News

• 29 March 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The scourge of the kidnappings of priests in Nigeria is part of a larger phenomenon Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - From 2006 to 2023, 53 priests in Nigeria have been kidnapped, 12 attacked and 16 killed. In seventeen years, 81 priests in Nigeria have been victims of attacks. These are the data reported to Fide ...
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  29 March 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - Father Jean-Yves Médidor: "During the days of the kidnapping, the strength of prayer sustained me" Croix des Bouquets (Agenzia Fides) - A week after his release, Father Jean-Yves Médidor, a missionary of the Clerics of Saint Viator kidnapped in Croix des Bouquets on March 10, told Agenzia Fides the ordeal of his kidn ...
• 29 March 2023
  EUROPE/MALTA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Victor Agius Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 16, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle appointed Rev. Victor Victor as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Malta for a five-year period (2023-2028) ...
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  29 March 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - The fifth peace caravan towards Ukraine is underway: "We are not resigned to war" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Palm Sunday, which in the Christian, Catholic and Orthodox tradition has a strong symbolic meaning of peace, the volunteers of the fifth peace caravan "Stopthewarnow" will spend it in Ukraine, a ...
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  28 March 2023
  ASIA/JORDAN - First Solemn Mass of Nuncio Dal Toso in Amman Amman (Agenzia Fides) - On the evening of Monday, March 27, in the Church of the Virgin of Nazareth in Amman, Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso presided over the first solemn Eucharistic liturgy concelebrated in Jordan afte ...
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  28 March 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Apostolate and Pastoral Service in the Central Highlands of Vietnam: "Being and Making Community" Ban Me Thuot (Agenzia Fides) - The evangelizing mission and pastoral service are not easy in the mountainous regions of the central highlands of Vietnam, where a patient work of weaving between different indigenous reali ...
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  28 March 2023
  ASIA/IRAQ - New electoral rules approved amid controversy, which also affect the distribution of seats reserved for Christian candidates Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi Parliament has approved a series of controversial amendments to the electoral system, with changes that are causing heated political controversy and also affect how seats reserved for ...
• 28 March 2023
  OCEANIA/GUAM - Resignation of the Archbishop of Agaña and appointment of Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Agaña (Guam), presented by Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes, and has at the same time appoin ...
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  28 March 2023
  AMERICA/CHILE - The risk of getting used to violence without asking ourselves "what kind of society are we building?" Chillàn (Agenzia Fides) - "We all want to live in a safer and more fraternal nation, but I would like to invite you to ask us a few questions: why is the world of crime and drug trafficking born and growing among us? Wh ...
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  28 March 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Population exhausted: clashes against the government continue and drought does not stop Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The population is exhausted, the drought that has been going on for more than two years with serious repercussions on most Kenyans is compounded by anti-government protests organized by the oppo ...
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  28 March 2023
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Police officers in the Catholic church in Talas during Mass. Slovak nun fined Talas (Agenzia Fides) - During the evening Eucharistic celebration on Sunday, 26 March, some police officers and the State Committee for National Security entered the Catholic parish church in Talas (St. Nicholas parish) ...
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  27 March 2023
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Peace cannot be built because of domestic violence and the disintegration of the social fabric Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Mexican National Institute of Public Health and the United Nations Children's Fund, only 3 out of 10 children are brought up in an environment free from violence. This means ...
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  27 March 2023
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Children's almsgiving, cleaning in homes for the elderly: concrete works of Lenten charity in the diocese of Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Once again this year, the fundraising committee of the Lenten Movement of the diocese of Hong Kong has proposed simple and concrete gestures to practice the works of charity that traditionally ...
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  27 March 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Displaced families and the urban poor: the solidarity commitment of Catholic communities Manila (Agenzia Fides) - About 300 displaced families have lost their homes because, in recent days, the Department of Public Works of MetroManila has started the demolition of illegally built housing structures in the c ...
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  27 March 2023
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Father Konteh (Caritas): the electoral process must be more inclusive and accessible to all Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - The electoral period promises to be particularly hot for the 8.6 million Sierra Leoneans who will be called to vote on June 24th. "As our country prepares itself, it is important to recognize t ...