News

• 12 May 2023
  AMERICA/PANAMA - No amount of money can compensate for the damage that mining can cause Panama (Agenzia Fides) - "Metal mining is neither feasible nor sustainable in a country with the water and biodiversity richness and climate vulnerability of Panama. This is proven by many international and national stud ...
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  12 May 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: mission "is not our work, but God's" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Mission, like communion, "is above all a mystery of grace". Mission "is not our work, but God’s; we do not do it alone, but moved by the Spirit and docile to his action". Thus Pope Francis once a ...
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  11 May 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Our Lady of Consolation on pilgrimage in the country: deep Marian devotion Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Our Lady of Consolation visits neighborhoods and buildings in the city of Manila, as well as throughout the country, to bring a message of hope, peace, support and comfort to the poor and oppress ...
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  11 May 2023
  AFRICA/GHANA - Interreligious dialogue, education, evangelization in the Kingdom of Ashanti Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Evangelization, formation, health care and interreligious dialogue are at the heart of the activities of the priests of the Society for African Missions in the ancient kingdom of Ashanti. The miss ...
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  11 May 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Church structures mobilized to welcome people fleeing fighting in Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Mobilize religious congregations present in the Archdiocese of Juba, capital of South Sudan, to welcome people fleeing the war between the army and paramilitaries in Sudan. This is what Msgr. Steph ...
• 11 May 2023
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Father Mirope Milanco Duartes Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 26, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the Rev. Mirope Milanco Duartes, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Panama as ...
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  11 May 2023
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - CELAM Assembly: "Christ must be the center of our meeting, of our reflection, of our pastoral care" Aguadilla (Agenzia Fides) - "Christ must be the center of our meeting, of our reflection, of our pastoral work", stressed Monsignor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, Archbishop of Trujillo, President of the Latin American and Car ...
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  11 May 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - An unusual pilgrimage: to discover Father Matteo Ricci's testimony of faith by Martha Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Retracing Matteo Ricci's journey, from Zhaoqing to Beijing, has touched us deeply. Along the way, we have marveled many times at the signs and memories that have reminded us o ...
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  10 May 2023
  VATICAN: Pope Francis at the General Audience together with Pope Tawadros: "the martyrs of the Coptic Church are also ours" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I pray that Christ will preserve you in full health and grant you the blessing of a long life". Thus the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II addressed Pope Francis, in his brief speech read in A ...
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  10 May 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Air raids on Gaza, massacre of women and children. Father Romanelli: "May the Lord change everyone's hearts" Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The situation is terrible. The raids, according to the latest news, have caused at least 17 deaths, and more than twenty injuries, in addition to those who were the targets of the attacks. Most of ...
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  10 May 2023
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Blessed Jacinto Vera: "before the tabernacle he discovered that the only way to pacify the country was mission" Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - "In the new blessed, Monsignor Jacinto Vera, we contemplate the beauty of a holy life. It is the beauty of the Easter of Christ and the Church which manifest themselves with all their saving ...
• 10 May 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Bishop of Balasore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Msgr. Varghese Thottamkara, C.M., currently titular bishop of Cullu and apostolic vicar of Nekemte in Ethiopia as Bishop of Balasore (India). ...
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  10 May 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Number of bodies found in the Shakahola forest rises to 133; the President creates a task force to review the law that regulates worship Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Another twenty bodies have been recovered in the Shakahola forest, in south-eastern Kenya, bringing to 133 the number of followers killed in collective suicide by forced fasting (but some of th ...
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  10 May 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Humanitarian aid to Tigray suspended, more than 500 schools remain closed Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - Students in the northern region of Ethiopia have been unable to attend school regularly for three years. Specifically in the western, southern and northeastern parts of Tigray remain closed beca ...
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  9 May 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Inter-ethnic, non-religious clashes in Manipur: appeal and prayer for peace Imphal - (Agenzia Fides) - Deep sorrow and concern for the unrest and violence that took place in the state of Maniupur, in northeastern India, and a heartfelt appeal for respect for human life and justice: this is expre ...