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3 November 2021
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Benguela
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Benguela, Angola, the Reverend Estêvão Binga, of the clergy of the same diocese, until now rector of the major seminar ...
3 November 2021
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Council of the laity: our challenge is to have a leading role in building a culture of peace
Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - "In no sense can we accept that with aggression we can solve problems, on the contrary our challenge is to have a leading role in building a culture of peace, according to our values and fundament ...
3 November 2021
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Church representatives warn against buying votes with a view to the 2022 election
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - It is important and necessary to cast one's own vote according to one's own conscience: Mgr.Socrates Villegas, Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan emphasizes this with a view to the elections on May 9 ...
3 November 2021
AFRICA/TOGO - Missionary reports from Kolawarè: "No church closure can slow down the faith of the people"
Kolowarè (Agenzia Fides) - "We all felt the need to be together in order to feel alive as a church, beyond the confinements and closures of our churches. But on October 31st we all met in the church, the five base commu ...
3 November 2021
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The family must be the main protagonist of State policies: Manifesto of the Family 2021
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Since 1971 the month of November has been "the Month of the Family" in the Dominican Republic and on this occasion the National Commission of the Family, of the Dominican Bishops' Confere ...
3 November 2021
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Jamshedpur
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 1, 2021 the Holy Father appointed Bishop Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D., until now titular of Rutabo and auxiliary of Ranchi, as bishop of the diocese of Jamshedpur, India. (SL) (Age ...
30 October 2021
AMERICA/CHILE - Religious denominations demand that the new Constitution guarantee religious freedom without distinction
Villarrica (Agenzia Fides) - "The new Constitution must fully guarantee the religious freedom of all persons, without distinction of any kind, and also of religious denominations as such, that is to say the freedom to ex ...
30 October 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The municipal elections of November 1 are for the Bishops, an opportunity for "moral renewal"
Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday, November 1, about 26 million South Africans are called to the polls for municipal elections, to choose the members of the Councils of all the municipalities in the 9 provinces in whi ...
30 October 2021
AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Missionary October: first profession of two young people among the Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - During the Missionary Month of October, the Congregation of Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (ICM) had the joy of participating in the first religious profession of two Congol ...
30 October 2021
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - All Saints' Day: Litanies of Argentinian Saints and Blessed
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - On November 1, the solemnity of All Saints, the Argentine Church also celebrates the 25th day of prayer for the sanctification of the Argentine people and the glorification of its servants ...
30 October 2021
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The barbed wire cross, a symbol of peace and reconciliation
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "This is the most beautiful cross in the world", said Korean President Moon Jae-In, at the inauguration of the exhibition entitled "Barbed wire becomes a symbol of Peace", organized by the Ministry ...
30 October 2021
ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Bac Ninh
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Joseph Do Quang Khang, until now lecturer and dean of studies in the Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Saigon, as coadjutor bishop of the diocese of ...
30 October 2021
VATICAN - For a Church which is always and entirely missionary
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - If the month of October, which the Church defines as "missionary month" is a special time during which the Catholic faithful all over the world are called to rediscover and renew their miss ...
29 October 2021
EUROPE/ITALY - The murderer of Fr. Roberto Malgesini, "the priest of the last", sentenced to life imprisonment
Como (Agenzia Fides) - Ridha Mahmoudi, a 56-year-old Tunisian, who attacked and stabbed Fr. Roberto Malgesini on September 15, 2020, was sentenced to life imprisonment. The judges rejected the defense's request to declar ...
29 October 2021
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Catholic community of Seoul welcomes the new Archbishop
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Peter Chung Soon-Taick O.C.D., is the new Archbishop of Seoul and Apostolic Administrator of Pyongyang. The appointment of the Holy See was announced on October 28 by Cardinal Andrew Yeom S ...
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