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20 March 2023
ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Joseph Han: in 20 years of episcopate, I have seen how the Lord takes care of His Church
by Joseph Han Zhi-hai,
Bishop of Lanzhou*
Lanzhou (Agenzia Fides) - To Fides: May the peace of the Lord always be with you all! I greet you on behalf of a bishop from the far west of China and I thank you for your ...
20 March 2023
MOZAMBIQUE - "They remained in their place, close to the persecuted people, until their bloodshed". The story of the Jesuit martyrs of Chapotera
by Stefano Lodigiani
In view of the thirty-first "Day of Missionary Martyrs" on March 24, promoted by the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fides presents some profiles of missionary martyrs for whom the Cause of Canoniza ...
18 March 2023
ASIA/MALAYSIA - More than 1,600 catechumens on their way to baptism on Easter night
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 852 catechumens are preparing spiritually to receive the sacrament of baptism during the Easter Vigil on April 8, 2023, considering only the Catholic communities of Peninsular Ma ...
18 March 2023
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Elections to change governors are underway; uncertainty about turnout
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Nigerians return to the polls today, March 18, to elect the governors of 28 of the 36 states of the Federation and more than 900 representatives to the state assemblies.
After the presidential an ...
18 March 2023
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Catholic radio: first data from the national census
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Radio sector of Signis Brasil, in collaboration with the Episcopal Commission for communication of the National Episcopal Conference (CNBB), has published partial data from the first census ...
18 March 2023
VATICAN - Decree on the full legal representation of the II section of the Dicastery for Evangelization
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Below is the Decree of Pope Francis regarding the full legal representation of the II Section of the Dicastery for Evangelization. The Decree, signed by Pope Francis on Monday 1 August 2022 ...
18 March 2023
VATICAN - "Rescriptum ex audientia SS.mi" regarding particular provisions of Pope Francis on the management of the Pontificial Mission Societies and the administration of the assets destined for the missions
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Below is the "Rescriptum ex audientia SS.mi", signed by Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, on Monday, August 1, 2022, and published in the Holy ...
18 March 2023
AFRICA/MALAWI - More than 400 dead and 200 thousand displaced: the situation continues to worsen in the area of the Archdiocese of Blantyre
Blantyre (Agenzia Fides) - Roads and bridges swept away, entire communities isolated, unable to receive aid. Houses and infrastructures, thousands of families are without shelter, exposed to bad weather. These are the fi ...
17 March 2023
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Seventh national population census kicks off: awareness among Christian communities
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The seventh national population census has begun in Pakistan, which - a big change compared to the past - is carried out through an online registration across the country. Among the items on the ...
17 March 2023
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The deepening wounds of drug trafficking and the chronic lack of responses
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - A new alarm for the worsening of drug trafficking with all its harmful consequences has been launched by the Episcopal Commission for Social Pastoral Care of the Argentine Bishops' Conferen ...
17 March 2023
AFRICA/BENIN - The Mission is an adventure worth living
Calavì (Agenzia Fides) - "At the beginning of January 2022, I moved to Calavì, Benin, to the 'Brésillac' Center where the seminarians of the Society for African Missions attend the International Year of Spirituality ( ...
17 March 2023
AFRICA/BURUNDI - The fruits, failures, wounds, the new beginnings. Archbishop Nahimana recounts 125 years of the Gospel in Burundi.
by Luca Mainoldi
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the beginning of our evangelization, the family has been the first cell of the Burundian Church", says Msgr. Bonaventure Nahimana, Archbishop of Gitega and President of the ...
16 March 2023
AMERICA/HAITI - No news of the Clerics of Saint Viator missionary kidnapped while celebrating a funeral
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Jean-Yves is still in the hands of his kidnappers. They are not answering our phone calls and the pressure is increasing". This is what Father Nestor Fils-Aimé, Provincial Superi ...
16 March 2023
ASIA/IRAQ - Qaraqosh, tensions and disputes around the role of the "Babylonian Brigades"
Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) - In the area of Qaraqosh, a predominantly Christian city in the Nineveh Plain, tensions are growing between armed militias and local self-defense units composed largely of armed men who claim to ...
16 March 2023
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Proclaiming the gift of life: "to be a Church of life and for life"
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "We are the people of life!" is the motto chosen by the Bishops' Conference of Colombia for the celebration of the "Week for Life 2023", which will take place from 19 to 26 March. The initiative ...
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