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Ne è convinto il porporato sudafricano. La sfida della Chiesa in Africa? Essere efficace dove le comunità si sgretolano tra violenza e Aids
Jul 17, 2008 Self-control, not condoms, is best HIV preventer, South African cardinal says
Cardinal Wilifrid Fox Napier, the Archbishop of Durban, South Africa, told an Australian news program that a change in Catholic teaching on condoms would not change the rate of HIV infection in Africa. Rather, he argued, positive change would result from trusting people to take control of their lives.
Jun 26, 2008 Durissima condanna
"Le azioni di Mugabe e dei suoi sostenitori sono un'offesa agli occhi di Dio": durissima condanna del Cardinale Napier, Arcivescovo di Durban.
Feb 07, 2008 Difendere la dignità umana
Sudafrica: la Chiesa cattolica condanna il raid compiuto dalla polizia in una chiesa metodista contro rifugiati dello Zimbabwe.
Sept 12, 2007 Bukavu : visite des évêques sud-africains
Une forte délégation des prélats catholiques sud-africains, membres de l’Institut de paix sud-africain, séjourne à Bukavu, au Sud-Kivu. Pour le cardinal Wilfrid Napier, chef de cette délégation, le but principal de leur mission est de partager l’expérience en matière de paix avec leurs homologues congolais, rapporte radiookapi.net.
Jan 15, 2007 Cardinale sudafricano illustra in India la risposta della Chiesa all’Aids
“Siamo chiamati a testimoniare Cristo andando incontro ai nostri fratelli e alle nostre sorelle che convivono con l’Hiv/Aids nelle nostre comunità o in altre zone”, ha affermato il Cardinale sudafricano Napier nella sede della Conferenza dei Vescovi Cattolici dell’India (CBCI).
Dec 20, 2006 South African cardinal says churches forced to focus on crime
South Africa's religious leaders must focus on crime because "not enough is being done or seen to be done" by the government and police, said Cardinal Wilfrid F. Napier of Durban.
Nov 08, 2006 SA Cardinal Remembers PW Botha's Psychological War with Catholic Church
Former South African President PW Botha, who has died at the age of 90, “created enormous difficulties for the church” when he led South Africa from 1978 to 1989, according to Cardinal Wilfrid F. Napier of Durban.
Oct 05, 2006 UK and SA Governments Suffer Cardinal's Ire
South African Cardinal Wilfred Napier believes that the South African Government has got its strategy wrong for combating AIDS by focusing mainly on the use of condoms.
Sept 16, 2006 South African Cardinal to visit England
Cardinal Wilfrid Napier, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Durban, South Africa, is visiting England from the 18th to the 21st September for a pastoral visit to celebrate the strong links that exist between the two countries. He has been invited by the National Director of the Association for the Propagation of the Faith (APF) in England and Wales, Fr John Dale.
Mar 12, 2006 Archbishop Ncube answers his critics at the Herald
The state controlled Herald launched a blistering attack on Bulawayo Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube last week and called for his excommunication from the Church. The cleric has for years been on the receiving end of threats, both verbal and physical, because of his outspoken condemnation of the ZANU PF regime.
Mar 11, 2006 Clergy: Mbeki lacks will to tackle Zim
The head of Southern African Catholics says he and other church leaders have told President Thabo Mbeki to impose sanctions against President Robert Mugabe’s government but the South African leader will not do it because he lacks the political will.
Jan 07, 2006 Cardinal quashes gay priesthood protests
South African men with "deep-seated" homosexual tendencies, who were barred from becoming priests in the Catholic church, had no reason to take the issue to the Constitutional Court, according to Catholic leader Cardinal Wilfred Napier.
Sept 28, 2005 Cardenal pide fin de andar 'pisando huevos' con Zimbabue
El jefe de la Iglesia Católica de Sudáfrica, cardenal Wilfrid Napier, pidió al Gobierno de Thabo Mbeki que deje de andar 'pisando huevos' en sus relaciones con Zimbabue y adopte posiciones más críticas hacia el régimen de Robert Mugabe.
Sept 28, 2005 “Proclamando la vita per tutti- testimoniate, liberate, insegnate e celebrate”
Un incontro all’insegna dell’universalità della missione della Chiesa e una dimostrazione che non esiste più un nord e un sud all’interno del mondo cattolico. È quanto rappresenta la visita del Cardinale Wilfrid Napier, Arcivescovo di Durban in Sudafrica, nella diocesi di Wollongong in Australia. Il Cardinale sudafricano ha preso parte alla cerimonia di presentazione del mese missionario che si è svolta nella diocesi australiana il 4 settembre.
Sept 28, 2005 Kardinal für klare Aids-Kampagne
In vielen Ländern Afrikas ist Aids das größte Problem - und das größte Tabu. Südafrika zum Beispiel. Dort starb selbst Nelson Mandelas ältester Sohn an Aids - aber eine klare Aufklärungskampagne über die Krankheit gibt es im Land nicht. Zum Ärger von Kardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier aus Durban.
Sept 24, 2005 El cardenal de Sudáfrica ilustra la fe de los africanos
El cardenal Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM, arzobispo de Durban (Sudáfrica) y vicepresidente de la Conferencia Episcopal Sudafricana, ilustra en esta entrevista concedida a Zenit (21 septiembre 2005) la situación de la Iglesia en Sudáfrica y la compara con la fe en el mundo occidental.
Jul 23, 2005 Mugabe's conduct in Zimbabwe undermining the whole of Africa
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in South Africa, Cardinal Wilfred Napier, has said Robert Mugabe's conduct in Zimbabwe is undermining every reason why the West should help Africa.
Jun 17, 2005 Kard. Napier o wizycie "Ad limina" i Kościele w RPA
Najważniejszą rzeczą dla nas podczas tej wizyty "Ad limina" jest spotkanie z Benedyktem XVI i poznanie jego wizji Kościoła oraz praktycznych możliwości więzi między Konferencjami Biskupów a Watykanem – stwierdził arcybiskup Durbanu w RPA. Kardynała Wilfrida Foxa Napiera zapytaliśmy, co jest największym wyzwaniem stojącym przed afrykańskim Kościołem?
Apr 28, 2005 Developing countries have a lot to do
Wilfred Napier, South Africa's cardinal, says churches from the developing world have to work hard to produce someone who can assume the papacy when the next conclave meets.
Apr 17, 2005 The Vatican lacks a "sufficient sensitivity to African Churches”
Also on Oct. 21, I was asked to sit in on a CNN interview with Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier of Durban, South Africa. It was perhaps the third or fourth time I've had an extended talk with him. A Franciscan, Napier comes across as a quiet, moderate man with impressive pastoral instincts.
Apr 14, 2005 Brother Wilfrid Fox Napier, OFM
The Holy Father, at the Angelus on Sunday 28th January 2001, announced seven more Cardinals, among them the Franciscan Archbishop of Durban (Republic of South Africa).
Jan 28, 2005 Condoms 'clearly don't work'
The head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference in Southern Africa, Cardinal Wilfred Napier, criticised the government on Monday for promoting condoms in the fight against HIV/Aids "when it's clearly not working".
Oct 21, 2004 Interview with Cardinal Napier
A month after Cardinal Wilfrid Napier received the red hat from the pope, Southern Cross editor Gunther Simmermacher, spoke to the cardinal to learn more about the man behind the public persona (March 25 & April 1, 2001).