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  5 May 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two priests kidnapped on April 30 released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The two Catholic priests kidnapped in southern Nigeria on the evening of April 30 have been released (see Fides, 2/5/2023). Chochos Kunav, a member of the congregation of the Secular Institute of ...
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  5 May 2023
  AMERICA/CHILE - On May 7, another step towards the new Constitution, which hopefully will be decisive Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Next Sunday, May 7, we will have the opportunity to take a new step in the constitutional process that we are experiencing as a country, by electing the constitutional councilors, who, togethe ...
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  5 May 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - New parish of St. Joseph in the diocese of Jajshahi: bishop and parish priest remember Italian missionary Rajshahi (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Rajshahi has a new parish: the parish of Saint Joseph in Bhutahara, located in a remote and tribal rural area in the northern part of the country. The inauguration of the new par ...
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  4 May 2023
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Love in Christ, study, dialogue, prayer: the "four steps" of Pope Tawadros is to rediscover unity among divided Christians Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Dialogue between the Churches and their path to rediscover full communion can only be founded and modeled on the cross of Christ. This was reiterated by Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II, on t ...
• 4 May 2023
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of Bishop of Sumbe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Firmino David, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Huambo, until now rector of the Christ the King Seminary, Theological Section, Huambo, as bisho ...
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  4 May 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Investigation into Shakahola forest massacre widens as calls for greater control of sects continue Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Another "telepreacher" has also been put under investigation for the massacre of more than 100 followers of the Kenyan sect "Good News International Church", found dead in the Shakahola forest ( ...
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  4 May 2023
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops for election: "We can realize the desire for a better home" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Guatemala believe that "it is possible, as a people of faith and through the cooperation of all, to realize the desire for a better homeland, for a country that is more hum ...
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  4 May 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A new ecclesial service to support social cooperatives, a tool for development and the fight against poverty Manila (Agenzia Fides) - With the aim of encouraging and supporting the creation and management of social cooperatives to accompany groups and communities living in extreme poverty on the path of food security and develo ...
• 4 May 2023
  ASIA/JAPAN - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 8, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, confirmed the Rev. Joseph Naoki Momma, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Tokyo (for biog ...
• 4 May 2023
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 30, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, confirmed the Rev. Bernardino Lazo Cardenas, of the diocesan clergy of Choluteca (for bio ...
• 3 May 2023
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Appointment of Bishop of Tainan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today the Holy Father Francis has appointed the Reverend Fr. John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng, O.F.M., until now director of the Centre for Franciscan Spirituality in Hsinchu, provincial counse ...
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  3 May 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic Church Statistics: Around 11.3% of Koreans are Catholics Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The number of Korean Catholics in the country's 16 dioceses is 5,949,862 in 2022, an increase of 0.2% (11,817) compared to the previous year. According to data collected at the end of 2022, the ...
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  3 May 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Pilgrimages, processions, ordinations, rosaries in the neighborhood: the Marian month of Chinese Catholic communities has begun Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - New priestly ordinations, solemn Eucharistic celebrations, neighborhood processions, pilgrimages to shrines, rosaries prayed in small groups among neighbors, following the "method of the Visitat ...
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  3 May 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - After the massacre of the faithful of a sect, the debate on the regulation of religious groups reopens Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Among the more than 100 followers of a Kenyan sect found dead in the Shakahola forest, eastern Kenya, on a ranch in Kilifi county, near the city of Malindi, there are not only people who died of ...
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  3 May 2023
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Day of prayer for reconciliation and peace: peace is possible, it is necessary, it is everyone's responsibility Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Today, May 3, in Colombia and other Spanish speaking countries (such as Spain, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Argentina and Venezuela) the Feast of the Holy Cross ...