Category: Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo

Prayer is ‘our Kalashnikov of response,’ says Burkina Faso cardinal

by bcadmin | Oct 3, 2022 | Burkina Faso, Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, News | 0 |

As insecurity and political chaos continue in Burkina Faso, Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo called for prayers as the best way out of the crises.

Burkina Faso cardinal calls for support of victims of jihadist attacks

by bcadmin | Aug 18, 2022 | Burkina Faso, Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo, Church in Africa, lead, News, Sahel | 0 |

Speaking a country reeling from terrorism and internal displacement, Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, is calling for bringing down walls of hatred and building bridges of love.

Church at odds with Burkina Faso campaign for women to use contraceptives

by bcadmin | Jan 25, 2022 | Birth control, Burkina Faso, Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Contraception, Family planning, News | 0 |

The Catholic Church in Burkina Faso has renewed a campaign to stop the use of contraceptives as a form of family planning.

African bishops demand end to ‘land grabs’ by private companies

by bcadmin | Oct 27, 2021 | Africa, Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, land reform, News | 0 |

Africa’s Catholic bishops have criticized the appropriation of land, natural resources and other economic assets by private companies and called on national governments to show greater concern for local community rights and needs.

African cardinal urges resistance to Western ideologies

by bcadmin | Apr 14, 2021 | Africa, Burkina Faso, Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Ideological colonization, News | 0 |

One of Africa’s most senior Catholic leaders has denounced the imposition of “foreign ideologies” across the continent and urged Africans to seek modernization without succumbing to Western influences that erode family bonds.

Amid COVID-19, African Church ‘gyrates’ toward new forms of evangelization

by bcadmin | Jul 31, 2020 | Africa, Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo, Church in Africa, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Evangelization, lead, News, SECAM | 0 |

One year after a high-stakes meeting for their Golden Jubilee, Africa’s continental body of bishops has had to adjust their bold new vision for evangelization due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has offered both challenges and unexpected opportunities.

African cardinal urges courage as COVID-19 adds to disasters

by bcadmin | Jul 29, 2020 | Africa bishops, Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic, News, SECAM | 0 |

Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar, has urged courage in Africa, as cases of COVID-19 increase amid adoption of containment measures and prayers to defeat the pandemic.

After recovering from COVID-19, African cardinal calls for debt relief for continent

by bcadmin | Jun 2, 2020 | Africa, Burkina Faso, Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo, Catholic Church, Church in Africa, Coronavirus, COVID-19, lead, News, SECAM | 0 |

Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo, who is now recovered after contracting the coronavirus, has issued a statement insisting that the pandemic is not a punishment from God, and appealing for debt forgiveness to help cushion Africa from the economic devastation of the pandemic.

African church leaders: Insurgents could increase attacks during pandemic

by bcadmin | Apr 21, 2020 | Al Qaeda, Bishop Giorgio Bertin, Boko Haram, Burkina Faso, Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo, Caritas, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Relief Services, Church in Africa, COVID-19, Islamic extremists, Islamic State, Mali, News, Niger, Sahel, Somalia, Terrorism | 0 |

Catholic clergy in Africa’s northern Sahel region have warned that Islamist insurgents could intensify attacks during the COVID-19 pandemic while police and troops are diverted to civil order duties.

Burkina Faso cardinal hospitalized with COVID-19 offering illness for peace

by bcadmin | Apr 8, 2020 | Africa, Burkina Faso, Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo, Cardinals, Church in Africa, Coronavirus, COVID-19, News, Poverty | 0 |

Writing from his hospital bed in Ouagadougouin, Burkina Faso, where he is being treated for the COVID-19 coronavirus, Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo voiced gratitude to all those who are praying for him, saying he is offering his illness for other patients and for peace in his country.

Ghana archbishop: Africans in solidarity with cardinal who has COVID-19

by bcadmin | Apr 1, 2020 | Burkina Faso, Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Ghana, News, SECAM | 0 |

Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie assured Burkina Faso Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo of the continent’s solidarity after the cardinal tested positive for COVID-19.