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• 1 June 2020
  AFRICA/CONGO - Erection of the Ecclesiastical Province of Pointe-Noire, and appointment of first metropolitan Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On 30 May, the Holy Father erected the Ecclesiastical Province of Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo, at the same time elevating the diocese in question to a metropolitan Church; it will ...
• 1 June 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Umuahia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 30, 2020, the Holy Father appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the diocese of Umuahia, Nigeria, the Reverend Michael Kalu Ukpong of the clergy of Umuahia, currently Chancellor of the sam ...
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  1 June 2020
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Mgr. De Brésillac and Pauline Jaricot: protagonists of the extraordinary season of missionary commitment of the 19th century Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Among the decrees that the Holy Father authorized to publish on May 26, in addition to the recognition of the miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Pauline Marie Ja ...
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  1 June 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - PMS National Director: "Pauline Jaricot is a gift for the Church" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Pauline is a gift for the Church" says Don José María Calderón, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain in a message sent to Fides, in which he comments the publi ...
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  1 June 2020
  VATICAN - "Here I am, send me": Pope Francis' Message for World Mission Sunday Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis released his annual Message for World Mission Sunday 2020 on Pentecost Sunday. It’s theme is taken from Isaiah: “Here am I, send me” (6:8). World Mission Sunday is celebr ...
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  1 June 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishop-elect of San Felipe: "We need structures of justice" San Felipe (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop-elect of the diocese of San Felipe, appointed by Pope Francis on May 26, gave a long interview to "Kairos News Chile", where he presents himself as a person and as a priest, and of ...
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  1 June 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Living charity and a people-based economy", the voice of the Church on the feast of Pentecost León (Agenzia Fides) - "We must understand from the Lord that it is necessary to have charity, to be more detached, that it is necessary to transform the mentality that we had before, we must renew a mentality in which ...
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  1 June 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence against religious minorities: the emergency continues Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Episodes of violence against Christian and Hindu religious minorities continue to cause concern in Pakistan and to arouse indignation in civil society. Ironically, violence takes place while t ...
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  1 June 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Ecumenical prayer for Pentecost: to bring new hope for India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "In these difficult times, while we are fighting Covid-19, we pray for the healing of the sick and for the recovery of our land. As a family of God, we are united in one accord and united in f ...
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  1 June 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Tempo de Cuidar": aid campaign for the most vulnerable people during the Covid-19 crisis Belo Horizonte (Agenzia Fides) - Food packages containing rice, beans, sugar, flour, pasta, milk, eggs, oil and sardines, as well as personal hygiene items such as soap and bleach for cleaning are part of the aid distrib ...
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  1 June 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - "Attractiveness, gratuitousness and humility" are the key words of the Pope's message to the PMS for the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "We read with great joy and enthusiasm the Holy Father's message to the Pontifical Mission Societies, which motivates and strengthens us and provides us with guidance for the work we are doing i ...
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  1 June 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Neither monolithism nor indifferentism. Maronite patriarch defends the Lebanese institutional model Bkerkè (Agenzia Fides) - The Lebanese political model, in its historical singularity, represents a heritage to be protected and applied, and not a negative remnant of the past from which to emancipate. This is what Mar ...
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  30 May 2020
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Contagions increase: the only Catholic church and school for disabled children are still closed Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "In Afghanistan we are still in full lockdown. The Italian Embassy in Kabul continues to be closed and consequently access to the church continues to be blocked, which is situated within the diplo ...
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  30 May 2020
  ASIA/JAPAN - A missionary: "In times of a pandemic, we rediscover the centrality of the word of God" Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - "Isolation is not a new situation for Japanese Christians, it was like that even at the time of persecutions: even then they could not meet in churches, but they carried on faith in families. Toda ...
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  30 May 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Churches help migrants during the time of the pandemic Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - While the national lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19 is still in force, many churches in Malaysia are offering aid and services for migrants. The Movement Control Order (MCO), a national ...