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24 September 2021
AFRICA/UGANDA - Places of worship reopened after closure due to the second wave of Covid-19
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has announced the imminent reopening of places of worship after an interruption of over a year. In June 2020 all churches in the country were closed due to ...
24 September 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The kerygma as the central point of evangelization
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - With the aim of continuing the commitment of evangelization in these times of pandemic and post-pandemic, the Center for Missionary Animation of the Bishops' Conference of Colombia launched an ed ...
24 September 2021
VATICAN - Pope Francis to the Bishops of Europe: let us ask the saints for help, instead of complaining about bad times
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "So many people in Europe see the faith as déja vu, a relic of the past". This happens "Because they have not seen Jesus at work in their own lives. Often this is because we, by our lives, have n ...
24 September 2021
ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops oppose the anti-conversion law in Karnataka
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The ten Catholic Bishops of the state of Karnataka, in southern India, met Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to voice their opinion over a proposed law to ban forcible religious conversions in t ...
24 September 2021
AMERICA/PERU - The Church is always available to collaborate with the State in the social, educational and health sectors, for the common good
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The presidency of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference on September 22 had a meeting with the president of the Congress of the Republic, María del Carmen Alva Prieto, at the structures of the Congres ...
24 September 2021
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "I have always acted for the defense of freedom, justice and the rights of the Venezuelan people": the spiritual testament of Cardinal Urosa Savino
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, September 23, Cardinal Baltazar Porras, on behalf of the Archdiocese of Caracas, announced the death of Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, which was followed ...
23 September 2021
ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: abortion is Cain-style murder
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The practice of induced abortion repeats what happened in the story of Cain, who committed the first "premeditated murder" told in the Bible. And for the Church "all human life, including that o ...
23 September 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Exploitation and human trafficking are "chains that generate so much destruction in the world"
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Human trafficking and sexual exploitation are two closely related phenomena and occur in many parts of the world, they affect people of all ages, but especially minors who, in situations of vul ...
23 September 2021
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Covid does not choose who to hit: bishops offer training for people with special needs
Tabora (Agenzia Fides) - "Covid does not choose, it affects everyone and that is why we must all walk together without allowing anyone to be left behind", said the Secretary General of the Bishops' Conference of Tanzania ...
23 September 2021
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The relics of "Chiquitunga", the first Paraguayan Blessed, return to their homeland
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - It was a great mobilization, perhaps the largest since Paraguay experienced the pandemic, that of the Catholic faithful to welcome the relics of María Felicia de Jesús Sacramentado, known as ...
23 September 2021
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In the pandemic, the path is compassion
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The path indicated by Christ is compassion, and it is the path that Christians are called to follow. This is the appeal released by Msgr. Marlo Mendoza Peralta, Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (in th ...
23 September 2021
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Violence and intimidation against a Catholic journalist investigating a case of corruption
Tangail (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic journalist of the Garo ethnic group, Prince Edward Mangsang, was attacked and severely beaten on charges of having destroyed assets worth 45 thousand Bangladeshi taka (about 450 euros ...
23 September 2021
EUROPE/ITALY - "Migrants and pilgrims, like all our fathers" (cfr. 1 Cr 29,15): a reflection open to action
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The international conference "Migrants and pilgrims, like all our fathers" (cfr. 1 Cr 29, 15) was held from September, 20 to 22 - "Theology of human mobility in the 21st century", promoted and orga ...
22 September 2021
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - In the north, several areas reconquered from the jihadists; "But as long as security is precarious, it will be difficult for the activities of the Church to resume"
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "Security is still precarious. The first thing we really need to do is ensure that people can return safely to resume their lives with confidence. But I think we still need time", says His Exc. M ...
22 September 2021
ASIA/MYANMAR - Violence of the Burmese army against civilians: Baptist pastor killed
Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - The violence and revenge of the Bimano army are hitting innocent civilians all over the nation. As Fides learned, on September 18, the town of Thang Tlang, one of the nine towns of the Burmese Sta ...
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