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• 3 May 2023
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Kabgayi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 2, 2023, the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kabgayi, Rwanda, presented by Bishop Smaragde Mbonyintege. The Holy Father appoint ...
• 3 May 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Calabar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 1, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed the Reverned Christopher Naseri Naseri, of the clergy of Calabar, Nigeria, until now deputy parish priest of Saint Bernard in Marian Hill a ...
• 3 May 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of Bishop of Nha Trang Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 1, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed the Reverend Joseph Huynh Van Sy, of the clergy of Quy Nhon, until now judicial vicar and rector of the Saint Joseph Seminary of Quy Nhon, ...
• 3 May 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of Bishop of Kottapuram Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 1, 2023, the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kottapuram, India, presented by Bishop Joseph Karikkassery. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 3/ ...
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  2 May 2023
  VATICAN - Holy Childhood Society: four online meetings on "The Sacraments of Christian Initiation and the Mission of Children" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Four virtual meetings in different languages, dedicated to the theme "The Sacraments of Christian Initiation and the Mission of Children". This is the initiative proposed in these first days of May ...
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  2 May 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian woman and a Muslim man arrested for alleged blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Musarat Bibi, an illiterate Christian woman, employed at the "Girls Higher Secondary School" in the city of Arif-Wala, in the Pakistani province of Punjab, was arrested together with a Muslim man ...
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  2 May 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - El-Obeid Cathedral hit by rocket bullets Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of Mary Queen of Africa, in the diocese of El-Obeid, was hit by rocket bullets during violent clashes between Sudanese army forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary ...
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  2 May 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two other Catholic priests kidnapped in southern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Two Catholic priests have been kidnapped in the state of Delta, in southern Nigeria. They are Father Chochos Kunav, who belongs to the congregation of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fath ...
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  2 May 2023
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Iraqi government launches data collection to create a digital "database" on Christian communities Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – in order to create a digital "database" on Iraqi Christians, which photographs their distribution in areas of the country, their level of education, professional skills, marital status, the nu ...
• 29 April 2023
  OCEANIA/AMERICAN SAMOA - Resignation and succession of bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, (American Samoa) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, presented by Bishop Peter Hugh Brown, C.SS.R. He is succeeded by the ...
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  29 April 2023
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop Stephen Chow: love for our country is part of the Catholic Church’s teachings Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Love for our country "is part of the Catholic Church’s teachings", and in the current situation experienced by Catholics in mainland China and Hong Kong it is proper and convenient to pray ...
• 29 April 2023
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Appointment of the Bishop of the Diocese of Kasana-Luweero Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Msgr. Lawrence Mukasa, of the clergy of the diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana, until now vicar general, as bishop of the diocese of Kasana-Luweero, Ugand ...
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  28 April 2023
  EUROPE/HUNGARY - Pope Francis to Hungarian Catholics: in the age of secularism, look to the faces of your Saints Budapest (Agenzia Fides) - "Answers come from the Lord and not from the world, from the tabernacle and not from the computer". In Budapest, in St. Stephen's Cathedral, Pope Francis shows the Church of Hungary the compass ...
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  28 April 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - On the 10th anniversary of his death: Diocese of Shanghai commemorates Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - More than a thousand people filled the cathedral of the diocese of Shanghai yesterday to commemorate Jesuit bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian, who died ten years ago, on April 27, 2013. During the s ...
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  28 April 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A common project of national reconciliation: "hope is our courage!" Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask all of Brazilian society to build a vast project of reconciliation and peace, based on frank and open dialogue, which allows us to overcome what separates us, with the aim of guarantee ...