News

• 31 March 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Appointment of bishop of Nebbi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Nebbi, Uganda, the Reverend Fr. Raphael P’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.J., until now Pontifical Commissioner of the Congregation Apostles ...
• 31 March 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of bishop of Lafia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Lafia, Nigeria, the Reverend David Ajang, until now parish priest of the Immaculate Conception parish and dean of Zaramaganda. Msg ...
• 31 March 2021
  AMERICA/CANADA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 9, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Yoland Ouellet, OMI as National Director of the Pontifical Mi ...
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  31 March 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - New appeal for the release on bail of Jesuit Stan Swamy, in prison for sedition Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) – More than 2,500 people from all over India and other countries in the world have signed an appeal request to the Mumbai Court, against the judge's decision not to grant bail to Jesuit Stan Swam ...
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  31 March 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Evangelization in the millennium: the Jubilee of faith and the challenges of the future Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A pastoral and missionary look at the future of the Church in the next five centuries: this is what the Bishops of the Philippines are proposing, starting with the celebration of the 500th annive ...
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  31 March 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako reveals: the Pope has donated 350 thousand dollars for the poor Iraqis Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis, in his recent apostolic pilgrimage to Iraq, together with the spiritual comfort and hopes of rebirth for all Iraqis, also left a substantial donation of 350 thousand dollars in the ...
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  31 March 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - CELAM: Closeness, solidarity and prayer to the Bishops of Colombia after acts of violence Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) expresses "closeness, solidarity and prayer" to the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC), after the acts of violence and vandalism that took place ...
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  30 March 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Easter marked by 500 years of evangelization: the Jubilee begins Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Philippines has chosen Easter Sunday, 4 April, to formally inaugurate the year-long celebration of the 5th centenary (1521). Various programs and celebrations are being ...
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  30 March 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The parish priest of Cristo Rey in Dolores Hidalgo found dead with signs of violence Celaya (Agenzia Fides) - Father Gumersindo Cortés González, director of the Retreat House in Atotonilco for many years and then parish priest of Asunción, in the Zapote district of Celaya (Mexico), has been found dead ...
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  30 March 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Cry for peace" of the Bishops of Chocó and Antioquia to criminal groups: ceasefire for one hundred days Quibdó (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of the Holy Week celebrations, the bishops of the dioceses of Quibdó, Istmina-Tadó and Apartadó, launch an appeal to criminal groups for a 100-day ceasefire. "Faced with the ...
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  30 March 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - Treating drug addiction with compassion Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "It is impossible for Thailand to control, beyond its territorial borders, the origin of the narcotics and the trafficking cartels that do everything possible to smuggle drugs into the country. ...
• 30 March 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Hundreds of people evacuated from Pemba, where the situation is uncertain; concern for the children in the area Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Efforts continue to evacuate people trapped in the northern Mozambique city of Palma, despite the tense situation. On March 24, rebel fighters attacked the city in Cabo Delgado province, near th ...
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  30 March 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Two "missionary seeds", dedicated to the unconditional service of evangelization Lunzu (Agenzia Fides) - "Two missionary seeds deposited in the cemetery of the Cathedral of Blantyre, two signs of communion between the Churches, two signs of unconditional service to the missionary cause, two strong te ...
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  30 March 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic leaders, after the attack in Sulawesi: "Holy Week with prudence, vigilance, national unity" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Suicide attacks against churches have already occurred several times. One wonders what the criminal plan is. Such incidents do not happen without financial support or help of networks or organi ...
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  30 March 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Arab media: a "government committee" will work on suggestions that emerged during Pope Francis' visit Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi government has appointed an inter-ministerial committee to work on the suggestions and proposals that emerged during Pope Francis' recent visit to Iraq. This is reported by the Arab ne ...