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26 April 2023
ASIA/TIMOR - Appointment of Bishop of Baucau
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Leandro Maria Alves, of the clergy of Díli, until now parish priest of the Cathedral and executive secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Timor ...
26 April 2023
AFRICA/GHANA - Mission Kumasi: meeting point of religion, royalty and diplomacy
Kumasi (Agenzia Fides) - In 1880 Father Auguste Moreau, of the Society of African Missions (SMA), together with Father Eugene Murat, arrived in Elmina, the oldest European settlement in West Africa.
According to chronol ...
26 April 2023
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Election campaign: A country in search of peace, stability and development
Dili (Agenzia Fides) - With a view to the general elections scheduled for May 21 in East Timor, the electoral campaign has begun in the youngest nation in Asia. The President of the Bishops' Conference of East Timor, Bis ...
26 April 2023
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishop Gerardi Conedera was murdered 25 years ago: "A committed witness of charity"
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "On this April 26, just two days after publicly presenting the conclusions of the Historical Memory Recovery Project (REMHI, Recuperacion de la memoria historica), we commemorate the 25th ...
26 April 2023
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops encourage hope: 'We need honest and non-political solutions'
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace be with you" is the greeting of the Risen Lord, "the Lord of history, who wants to encourage us in hope and in building the common good of our beloved homeland, Bolivia": this is the e ...
26 April 2023
VATICAN - Pope Francis: prayer is the "invisible force" of monks and nuns that sustains the mission
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I understood it was Love alone that made the Church’s members act, that if Love ever became extinct, apostles would not preach the Gospel and martyrs would not shed their blood", wrote Saint Ter ...
25 April 2023
AFRICA/CAPE VERDE - Cape Verdeans begin the journey to celebrate the first 500 years of the Gospel on the Island of Santiago
Praia (Agenzia Fides) - A state in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, a bridge that seems designed to connect Africa, Europe and America. Cape Verde is an archipelago composed of ten volcanic islands (only one is uninhabi ...
25 April 2023
VATICAN - Appointment of under-secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for first evangelization and the new particular Churches
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Msgr. Samuele Sangalli, until now official of the Dicastery for Bishops, as under-secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for first evangelizati ...
25 April 2023
ASIA/CHINA - Reopening of shrines after 3 years. Chinese Catholic communities are preparing for the Marian month
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "We can join the universal Church, remembering the prayer intention of Pope Francis and imitating Our Lady the Virgin Mary in following Christ her Son, to reveal the face of the Risen Lord and l ...
24 April 2023
EUROPE/NETHERLANDS - The missionary commitment in the Catholic communities of the Netherlands
Tilburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Netherlands, in collaboration with the School of Catholic Theology in Tilburg, organized a symposium to recall the important anniv ...
24 April 2023
ASIA/TURKEY - 108 years since the Armenian Genocide. Commemorations banned in Istanbul
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - On April 24, 1915 more than 100 Armenian intellectuals, parliamentarians, writers and journalists were taken from their homes and deported on a journey of death to the Turkish towns of Çankır ...
24 April 2023
AFRICA/NIGER - Sand identity and Ramadan in Niamey
Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no traffic in the city because the celebration of the conclusion of the holy month of Islam, Ramadan, the name of the ninth month of the Muslim calendar which means ‘burning heat’ i ...
24 April 2023
AMERICA/CHILE - "Builders of peace, sowers of hope" in the context of the security crisis and rampant violence
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "We believe that the paths of peace must be built by all of us, with determination and unity, with a global approach. We reject any form of violence to achieve political, social or economic obj ...
24 April 2023
ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Jaipur
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 22, 2023, the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Jaipur, India, presented by Bishop Oswald Lewis.
The Holy Father has appointed ...
22 April 2023
EUROPE/CYPRUS - "Rooted in hope". The future of Christians in the Middle East as seen from Nicosia
Nicosia (Agenzia Fides) - The Symposium of Churches in the Middle East, "Rooted in Hope," is nearing its conclusion. The initiative is promoted by R.O.A.C.O. (Reunion of Aid Agencies to the Oriental Churches),and welcome ...
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