News

• 23 July 2019
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Nicolas Lhernould Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 25, 2019 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Nicolas Lhernould, of the Archdiocese of Tunis as National Dire ...
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  23 July 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Women's protection is a priority: woman was not created to be abused Boroko (Agenzia Fides) - A group of young freshmen from the Don Bosco Technical Institute, Boroko, met during a session of the Chat Room broadcast live on Tribe 92 FM, to discuss 'The protection of women as a priority in ...
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  23 July 2019
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Bishops: migrants should not be criminalized, the underlying causes must be addressed San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "We are worried about the very serious situation in which hundreds of thousands of compatriots currently live in the United States. We think, first of all, of those who are in danger of bei ...
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  23 July 2019
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Third anniversary for the first Catholic online radio channel Bogra (Agenzia Fides) - The country's first Catholic radio celebrated its third anniversary. The name of the web radio is "Radio Jyoti" (Radio Light) and the broadcast studio is located at the Emmaus Catholic church in ...
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  23 July 2019
  AMERICA/CUBA - The Church applauds the pardon for 2,604 prisoners, a gesture of mercy for social reintegration La Habana (Agenzia Fides) - The national commission for penitentiary pastoral care of the Cuban Bishops' Conference, together with Bishops, priests, deacons, religious and laity, "join the happiness of families who, with ...
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  23 July 2019
  ASIA/SYRIA - Pope Francis' letter to Assad Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 22 July Pope Francis sent Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a letter in which he "reaffirms support for the restoration of stability in Syria". This is how Syrian government agency S ...
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  22 July 2019
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - "WYD" of the youth of Singapore: united in prayer and to announce the Gospel Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Singapore celebrated Catholic Youth Day (CYD) 2019 on 20 and 21 July. This year's theme was "Jesus’ Name Above All Names" to celebrate the gift and centrality of Jesus Chr ...
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  22 July 2019
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Catholic Bishops denounce new acts of intimidation towards Christian communities Jish (Agenzia Fides) - The Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land has denounced the recent acts of intimidation perpetrated against local Christian communities by extremist Jewish groups, considered close to th ...
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  22 July 2019
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The Bishops of SECAM thank God for the gift of Baptism and the Church Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - More than 400 delegates from Africa, Madagascar, Europe, America and Asia have gathered in Kampala for the celebrations of the Jubilee of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Mad ...
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  22 July 2019
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Archbishop Rugambwa in Kampala: "Joy and Hope" for the 50 years of SECAM Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "This Jubilee is cause for joy and hope. Joy for the gifts of grace received over the past 50 years and hope for the work that will be accomplished in the years to come, with the grace of God". ...
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  22 July 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mgr. Rolando Alvarez: walking together, praying for Nicaragua and seeking the truth Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The pilgrimage of the Divine Niño to the Shrine of Matagalpa held yesterday, Sunday, July 21st was widely attended. Led by the Bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa, Mgr. Rolando Alvarez, the fa ...
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  20 July 2019
  AMERICA/HAITI - Post-earthquake missionary work of the Camillians: "We must focus on people" Ranja (Agenzia Fides) - "Even today, almost ten years after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, we are trying to accompany the Haitian population towards a full recovery", says Father Aris Miranda, Camillian missionary ...
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  20 July 2019
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Deep social and economic crisis in Haiti: how to get out of the serious situation? Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Haitian people are experiencing a serious social and economic crisis with repercussions on people's psychology and their ability to hope for the future. This was reported to Agenzia Fides ...
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  20 July 2019
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - A Youth Festival to live in the Church "as one body" Sydney (Agezia Fides) - "The countdown is on with less than 150 days until doors open on the fourth Australian Catholic Youth Festival 2019 (ACYF19) to be held in Perth, 8 to 10 December. It is a celebration of young peo ...
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  20 July 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Marian devotion in the diocese of Daru-Kiunga Daru-Kiunga (Agenzia Fides) - Marian devotion is strong and profound in the diocese of Daru-Kiunga, in the western part of Papua New Guinea. In the diocese, a suffragan of that of Port Moresby, there are about 50 thousan ...