News

• 12 April 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Maiduguri Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed the rev. John Bogna Bakeni, currently chaplain of the All Saints Catholic Chaplaincy of the University of Maiduguri, assigning him the titular seat of ...
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  12 April 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Father Romanelli: 722 permits for Christians in Gaza to celebrate Easter in Jerusalem Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - This year 722 Palestinian Christians living in the Gaza Strip will be able to celebrate Easter in Jerusalem, in the places that witnessed the passion, death and resurrection of Christ. This was rep ...
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  12 April 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Local human rights activists denounce the precarious situation in South and North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Following a new defection of a high-ranking Congolese officer from the Banyamulenge community, who left the ranks of the FARDC (Forces Armed Congolese) to head towards the highlands of the Ruz ...
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  12 April 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The President of Kazakhstan announces the visit of Pope Francis: for the Church it is a "sign of attention to the peripheries" Nur-Sultan (Agenzia Fides) - "The news fills us with joy. We are grateful to the President of Kazakhstan for inviting Pope Francis and we really hope the visit can take place, 20 years after the visit of Pope John Paul I ...
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  12 April 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The president of Caritas Ukraine asks for solidarity and prayers for the families of the victims Mariupol (Agenzia Fides) - "This dramatic news leaves the Caritas family horrified and shocked. We join in the pain and solidarity with the suffering of the families and our colleagues of Caritas Ukraine who are experien ...
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  12 April 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Climate events, education, violence: the Bishops of the State of Rio de Janeiro ahead of the elections Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - "The State of Rio de Janeiro needs particular attention so that climatic events do not continue to cause disasters and suffering. The promotion of quality public education and the fight a ...
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  12 April 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New Prime Minister elected, Christians: "The Constitution is always the point of reference" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope that the tense political situation in the country is over, given that the new Prime Minister has taken office. We wish the new Prime Minister, Mohammad Shehbaz Sharif and the political p ...
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  12 April 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Before God there are no second-class children": Father Maccalli remembers the victims of jihadist terrorism Padua (Agenzia Fides) - "It is essential not to forget the 'anonimus' who are victims of violence and kidnappings by jihadist terrorism that rages in the Sahel. The names of some give a face and a history to local popula ...
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  12 April 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Prayer, relationship with Christ, new ways of evangelizing: the Beijing Seminary continues its synodal journey in the spirituality of Lent Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The life of prayer, the consolidation of the relationship with Christ in order to help the faithful who are facing a crisis of faith, the new ways of evangelizing in the midst of a pandemic: the ...
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  11 April 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Leo Raphael Ozigi's release confirmed; two priests still in the hands of the kidnappers Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The release of Father Leo Raphael Ozigi, parish priest of St. Mary's Church, Sarkin Pawa Village, Munya Local Government Area, Niger State, kidnapped on Sunday, March 27, has been confirmed (see ...
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  11 April 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch Raï: the Pope's visit is a blessing for the people and a wake-up call for those in power Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The announcement of the forthcoming visit of Pope Francis to Lebanon is "a blessing for the people, a hope for the Fatherland and a warning signal for the leaders". This is how the Lebanese Card ...
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  11 April 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Twelve university students, missionaries among the indigenous people of the Vicariate of Caroni San Cristóbal (Agenzia Fides) - There are 12 young missionaries who from April 9 to 20, will dedicate the Easter period to evangelization among the peoples and indigenous communities of the Apostolic Vicariate of Caroni ...
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  11 April 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Called to bear witness with our lives that the Lord is alive and risen": April 11, 1799, anniversary of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joan Antida Thouret Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Artisans of fraternity, we inhabit the world with the desire to bring hope and promote many brothers and sisters. In fact, our commitment in the missions is to collaborate with the inhabitants of ...
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  11 April 2022
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - An "international Easter Triduum" for the small Catholic community Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - At Easter 2022, liturgical and pastoral activities will resume, without restrictions, for the community of the Uzbek faithful. This is what Fr. Jerzy Maculewicz, OFM Conv., Apostolic Administra ...
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  11 April 2022
  VATICAN - Two missionary Bishops in Peru and Zambia recognized as "Venerables" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the audience granted on April 9 to Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Holy Father Francis authorized the Congregation to promulgate some decree ...