News

• 9 July 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The peripheral areas are victims of violence by armed groups" say the Bishops who denounce the use of mines Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "With the liberation of the major urban centers, armed groups concentrate their presence in the suburbs and in some places where they commit violence", denounces the Episcopal Conference of the C ...
• 9 July 2021
  AFRICA/GHANA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Isaac Ebo-Blay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 4, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Isaac Ebo-Blay, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Cape Coast, ...
• 9 July 2021
  EUROPE/ENGLAND - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Anthony Chantry, MHM Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 15, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Anthony Chantry, of the Mill Hill Missionaries (MHM) his positi ...
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  9 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Pandemic surge, but popular protest does not stop Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - Father Jerome Hlawn Khawl, Catholic priest and parish priest of the cathedral church of St. Joseph in the city of Hakha, capital of Chin State, in western Myanmar, is providing oxygen to families ...
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  9 July 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Labour-emergency, Pope Tawadros promotes an agreement with the government to fight together the "scourge of unemployment" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Unemployment is the hidden scourge that takes away breath and existential energy from the young generations of many countries struggling with the opportunities and contradictions of economic globa ...
• 8 July 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of auxiliary bishops of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On July 7, 2021, the Holy Father appointed the following as auxiliary bishops of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: the Reverend Fr. Stephano Musomba, O.S.A., until ...
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  8 July 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - The Bishops after the assassination of President Moise: "Choose fraternal coexistence in the interest of all and in the interest of Haiti!" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Whatever it is, life must be respected from conception to natural death. That is why we strongly condemn the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. As missionaries we appeal to the u ...
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  8 July 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Archbishop Valles: "Faith is firm in difficult times"; Bishop David, new President of the Bishops' Conference Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "My memory tells me that we have all walked together, we have walked with the Lord and with Our Lady for the past 500 years. My memory tells me that we have truly been blessed with gifts so that ...
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  8 July 2021
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Day of Native Vocations: "May no vocation be lost due to lack of economic resources" Quito (Ecuador) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Ecuador have organized a series of online activities in this month of July, as part of the celebration of the National Day of Prayer and Solidarity in favor of ...
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  8 July 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - The Camillian Missionaries at the forefront to give concrete answers to the bewildered population Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - A few hours ago, the news spread in the local press that the Haitian police had killed four "mercenaries" and arrested two others, believed to be responsible for the ambush that killed fo ...
• 8 July 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - New appeal from the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio: it is urgent to help the victims of recent violence Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Thousands of people have lost their lives, others have been displaced and live in a very bad situation of lack of shelter, food, water and many others", denounces His Exc. Mgr. Barani Eduardo Hiib ...
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  8 July 2021
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - The Icon of the Holy Family begins its pilgrimage among the hopes and afflictions of the peoples of the Middle East Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The journey of the Icon of the Holy Family has begun from Jerusalem which in the coming months will make a long pilgrimage to Lebanon and other Middle Eastern countries, uniting with the commo ...
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  8 July 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The local Church remembers Father Adolfo L'Imperio, a missionary in Bangladesh for 50 years Dinajpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic diocese of Dinajpur and the entire Church in Bangladesh remember with joy and gratitude the life and work of Father Adolfo L'Imperio, priest and missionary, member of the Pontifica ...
• 7 July 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Abakaliki Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On July 6, 2021, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Abakaliki, Nigeria, presented by Bishop Michael Nnachi Okoro. At the same time the Holy ...
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  7 July 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - Four years and 5 months after the kidnapping, there is still no news of Sister Gloria Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Time passes, inexorable and cruel: 4 years and 5 months ago Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez, a Colombian nun from the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate, fell into the hands ...