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21 July 2023
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Bishop Rugambwa expresses his closeness to the Arusha community after the assassination of priest Pamphili Nada
Arusha (Agenzia Fides) - "The priest died while being taken to hospital, and the suspect was killed by angry citizens who were waiting for him outside the scene of the incident". This is what the police commander in the ...
21 July 2023
ASIA/INDIA - More than a thousand young Indians at WYD in Lisbon, also bearing the suffering of Manipur
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - More than a thousand young Indians are preparing to leave for Lisbon to experience World Youth Day (WYD). The Indian delegation for the ecclesial gathering, which will be held from August 1 to ...
21 July 2023
ASIA/CHINA - WYD 2023, Chinese pilgrims on their way to Lisbon visit Propaganda Palace and the Ave Maria in Mandarin resounds in the Chapel of the Three Kings
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "This wonderful 'unscheduled' program was a grace from God". "What better could we hope for than to start our WYD journey in Lisbon"?! "It's a gift from God, an immense honor ...
21 July 2023
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - First gathering of young people preparing for WYD in the Catholic community of Adaba
Adaba (Agenzia Fides) – More than a hundred young people from the communities of the Apostolic Prefecture of Robe took part in the First Youth Festival organized at the Pastoral Centre of Adaba. In an interview with F ...
21 July 2023
EUROPE/HUNGARY - Appointment of the director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Father Tete Remis
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 2, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Father Tete Remis, SVD, as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
20 July 2023
AFRICA/KENYA - Country plagued by chaos: the bishops intervene to advocate dialogue and peace
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu, respectively the capital, second and third largest cities of Kenya are in the midst of large and violent protests against a series of taxes introduced by the governm ...
20 July 2023
ASIA/CHINA - The diocese of Xiamen intensely continues the journey of the Year of Catechism
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - In the Chinese diocese of Xiamen (province of Fujian) the journey of the special Year dedicated to Catechism, inaugurated on May 1, on the liturgical feast of St. Joseph the Worker, continues wi ...
20 July 2023
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Humanitarian aid and environmental sustainability campaign for communities in Mindoro, threatened by pollution from fossil fuels
Mindoro (Agenzia Fides) - Many associations and groups of civil society, such as Caritas, have come together in the national forum "Eco-Convergence" to help the communities of the island of Mindoro, affected by the serio ...
20 July 2023
ASIA/MONGOLIA - The new beginning
by Gianni Valente
Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "People are good here, people love me". This is how Father Giorgio Marengo, then a young missionary of the Consolata, replied to Cardinal Cresc ...
20 July 2023
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Appointment of the national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Father Jaime Coimbra Do Nascimento
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 24, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Father Jaime Coimbra Do Nascimento, PIME, as National Director of the Pontifical ...
20 July 2023
AFRICA/LAREUNION - Resignation and appointment of Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-la Réunion
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 19, the Holy Father accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Saint-Denis-de-la Réunion, in overseas France, presented by His Exc. Msgr. Gilbert Aubry. ...
19 July 2023
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Three cases of blasphemy accusations against Christians in one month: tensions in Sargodha
Sargodha (Agenzia Fides) - Tensions exist in Sargodha, a town in Pakistani Punjab, where three separate cases of blasphemy accusations against local Christians have occurred in less than a month, sparking violence and le ...
19 July 2023
AMERICA/CHILE - Sending Mass for the young people of the Archdiocese of Concepción ready for Lisbon 2023
Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - The young people of the Archdiocese of Concepción are also ready to meet Pope Francis during the World Youth Days which will take place from August 1 to 6 in Lisbon. Preparations for them b ...
18 July 2023
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The "ecological way" of the exploitation of Bolivian lithium
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Bolivia has the largest lithium deposits in the world, located in the high Andean plateau known as the "Salar de Uyuni". In contrast to the two other countries in the so-called "Lithium Triangle" ...
18 July 2023
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart celebrate the work ad gentes, preparing for the bicentenary of the founder's birth
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Go into the whole world and proclaim the Good News": this was the leitmotif of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the missionary office ad gentes of the Missionaries ...
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