News

• 22 September 2023
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Maputo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Osório Citora Afonso, I.M.C., until now official at the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for first evangelization and the new particular ...
• 22 September 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Sivagangai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 21 September, the Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Lourdu Anandam, of the clergy of Madurai, until now parish priest of the Holy Rosary parish, as bishop of the diocese of Sivagang ...
• 22 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of bishop of Zaria Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Habila Tyiakwonaboi Daboh, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Kaduna, until now rector of the Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna, as bishop o ...
• 22 September 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Huê Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Joseph Đặng Đức Ngân, until now bishop of the diocese of Ðà Nang, Viêt Nam, as coadjutor archbishop of the archdiocese of Huê, Viêt Nam. Ar ...
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  22 September 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - How to be happy? An antidote to individualism to counter the suicide phenomenon Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Suicide is a tragedy in our society", says Father Cho Seung-hyeon, a priest and journalist, columnist for 'CPBC Press Weekly', a printed and online weekly published by the Commission for Social ...
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  22 September 2023
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - A relic of Saint Francis to support peacemakers: the Saint in the Catholic community of the Leeward Islands Uturoa (Agenzia Fides) - More than eighty participants committed to Christian life in the Raromatai archipelago, the Leeward Islands, gathered on the central island, Raiatea, from Sunday, September 17 to Wednesday, Septe ...
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  22 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Kidnapped Catholic priest regains freedom Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Last Sunday, September 17, Father Marcellinus Obioma Okide, who serves as a parish priest at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Amofia-Agu Affa, Udi Local Government Area, was abducted alongside six ...
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  21 September 2023
  VATICAN/CHINA - Two bishops from mainland China at the Synod of Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "This is a great and very positive compromise between the Vatican and China. Thanks to the patience and foresight of Pope Francis", said a priest from Beijing to Fides, shortly after the pu ...
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  21 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New measures against criminal sects that threaten Ogun State in the south-west of the country Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Ogun State, in the south-west of Nigeria, will set up a special court to judge cases related to so-called confraternities or sects. A joint anti-cult security task force will als ...
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  21 September 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Dominicans celebrate Saint Thomas Aquinas, master of truth and harmony Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The legacy of Saint Thomas Aquinas is alive and present in Pakistan. Thomas is alive and present with his thought, with his search for the truth which is Christ himself. He is present among youn ...
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  21 September 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Pier Luigi Maccalli on the nature of the mission Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - "In 2023 I reported on my experiences in different cities in Italy. After speaking about my experiences as a missionary kidnapped in the Sahel, there was always room for questions from the audienc ...
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  21 September 2023
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Against the ‘Managua Wall’, the Holy See Can Rely on Traditional Diplomatic Tactics by Victor Gaetan Nicaragua is a member of the Central American Common Market (CACM) including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. China is CACM's second largest global trade partner, after the United Sta ...
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  20 September 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Saint Daniel Comboni reminds us that mission is not "the fruit of human endeavor", and is born from charity Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The missionary passion to proclaim the Gospel is not born as a "result of human endeavor" but flows "from the love of Christ"; it is the opposite of the "plague of clericalism" and springs from cha ...
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  20 September 2023
  AFRICA/MALI - Second Forum for Catholic Education: “We want to improve the quality of education” Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The first challenge is to improve the training of our teachers and then to review our teaching programs so that the education offered to students is adapted to the reality of our country", says ...
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  20 September 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Lay people from the parishes of Xiaomu and Lujia visit seminarians and religious sisters: "All vocations are valuable" Xi'an (Agenzia Fides) - "In this time of serious lack of vocations to the priesthood and religious life, seminarians are the future of the Church and the hope of every diocese. Whoever cares for them cares for our future ...