Read more »
December 15, 2022
Sudan: Campaign to Fight Drugs - Substance Abuse As Early As the Age of 12
An unprecedented increase in crime related to drug addiction in the Kassala region has been denounced by the Head of the Department of the National Campaign against Drugs (NCCD).… Read more »
December 14, 2022
Nigeria: Six Months After the Massacre of the Saint-François-Xavier Church in Owo, Questions Are Being Asked About Who Committed It
More than six months after the June 5 massacre at St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Ondo State (see Fides, 6/6/2022), Nigerians are waiting for the holding a trial against those… Read more »
Nigeria: Establishment of the Diocese of Wukari and Appointment of the First Bishop
The Holy Father Francis has established the new diocese of Wukari (Nigeria), with territory separated from the diocese of Jalingo, making it a suffragan of the Metropolitan See of… Read more »
Mali: Appointment of the Bishop of Sikasso
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Sikasso (Mali) Msgr. Robert Cissé, of the clergy of the same diocese, currently ad interim Rector of St. Augustine's… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Hundreds of Dead, Wounded and Missing, Serious Damage to Buildings
Twenty-four neighborhoods of Kinshasa, where some 12 million people live out of a total population of more than 17 million, have suffered serious damage due to the movements of… Read more »
December 13, 2022
South Sudan: Overcoming Ethnic Conflicts - Education As an Instrument of Peace
"We firmly believe in education as an instrument of peace. Even in South Sudan, to manage the transition from arms to dialogue, it is necessary to invest in schools, which is… Read more »
Mozambique: Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Beira
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. António Manuel Bogaio Constantino, M.C.C.J., until now provincial superior of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus… Read more »
December 12, 2022
Nigeria: Assaults On Road Construction Sites in Imo State
The bishop of Okigwe, Msgr. Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu regretted the attacks on the construction company that works on the improvement of the Owerri-Umuahia and Owerri-Okigwe roads,… Read more »
Zambia: Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Chipata
On December 10, 2022, the Holy Father appointed rev. Gabriel Msipu Phiri, of the clergy of Chipata, currently in charge of raising funds for diocesan activities, as Auxiliary… Read more »
South Africa: Resignation of the Bishop of Kroonstad
The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Kroonstad (South Africa) presented by His Exc. Msgr. Peter John Holiday. Read more »
December 10, 2022
Uganda: Story of Paolino, the Cook of the Nuns of Kanawat
"Paolino was the cook of our community in the last ten years. He was a good man, and he also had some village-level responsibilities". Sister Laura Gemignani, a Comboni missionary,… Read more »
December 07, 2022
Egypt: Cooking School for the Children of the 'Oasis of Mercy' Home
A cooking school inspired by a well-known Chef, and intended to offer qualified professional training and employment opportunities to young guests of the Oasis of Mercy in Cairo, a… Read more »
Cameroon: Three People Detained in the US Accused of Financing Separatist Activities
The separatist conflict between the two English-speaking regions of Cameroon has an international dimension that has not yet been fully revealed. Last week, the US Department of… Read more »
South Sudan: Pope to Visit South Sudan
"The announcement of the Holy Father's visit is an answer to our prayer. The entire population of Sudan and South Sudan awaits the the Successor of Peter to come and step on the… Read more »
December 06, 2022
Mali: Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Rev. Jacques Damobe
On September 22, 2022, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle appointed Rev. Jacques Damobe, of the archdiocesan clergy of Bamako as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies… Read more »
December 05, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Thousands of People Take Part in the Bishops' March for Peace in the East of the Country
"Our march has no political meaning, it aims to show the world that we are one people, united for the national cause, united for the sovereignty of our country and for the dignity… Read more »
December 03, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: National Mourning for the Massacre in a Village in the East of the Country
Three days of national mourning starting today, December 3, have been announced by Félix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to commemorate the… Read more »
December 01, 2022
Niger: Zankey Handuriya - the Children's Star, a Small Light of Hope for Blind Children
After a year, Father Rafael Casamayor, together with two of his collaborators, managed to return to Gaya and spend some time with the blind children of the inclusive Catholic… Read more »
November 28, 2022
Uganda: Catholic Journalists Must Only Give the Truth - Secretary General
Communicators have a powerful and mysterious mission, and Catholic journalists are called to report the facts and try to act as "evangelists of our times", said the Secretary… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Two Women Kidnapped By an Armed Group in the East of the Country
Two peace-seeking activists in South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, were abducted by an armed group led by a deserting Congolese army officer (FARDC). Read more »
November 25, 2022
Ethiopia: Peace Talks Raise Hope 'But People Are Exhausted and Need Help'
"Despite the enormous difficulties caused by the crisis, the effects of the conflicts, climate change and the severe drought that are afflicting our country, the population at… Read more »
Nigeria: Priest Kidnapped Together With a Group of Faithful, Another Priest Released
Father Peter Abang Ochang, parish priest of the St. Stephen Roman Catholic Mission (RCM) church in the diocese of Ogoja, in the state of Cross River, has been kidnapped in a still… Read more »
November 24, 2022
Mali: The Episcopal Conference - 'We Have No News of the Fate of Fr. Hans-Joachim Lohre'
"At the moment we have no further news or contacts with the kidnappers of Fr. Hans-Joachim Lohre" sources from the Mali Bishops' Conference told Agenzia Fides regarding the… Read more »
South Sudan: Promote Reconciliation Between Communities for Sustainable Peace
The civil war that has lasted for years continues to cause the death of thousands of people, the displacement of different areas and the destruction of infrastructures. Failure to… Read more »