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  12 May 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Doctors and hospitals on strike: imminent health disaster Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Doctors raise alarm over medicine shortages, lack of funding, insecurity, and an impending health disaster. Yesterday, the Sudanese Ministry of Health reported 138 new COVID-19 cases and five d ...
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  12 May 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Being a catechist is "an inspiration from God", says Guillaume Gnagne, a catechist for more than 50 years Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "If the Pope cares about catechists today, it is a joy for me", says Guillaume Gnagne, catechist since 1966 in the local Adjoukrou language (a population of the south of the country) on the occ ...
• 12 May 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Appointment of bishop of Sylhet Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Shorot Francis Gomes, until now titular of Forma and auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dhaka, as bishop of the diocese of Sylhet, Bangladesh. ...
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  12 May 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - On the occasion of Ramadan, Catholics in Karachi offer an Iftar meal to Muslim policemen and officials Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We must show our love and solidarity to all the those who carry out their civic service and work during Ramadan, the month of Islamic fasting. Due to their work commitments, they cannot reach t ...
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  12 May 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Violence is rampant in the Holy Land. Father Ibrahim Faltas: "the center of the conflict, as always, is Jerusalem" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "We have already seen and said it a hundred times: when you touch Jerusalem, violence and pain inevitably spread, overwhelming everyone. The center of the conflict, as always, is the Holy City ...
• 12 May 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Child abuse: the Church's initiative to combat the phenomenon Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Government, civil society organizations, schools, public institutions have launched initiatives for the protection of minors in Tanzania, given the high rate of child abuse that has drawn ...
• 11 May 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Catechists: main actors of evangelization in Africa Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Catechists in Africa have been the cornerstones of evangelization, they have carried out an extraordinary job. They were not mere collaborators of the missionary fathers, but important actors i ...
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  11 May 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Catechists on bicycles to announce the Gospel and visit remote villages Dinajpur (Agenzia Fides) - "Most catechists preach the Gospel without being paid for their work. Some of them receive a minimal refund. We hope that with this small gift of a bicycle, a small recognition from the Church, ...
• 11 May 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Archbishop to the new catechists: you preach the Good news, God changes hearts Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not lose hope, remain consistent and obedient in your pastoral work. You will encounter challenges as you begin your pastoral ministry as catechists. Your responsibility is to preach the Good ...
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  11 May 2021
  VATICAN - The missionary catechist is not just a substitute in the field of evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the publication of the Motu Proprio "Antiquum ministerium" (= AM) with which Pope Francis establishes the ministry of catechists, Agenzia Fides has asked Prof. D. Luciano ...
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  11 May 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Fifty thousand catechists at the service of children, young people and adults Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In Peru, the Episcopal Commission for Catechesis and Biblical Pastoral Care is responsible for the animation and formation of catechists in the different ecclesiastical jurisdictions. It gathers mo ...
• 11 May 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Catechists in the reality of Covid-19: the Holy Spirit continues to blow in different ways Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "If it is true that the world is now united under the same pandemic, the means of dealing with it take particular forms in each region. Covid-19 has also reached Mexico and there is no way t ...
• 11 May 2021
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - State of emergency in the east: doubts and perplexities of academics and representatives of civil society Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Doubts and perplexities have been expressed by representatives of civil society on the application of the state of siege in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri in the east of the Democratic R ...
• 11 May 2021
  VATICAN - Catechists: a pride of the missionary Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - During one of his pastoral visits to Africa, Pope John Paul II addressed the catechists of Angola, gathered in the Cathedral of Benguela, with these words that can reflect the reality of ca ...
• 11 May 2021
  VATICAN - Catechists witnesses of faith up to the gift of life Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - There are many catechists who, on all continents, have remained faithful to the mandate received to proclaim Christ and his Gospel until the supreme sacrifice of their lives. Men, women and ...