News

• 8 June 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Kuzhithurai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 6, 2020 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kuzhithurai, India, presented by Bishop Jerome Dhas Varuvel, S.D.B. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 8/ ...
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  8 June 2020
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Catholic community is mobilizing for assistance to the poor and economic recovery, in the midst of the Covid-19 emergency Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Sri Lanka has mobilized for assistance to poor families and the most vulnerable people, affected by the socio-economic impact of the Covid-19 health emergency. As repor ...
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  8 June 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Respect and protection of the environment: the Bishops together for World Day Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Awareness for the protection of the environment, care for the common home in light of Pope Francis' encyclical 'Laudato Sì', individual initiatives on a practical level to support the prot ...
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  8 June 2020
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Presidential vote; the Bishops: "We have not appealed to the Constitutional Court" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops’ Conference has never appealed to the Constitutional Court, all it did was report its observation work to the public for which it had received accreditation", says a statement f ...
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  8 June 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Christian Evan Jabro at the head of the Ministry for refugees and migrants Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian professor belonging to the Chaldean Church will manage the policies of the Iraqi government regarding the migratory emergency and the relocation of internally displaced persons. Her ...
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  8 June 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Covid-19 emergency: churches reopen for worship, but with some exceptions Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - After a lockdown in force since mid-March, given the ascertained spread of coronavirus in all states of the Malaysian Federation, the Malaysian government has decreed the possibility of reo ...
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  8 June 2020
  VATICAN - PMS Fund for the Covid emergency continues in Africa and America Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to sow fear and death in many parts of the world, the Emergency Fund established by Pope Francis at the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) to support t ...
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  8 June 2020
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "The pain caused by a crime cannot be resolved by forgetting": the trial for the assassination of the 6 Jesuits and the 2 women begins San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Today the public hearing of the trial against several alleged military, intellectual and material perpetrators of the murder of 6 Jesuits, an employee and her daughter, which took place on ...
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  8 June 2020
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "We need to clarify the recent gas attacks, before the worse happens", says the Bishop of Chipita Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot wait any longer, in silence, for explanations and appropriate action. If we are to prevent something worse to happen other than the gassing, it is now we have to do something", said Hi ...
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  6 June 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Eucharistic Missionaries of Nazareth: 100 years proclaiming the Gospel among the poorest Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In conjunction with the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, celebrated on May 3, the Eucharistic Missionaries of Nazareth (MEN) began their jubilee year on the occasion of the centenary of the foun ...
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  6 June 2020
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops: "the pandemic is a sign of the times, God calls us to return to him, human life is fragile and inconsistent" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops of Guatemala want to communicate with all the people of Guatemala who, together with millions of human beings in the world, are going through the situation caused by the curr ...
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  6 June 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Personal protective equipment to mission hospitals Madisi (Agenzia Fides) - "Most of the population of Malawi is engaged in informal work, and is the most exposed sector to contracting Covid 19", says to Agenzia Fides the national coordinator of the Catholic development ...
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  6 June 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Appeal for voluntary quarantine, the voice of the church to protect the population in the face of covid-19 Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "I invite everyone in Nicaragua to take the voluntary national quarantine seriously. Stay at home! Help yourselves! Entrepreneurs, organize a solidarity plan to help the poorest!", with these wo ...
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  6 June 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Brothers of the Christian schools: "Next to the most vulnerable in the fight against Covid 19" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Some of our students serve their fellow citizens as first rescuers. Others are helping the elderly who are confined to the home by delivering groceries. Some universities, such as in Mexico and th ...
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  6 June 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Young people committed to environmental protection, in harmony with Laudato Sì Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - A day of awareness and action, dedicated to the care of the "common home", the protection of environment and the critical use of the mass media: this is the initiative experienced by the yo ...