News

• 21 July 2023
  EUROPE/HUNGARY - Appointment of the director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Father Tete Remis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 2, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Father Tete Remis, SVD, as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
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  20 July 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Country plagued by chaos: the bishops intervene to advocate dialogue and peace Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu, respectively the capital, second and third largest cities of Kenya are in the midst of large and violent protests against a series of taxes introduced by the governm ...
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  20 July 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - The diocese of Xiamen intensely continues the journey of the Year of Catechism Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - In the Chinese diocese of Xiamen (province of Fujian) the journey of the special Year dedicated to Catechism, inaugurated on May 1, on the liturgical feast of St. Joseph the Worker, continues wi ...
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  20 July 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Humanitarian aid and environmental sustainability campaign for communities in Mindoro, threatened by pollution from fossil fuels Mindoro (Agenzia Fides) - Many associations and groups of civil society, such as Caritas, have come together in the national forum "Eco-Convergence" to help the communities of the island of Mindoro, affected by the serio ...
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  20 July 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The new beginning by Gianni Valente Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "People are good here, people love me". This is how Father Giorgio Marengo, then a young missionary of the Consolata, replied to Cardinal Cresc ...
• 20 July 2023
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Appointment of the national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Father Jaime Coimbra Do Nascimento Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 24, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Father Jaime Coimbra Do Nascimento, PIME, as National Director of the Pontifical ...
• 20 July 2023
  AFRICA/LAREUNION - Resignation and appointment of Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-la Réunion Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 19, the Holy Father accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Saint-Denis-de-la Réunion, in overseas France, presented by His Exc. Msgr. Gilbert Aubry. ...
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  19 July 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Three cases of blasphemy accusations against Christians in one month: tensions in Sargodha Sargodha (Agenzia Fides) - Tensions exist in Sargodha, a town in Pakistani Punjab, where three separate cases of blasphemy accusations against local Christians have occurred in less than a month, sparking violence and le ...
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  19 July 2023
  AMERICA/CHILE - Sending Mass for the young people of the Archdiocese of Concepción ready for Lisbon 2023 Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - The young people of the Archdiocese of Concepción are also ready to meet Pope Francis during the World Youth Days which will take place from August 1 to 6 in Lisbon. Preparations for them b ...
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  18 July 2023
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The "ecological way" of the exploitation of Bolivian lithium La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Bolivia has the largest lithium deposits in the world, located in the high Andean plateau known as the "Salar de Uyuni". In contrast to the two other countries in the so-called "Lithium Triangle" ...
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  18 July 2023
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart celebrate the work ad gentes, preparing for the bicentenary of the founder's birth Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Go into the whole world and proclaim the Good News": this was the leitmotif of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the missionary office ad gentes of the Missionaries ...
• 18 July 2023
  VATICAN - Appointed Head of Department of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for First Evangelization and New particular Churches Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has appointed the former collaborators of the Dicastery of Evangelization, Msgr. Erwin Aserios Balagapo and Msgr. Han (Agostino) Hyuntaek, as heads of department of the Dicaste ...
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  18 July 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Food, medicine and safe shelter against bullets: missionaries at the disposal of those most in need Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The streets are deserted and inaccessible, there is no public transport and electricity and water is becoming scarce. The war that began on 15 April in Khartoum, capital of Sudan, between the S ...
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  17 July 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Beijing celebrates 300 years of its foundation and pays homage to the founder, the missionary musician Teodorico Pedrini Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The parishioners of the Beijing church dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel (known as Xi Tang, the "church of the West") celebrate the 300th anniversary of its foundation by preserving the memo ...
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  17 July 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Despite the dangers and difficulties, three new SMA missionaries are ready to promote hope on the African continent Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Being a priest in a country where the kidnapping industry spares no one (see Fides, 25/5/2023) requires a lot of courage, as well as deep faith, love of neighbor and missionary zeal. These are jus ...