Archive News

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  25 June 2018
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Sister Mariam: 50 years of silent evangelization with the Little Sisters of Jesus Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "When you are on a mission in a land like Afghanistan, you cannot evangelize in a traditional manner. Over the years we would have liked to be bearers of the message of the Gospel, but we could do ...
• 25 June 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of Archbishop of Ranchi, India, and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On 24 June 2018 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Ranchi presented by His Eminence Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo. The Pope appoint ...
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  25 June 2018
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The young Carmelite Chiquitunga Blessed, tireless apostle of the discarded Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - "A model of a young Christian", "a very intelligent person who expressed joy", "a model of a thinking person, that 'questions' and discusses, because there are realities that need to be questi ...
• 23 June 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of the Bishop of Machakos Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today the Holy Father Francis has appointed Bishop of the diocese of Machakos (Kenya) His Exc. Mgr. Norman King'oo Wambua, currently Bishop of the diocese of Bungoma. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 2 ...
• 23 June 2018
  ASIA/JAPAN - Resignation of the Auxiliary of Tokyo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has accepted the resignation of the office of Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Tokyo (Japan), presented by His Exc. Mgr. James Kazuo Koda. (SL) (Agenzia Fides ...
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  23 June 2018
  AMERICA - Laudato Si 'in mini-cartoons: to oppose the culture of waste and defend Mother Earth Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "I do not understand why people buy so much!" says a surprised Francesco d'Assisi who, after trying in vain to communicate with the travelers of a twenty-first century city, busy with their smartp ...
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  23 June 2018
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - The Church in India welcomes migrants and refugees The Church in India welcomes and is close to migrants and refugees, trying to remember and put into practice the message of Pope Francis who said: “Every stranger who knocks at our door is an opportunity for an encount ...
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  23 June 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - The Church at the service of Venezuelan emigrants in Peru Lima (Agenzia Fides) - On July 2, at the headquarters of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference (CEP), the "Information and Orientation Center for Venezuelan Migrants" will begin its activity. The initiative was presented yes ...
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  23 June 2018
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The bishops announce the intention to start a new national Catholic Television Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Uganda have announced their intention to start a new national Catholic Television. In a press statement that was released on June 8, 2018 by the bishops after their annua ...
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  23 June 2018
  ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - A "photogenic Church" prepares to live historical days Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) - The interview that took place in Ashgabat between Apostolic Nuncio Paul Russell and Turkmen Vice Premier Raşit Meredow could have historical results for the Catholic Church in Turkmenistan. Th ...
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  23 June 2018
  VATICAN - Mgr. Bodet and the new universal impulse of Missionary Childhood, from Paris to Rome Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Henri Bodet died in the French diocese of Angers on 19 June. He was National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in France from 1978 to 1982 and Secretary General of the Pon ...
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  22 June 2018
  ASIA/CHINA - Pilgrimage of the Scheut missionaries to commemorate 150 years of the death of Fr. Verbist and to continue his mission in China Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - To know the Church in China, which has never forgotten Fr. Theophiel Verbist (1823 - 1868) and forge new relationships of missionary collaboration; to recall the 150th anniversary of the death o ...
• 22 June 2018
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NUOVA GUINEA - Resignation of the Bishop of Kavieng and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kavieng (Papua New Guinea), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C. The Holy Father ...
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  22 June 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishops and the Nuncio rush to Masaya to stop a new massacre Masaya (Agenzia Fides) - The church bells of the city of Masaya rang without stopping, not to warn of the arrival of death squads, formed by police and paramilitaries, but this time with a reason for hope: the arrival of ...
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  22 June 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Violent fighting provokes the flight of the population of several villages in South Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Violent fighting has caused victims and are pushing the population to flee from the highland villages of Uvira, in the province of South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. T ...