News

• 13 February 2019
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of Auxiliary of Port Harcourt Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 12 February 2019 the Holy Father appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Port Harcourt (Nigeria) the Rev. Patrick Eluke, of the clergy of Port Harcourt, currently pastor of the Saint Francis o ...
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  13 February 2019
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - New Caritas projects for the elderly and drug addicts Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "The Caritas of Almaty is trying to give shape to a dream of Bishop José Luis Mumbiela: to be able to set up a home health care service for elderly people in our diocese, thanks to Caritas. We h ...
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  13 February 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops: let us persevere in reconciliation and peace, let us fight corruption, let us keep hope alive Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of their Plenary Assembly (see Fides 4/2/2019), the Bishops of Colombia published a message to the people of God to share some food for thought which arose from their meeting. In the ...
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  13 February 2019
  AMERICA/HAITI - "The country is on the brink of collapsing": the Bishops denounce violence, intimidation, misery Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The moment is serious, because there is violence against life, we deplore the loss of life and property registered recently during the demonstrations. We take this opportunity to express ...
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  13 February 2019
  AFRICA/NIGER - Faith and perseverance for the communities left without priests and missionaries Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - More than four months have passed since that September 17 when Father Gigi Maccalli, a priest of the Society for African Missions (SMA), was kidnapped from Bomoanga. "This tragic event radically ...
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  13 February 2019
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "With the vote of May 8 we have the power to choose the direction our country will take" say the Bishops Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope that the next elections represent a further step in the realization of the society that God desires for us and give us as responsible leaders", is the hope of South African Bishops ...
• 13 February 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Apostolic Administrator of Morogoro Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has appointed Fr. Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S. (Salvatorian) as Apostolic Administrator "plena et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the diocese of Morogoro (Tanzania). ...
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  13 February 2019
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference visits the North with a delegation of religious and civil leaders Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To establish relationships of trust and launch various projects and cooperation in various areas such as tourism, culture, religion, education, sport, art with exchanges among students, educator ...
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  12 February 2019
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Archbishop Dal Toso: "Without testimony, the Gospel would be mute" Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - "Gods calls us regardless of our own personal merit; God calls us to be apostles; the message that we bring is the very heart of our faith, the proclamation of the death and resurrection of Jesus ...
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  12 February 2019
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The President of the PMS at the meeting of the National Directors of Asia Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - Asia is the continent that offers significant prospects for the missio ad gentes; Pope Francis has already visited Korea, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Myanmar and it seems that he will soon visit ...
• 12 February 2019
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Resignation of the Bishop of Viana and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 February 2019 the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Viana, Angola, presented by H.E. Msgr. Joaquim Ferreira Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. The ...
• 12 February 2019
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Mwanza Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 February 2019 the Holy Father appointed as Archbishop of Mwanza, (Tanzania) H.E. Msgr. Renatus Leonard Nkwande, currently bishop of Bunda. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 12/2/2019) ...
• 12 February 2019
  AFRICA/GHANA - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Donkorkrom Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 February 2019 the Pope appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom, (Ghana) the Rev. Fr. John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D., currently Master of Novices at Nkwatia Kwahu, Koforidua. The Rev ...
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  8 February 2019
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Cardinal Coutts: "A new wave of harmony and peace, in Pakistan and the Middle East" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We can learn a lot in Pakistan. The Global Conference of Human Fraternity, held in Abu Dhabi, will generate a new wave of harmony and peace in the Middle East and throughout the world. We appre ...
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  8 February 2019
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni: "Holy See-China Provisional Agreement of historical significance" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, followed the delicate and complex path of the Catholic Church in China since 1992, the year of its a ...