News

• 6 June 2018
  EUROPE/SLOVAKIA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Ivan Kňaze Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 May 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Ivan Kňaze, of the diocesan clergy of Žilina as National Dir ...
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  6 June 2018
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Bishop Borwah: "Let's give President Weah time to act because the challenges are immense" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The new President was elected by young people who feel neglected by the national leadership", says His Exc. Mgr. Anthony Fallah Borwah, Bishop of Gbarnga and President of the Episcopal Conference ...
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  6 June 2018
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Bishops warning: "God has entrusted us with the responsibility of protecting children" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "All the followers of Christ have been entrusted with the task of protecting and helping children grow": says the Vicar Apostolic of Jimma Bonga, Mgr. Markos Gebremedhin, of the Congregation ...
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  6 June 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop of Goa: "The Indian Constitution is in danger" Goa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Indian Constitution is in danger and many people live with a feeling of insecurity. It is urgent to protect the values of the Constitution, including the freedom to practice one's own religion" ...
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  6 June 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Support also by the American government for the Bishops' commitment to national dialogue Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The US government supports the efforts of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua in the search for a negotiated solution to the conflict taking place in the country: says Vice President Pence dur ...
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  6 June 2018
  ASIA/THAILAND - The Director of the PMS: "Towards new elections: young people demand democracy and freedom" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "In Thailand we are preparing for elections, announced by the Prime Minister for February 2019: but people no longer believe in announcements, given the continuous postponements of the military ...
• 5 June 2018
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Appointment of National Director of the PMS, His Exc. Msgr. Michel Dubost Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 19 April 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed His Exc. Msgr. Michel Dubost, CIM, Bishop emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonn ...
• 5 June 2018
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Santiago Alberto Beltran Vergara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 26 April 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Santiago Alberto Beltran Vergara, of the diocesan clergy of ...
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  5 June 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "Night of prayer": peace on the Korean peninsula entrusted to the Virgin Mary Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - To entrust peace on the Korean peninsula to the Virgin Mary and put under her mantle the path of reconciliation between North and South Korea: with this spirit the Committee for the Reconciliation ...
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  5 June 2018
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The Bishop of Escuintla: "Help the thousands of people affected by the eruption of the volcano Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "Faced with the painful loss of life, the many injured and the thousands of people affected by the recent eruption of the Volcano of Fire, in Escuintla and other departments, we express o ...
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  5 June 2018
  AFRICA - People "have hunger for the Eucharist": it is urgent to form catechists, lay people, extraordinary ministers Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "The Eucharist remains essentially the heart of the Church's missionary activity. Without it nothing can be achieved. As Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus says, in the absence of the Eucharistic Jesu ...
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  5 June 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Congolese Bishops threaten to file suit against Kinshasa mayor Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The National Bishops’ Conference of Congo, CENCO, is considering filing a lawsuit against Dolly Makambo, Mayor of Gombe, a municipality in the north of the Congolese capital, Kinshasa. The CE ...
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  5 June 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Pastoral Land Commission: "scandalous increase of victims in the last year", 71 peasants killed Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, June 4, the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) presented its "Notebook of Conflicts", at the headquarters of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB), in Brasilia, in which ...
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  5 June 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Cardinal Coutts: "Dialogue of life and service towards the suffering humanity to break the walls of hatred and intolerance" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Interreligious dialogue is a commitment which should involve all of us. It should be an integral part of our life, in a Muslim majority country like Pakistan. In Karachi, one of the world's meg ...
• 4 June 2018
  ASIA/JAPAN - Appointment of the Bishop of Saitama Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 2 June 2018 the Pope appointed as bishop of the diocese of Saitama, Japan, the Rev. Don Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi, S.D.B., currently provincial of the Salesian Society of Saint John Bosc ...