News

• 30 August 2022
  OCEANIA/AMERICAN SAMOA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Kolio Etuale, of the clergy of the diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, until now chancellor and rector of the Holy Family Cathedral, Fatu- ...
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  30 August 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Living with Dignity and Freedom: Dosso Mission Summer Camp for Blind Children Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "Our appeal was followed by all, the children and young people and their families", says to Fides Fr. Raphael Casamayor, of the Society for African Missions in Niger, about the recent initiatives ...
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  30 August 2022
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Singapore's first Cardinal promotes religious harmony with a research institute Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The first Cardinal of Singapore, Archbishop William Goh, assures that he will promote religious harmony in Asia by strengthening dialogue between different religions. "Interreligious dialogue ...
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  30 August 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - President al Sisi grants land for the construction of the "Bambino Gesù" Pediatric Hospital in Cairo Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - It will be the first African pediatric hospital to bear the name of the Child Jesus and will belong to the Coptic Catholic Church. It will guarantee health care for children and pregnant women in ...
• 30 August 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appeal to save the life of a human rights activist threatened with death Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A Congolese human rights activist from Kasogomba is in danger of death. According to a note from the Coordination de la Société Civile du Hauts Plateaux à Milimba, sent to Fides through miss ...
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  29 August 2022
  VATICAN - Bishop Scalabrini and layman Zatti will be canonized on October 9th Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - During Odinary Consistory, presided over by Pope Francis on August 27 for the canonization of Blesseds Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, Bishop of Piacenza, founder of the Congregation of the M ...
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  29 August 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - StoptheWarNow: Third peace convoy is on its way Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I am leaving for Ukraine to give a witness of solidarity, to cry with those who cry, but also to bring, in addition to the greeting of the Italian Bishops, a message of peace and non-violence and ...
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  29 August 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Flood disaster: bishops ask for help Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Given the magnitude of the flood disaster, the people affected by the floods urgently need our help. In order to be able to help the victims of the floods and those in need, we, on behalf of th ...
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  29 August 2022
  AFRICA/TOGO - Sisters of Our Lady of the Church of Togo celebrate 70 years of founding Lomè (Agenzia Fides) - "This jubilee must represent for you a moment of reflection on your fidelity to the commitments made personally and collectively before the Church", said Archbishop Nicodème Barrigah-Benissan of ...
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  29 August 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops: “Nothing must distract us from the essential task of education. Peace is possible. Educating to build it is a priority" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of the new school year 2022-2023, the Mexican Bishops, in a common message, address teachers, parents, students and society in general, and therefore all those involved in e ...
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  29 August 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - The canonization process of Armenian Cardinal Agagianian opens on October 28th Bzommar (Agenzia Fides) - The appointment is for next October 28, the day on which the Armenian Churches celebrate the Apostle Saint Jude Thaddeus also as the First Catholic of the Armenians. That day, at the Vicariate P ...
• 29 August 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop of Yei's appeal: "Protect South Sudanese refugees in Uganda from unlawful attacks" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The international community represented by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, should take note of the fact that politicians go to the camps to make false promises to the refugees t ...
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  27 August 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Spiritans: " First Evangelization in urban and rural areas" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Spiritan missionaries in the Central African Republic work to heal hearts and rebuild people's daily lives, preaching and living the Gospel in its entirety. Despite the limited resources and ...
• 27 August 2022
  AFRICA/BENIN - Clarification of the Bishops on the creation of a Catholic credit institution Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Benin announced and initiated the creation of a Catholic credit institution in mid-July, but in a recent statement indicates that the project is still being studied in ...
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  27 August 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - Discontent and "discomfort" for the new regulations of the Foundations. The Armenian Patriarch appeals to Erdogan Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - In a letter addressed directly to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Sahak II Masalyan expresses the "discomfort" and growing dissatisfaction among ...