News

• 31 October 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the Saint Francis Xavier Regional Philosophical Seminary in Agra Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 February 2020, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Joseph Francis D'Souza, of the diocesan clergy of Allahabad ...
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  31 October 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Mission Stories: Spanish Missionaries around the World Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - A 102-year-old priest serving as a missionary in Taiwan. A nun who discovered an illness while working as a doctor in Benin and thus became known worldwide. A Bishop who acts as a human shield ag ...
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  31 October 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Catholic community asks the authorities to search for a missing missionary Tecámac (Agenzia Fides) - As part of a campaign with the hashtag #TodosSomosPadrePaco, the Catholics in Tecámac express their solidarity with Priest Francisco Núñez Martínez from Santa María Ajoloapan parish in Tec ...
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  31 October 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop of Lagos warns of provocations on social media Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "For days we have witnessed a series of provocations online and through social networks of people who want to stir up the fire of ethnic and religious divisions to cause confusion and chaos. There ...
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  31 October 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Human rights violations: civil and church organizations call for international investigation Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Our ultimate goal is that the international community conduct an independent and impartial investigation into human rights violations in the Philippines. But for now this is not the case and thi ...
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  31 October 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - The National Director of the PMS: "We are called to show the love of God through our charitable service" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "The world was overwhelmed by the global Covid-19 pandemic, which unexpectedly broke out for all of us. The lack of knowledge and the lack of control have forced the whole country and the Church i ...
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  31 October 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: Islamist atrocities require more collaboration between Christians and Muslims Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the inhuman ferocity of those who behead innocent people under the insulting invocation of the name of God, it is urgently necessary to avoid the climate of "conflict between religion ...
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  30 October 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Archbishop of Bamenda: "There are first signs of hope, but much remains to be done" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "From the point of view of the official negotiations, no progress has been made and at least officially we have no news of recent or scheduled meetings. However, we can say that after the tal ...
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  30 October 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Justice and Peace Commission: Religious minorities face growing intolerance Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Following the recent kidnapping, forced marriage and conversion of 13-year-old Arzoo in Karachi, the National Justice and Peace Commission (NCJP) expresses its regret at the growing intolerance ...
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  30 October 2020
  AFRICA/CONGO - The formation of priests is the focus of the plenary assembly of the 49th Ordinary Plenary Assembly of Bishops Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - The formation of priests was the focus of the 49th Assembly of Bishops of the Congo, from October 12 to 18, 2020 in Brazzaville, to reflect on vocation and priestly formation, with the theme ...
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  30 October 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops: "The Church does not approve the invasion of lands" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - With the title "The land belongs to the Lord", the governing body of the Argentine Bishops' Conference issued a statement on October 29th and signed by the Chairman of the Bishops' Conferen ...
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  30 October 2020
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Bishops: "despite the pain, Catholics refuse to give in to fear" Paris (Agenzia Fides) - A few hours after the Islamist terrorist attack, in which three people were killed yesterday morning (October 29) in the Notre-Dame Basilica in Nice, the French Bishops' Conference expressed its d ...
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  30 October 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - A 4th century church put up for sale as a tourist hostel Mardin (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian Orthodox church of Mor Yuhanon (St. John), which dates back to the 4th century in a suburb of the Turkish city of Mardin, has been put up for sale and could be used for tourist accommo ...
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  30 October 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - New home for migrants "Simone di Cirene" inaugurated Valdivia (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 October, the accommodation for migrants named "Simon of Cyrene" was inaugurated. The project was initiated by the Office for Social Pastoral Care of the Chilean Diocese of Valdivia in col ...
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  29 October 2020
  VATICAN - Martyrdom of two Lebanese Capuchin missionaries recognized Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the Decrees concerning the martyrdom of the Servants of God Leonardo Melki and Tommaso Saleh, of the O ...