News

• 2 August 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic women mobilized to contain the third wave of Covid-19 and to promote vaccination Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “The fear of the third wave of COVID-19 is the beginning of wisdom, the infection rate is rising again. We must do whatever is necessary to avoid getting infected. We must be in constant contact ...
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  31 July 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Missionaries prepared to face today's challenges: the PMS Missionary Formation Center inaugurated Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Promote and foster paths of permanent formation, missionary updating and accompaniment of pastoral workers and all the people of God: this is the objective of the new Missionary Formation Center ...
• 31 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "St. John" Regional Philosophical Seminary in Visakhapatnam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 20, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Thumma Vijay Prathap, of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SD ...
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  31 July 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Preparations for the diocese of Zomba in view of World Mission Day begin Zomba (Agenzia Fides) - "Encourage Christians to pray within their families; create greater awareness of World Mission Day and the missionary obligations of each baptized person; ask the faithful to contribute financiall ...
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  31 July 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops join the cry of "so many brothers and sisters who ask for peace, respect for life and human rights" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Bishops of Colombia support this cry for peace, life and respect for the human dignity of so many of our brothers and sisters", declared the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, expre ...
• 31 July 2021
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - "No to destabilization and the seizure of power by force", say the Bishops Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "We are against any form of destabilization and seizing power by force", declared His Eminence Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana, Archbishop of Toamasina and President of the Episcopal Conferen ...
• 31 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Nalgonda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Nalgonda (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Joji Govindu. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 31/7/2021) ...
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  31 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholic priest arrested by rebels and accused of having contact with the regular army Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic priest Fr. Noel Hrang Tin Thang, parish priest of the Catholic church in the city of Surkhua, in the diocese of Hakha, was taken and arrested by local militias in the Burmese state of ...
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  30 July 2021
  VATICAN - Respect for human dignity, the path to peace: "World Forum of Cities and Territories of Peace" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Build a new agenda of coexistence by fighting poverty, social exclusion and inequalities and promoting services and rights in cities and territories. Involve the widespread territorial re ...
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  30 July 2021
  AMERICA - Continental campaign of the Catholic Church against human trafficking: "Life is not a commodity on sale" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Today, July 30, the World Day against Human Trafficking is celebrated. Red Clamor, an organization that brings together men and women committed to accompanying, defending, promoting and includi ...
• 30 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Saint Paul" regional preparatory seminary in Vijayawada Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 20, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Donthireddy Raja, of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) as Re ...
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  30 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholic priests and religious at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - Burmese priests, religious and lay faithful are on the front line to provide medical care to people who have been infected by the Covid-19 pandemic, while the country has registered about 5,00 ...
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  30 July 2021
  EUROPE/GREECE - The second Scalabrinian mission has started in Lesbos, to support thousands of arriving migrants Rome (Agenzia Fides) - For the second consecutive year, the itinerant mission of the Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters has started on the island of Lesbos to help and support the thousands of refugees arriving from the Mid ...
• 30 July 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "No to violence, but it is urgent to tackle the inequalities that feed it" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 36 billion rand (2.4 billion dollars) have been allocated by the government of South Africa to support businesses and people affected by the restrictions related to Covid-19 a ...
• 30 July 2021
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Strengthening democracy in Zambia: the Church urges the population to be an integral part of the electoral process Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "As a Catholic Church, we count on the laity to be our light in the democratic process and we urge all of our lay members to be an integral part of this process". This was stated by Fr. Cornelius ...