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The CIDSE condemned the dubious contracts, which it said “undermine Indigenous rights.”
Diocese of Guinea-Bissau celebrates appointment of new bishop
The Catholic community in Guinea-Bissau is celebrating this week after the appointment of Monsignor Victor Luís Quematcha as local ordinary of the Bissau-Guinea Episcopal See on March 8, ACI Africa reported. The appointment comes almost exactly four years after the passing of Bishop Pedro Carlos Zilli in March 2021.
Holy pilgrimage honors 10th anniversary of Coptic Martyrs in Egypt
Marking the 10th anniversary of the martyrdom of 20 Egyptian Copts and a young Ghanaian in Libya, the Apostolic Vicariate of the Latins in Egypt organized a holy pilgrimage with over 300 people to the Egyptian city of Samalut.
Coinciding with the Jubilee of Hope, the pilgrimage took place under the patronage and participation of Bishop Claudio Lurati of Alexandria and his vicar, Monsignor Antoine Tawfik, ACI MENA, CNA’s Arabic-language news partner, reported.
Nigerian bishops’ conference: Unemployed youth are ‘ticking time bomb’
The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria issued a warning this week about increased rates of joblessness among the country’s youth as violence and criminal activity continues to surge across Africa’s largest nation-state.
