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7 November 2022
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Liberation from the office of Vicar Apostolic of Calapan
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has liberated Bishop Warlito Itucas Cajandig from the office of vicar apostolic of Calapan, Philippines, for health reasons. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 7/11/2022)
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7 November 2022
AMERICA/MEXICO - Electoral reform: no one has the right to promote reforms that compromise the strength of democratic institutions
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The electoral reform proposed by Mexican President Manuel Lopez Obrador, which is said to be aimed at reducing costs, is causing a controversial debate in the country. According to the Presi ...
5 November 2022
AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - High tensions between the DRC and Rwanda; concerns about human rights abuses
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Tension is rising between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, with Kinshasa accusing Kigali of "interference" in the east of its national territory. DRC President Felix Tshisekedi call ...
5 November 2022
ASIA/BAHRAIN - The great missionary adventure of the Apostolic Vicariates of Arabia
by Gianni Valente
Awali (Agenzia Fides) - In Bahrain, the archipelago kingdom which this morning, Saturday November 5, saw some 30,000 people gather at the Bahrain National Stadium in Awali to take part in the liturgica ...
5 November 2022
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Pact for education, land, indigenous peoples, elections and commitment of the laity to transform Church and society
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The "critical state" of the national education system, the situation of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples, the upcoming general elections in April where it is necessary to choose ...
4 November 2022
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "We need an effective government and an opposition that controls in the interest of the Country"
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Learn from your mistakes. Zambians want an effective government and also a formidable opposition in the interest of the people and the country". Thus, Father Godwin Mulenga, a Jesuit, urged Pres ...
4 November 2022
ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of Bishop of Kengtung
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father has appointed Bishop John Saw Yaw Han, until now titular of Buffada and auxiliary of the archdiocese of Yangon, as bishop of the diocese of Kengtung, Myanmar. (SL) (Agenzi ...
4 November 2022
AFRICA/KENYA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Kitale
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kitale, Kenya, presented by Bishop Maurice Anthony Crowley, S.P.S.
The Holy Father has appointed the R ...
4 November 2022
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops and laity: "The government should take its responsibilities and respond urgently to the demands of the population"
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary General of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference, Monsignor Giovani Arana, yesterday, on behalf of the Permanent Episcopal Council, made an urgent appeal to the government to "assume it ...
4 November 2022
ASIA/BAHRAIN - Pope Francis: may humanity be saved from the tragic infantilism of those who play with bombs
Awali (Agenzia Fides) - The times we are living in, East and West resemble «two opposing seas», which spread conflicts throughout the world to assert their hegemony.
In this scenario dominated by dark omens, religiou ...
4 November 2022
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Silent Proclamation: “There are no professional missionaries at work here”
Gode (Agenzia Fides) - "Everything here is a mystery difficult to understand", says Father Angelo Antonlini, "What does the Lord want? Much remains incomprehensible, but he wants us to be there".
"This month that I am ...
3 November 2022
AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops back bill to abolish death penalty
Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "God created the human person in his image and likeness and therefore only he can take back human life. It is therefore the obligation of every possessor of life to strive to at all times to prese ...
3 November 2022
AMERICA/BRAZIL - "The exercise of citizenship does not end with the end of the electoral process", the Bishops call for reconciliation
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The conclusion of the electoral process "calls us even more to reconciliation, which is essential for the new cycle that is opening. Now, everyone, without distinction, must accompany, demand a ...
3 November 2022
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Orderly, regular and coordinated disarmament: peace agreement signed between the warring parties
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - On the night of November 3-4, 2020, hostilities began between the Ethiopian Federal Army and the Tigray militias of the TPLF. Yesterday afternoon, November 2, 2022, after several days of int ...
3 November 2022
ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô-Hô Chí Minh, Hochiminh Ville
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 1, 2022, the Holy Father Francis, appointed Rev. Joseph Bui Cong Trac, of the clergy of Ho Chi Minh Ville, currently Rector of the Major Seminary of Hô Chí Minh Ville, as Auxi ...
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