News

• 29 August 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop of Yei's appeal: "Protect South Sudanese refugees in Uganda from unlawful attacks" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The international community represented by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, should take note of the fact that politicians go to the camps to make false promises to the refugees t ...
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  29 August 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - The canonization process of Armenian Cardinal Agagianian opens on October 28th Bzommar (Agenzia Fides) - The appointment is for next October 28, the day on which the Armenian Churches celebrate the Apostle Saint Jude Thaddeus also as the First Catholic of the Armenians. That day, at the Vicariate P ...
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  29 August 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops: “Nothing must distract us from the essential task of education. Peace is possible. Educating to build it is a priority" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of the new school year 2022-2023, the Mexican Bishops, in a common message, address teachers, parents, students and society in general, and therefore all those involved in e ...
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  29 August 2022
  AFRICA/TOGO - Sisters of Our Lady of the Church of Togo celebrate 70 years of founding Lomè (Agenzia Fides) - "This jubilee must represent for you a moment of reflection on your fidelity to the commitments made personally and collectively before the Church", said Archbishop Nicodème Barrigah-Benissan of ...
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  29 August 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Flood disaster: bishops ask for help Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Given the magnitude of the flood disaster, the people affected by the floods urgently need our help. In order to be able to help the victims of the floods and those in need, we, on behalf of th ...
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  29 August 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - StoptheWarNow: Third peace convoy is on its way Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I am leaving for Ukraine to give a witness of solidarity, to cry with those who cry, but also to bring, in addition to the greeting of the Italian Bishops, a message of peace and non-violence and ...
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  29 August 2022
  VATICAN - Bishop Scalabrini and layman Zatti will be canonized on October 9th Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - During Odinary Consistory, presided over by Pope Francis on August 27 for the canonization of Blesseds Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, Bishop of Piacenza, founder of the Congregation of the M ...
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  27 August 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - Discontent and "discomfort" for the new regulations of the Foundations. The Armenian Patriarch appeals to Erdogan Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - In a letter addressed directly to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Sahak II Masalyan expresses the "discomfort" and growing dissatisfaction among ...
• 27 August 2022
  AFRICA/BENIN - Clarification of the Bishops on the creation of a Catholic credit institution Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Benin announced and initiated the creation of a Catholic credit institution in mid-July, but in a recent statement indicates that the project is still being studied in ...
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  27 August 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Spiritans: " First Evangelization in urban and rural areas" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Spiritan missionaries in the Central African Republic work to heal hearts and rebuild people's daily lives, preaching and living the Gospel in its entirety. Despite the limited resources and ...
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  26 August 2022
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - The "Days of Augustinian of Hippo" relaunch St. Augustine's teaching on peace Annaba (Agenzia Fides) - "God" - writes St. Augustine in the XIV book of his work "The City of God" - "desired not only that the human race might be able by their similarity of nature to associate with one another, but a ...
• 26 August 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "Jobs have to be created especially in rural areas" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of people took to the streets of Pretoria on August 24 to protest against the worsening economic conditions. The protest was organized by the eight unions, which called for govern ...
• 25 August 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishops warn of increases in drug abuse in schools Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "We are concerned about the growing frequency of drug abuse and violence in our schools". This is the cry of alarm launched by the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda, an Anglopho ...
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  25 August 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Church publishes salaries of bishops and priests Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Chaldean Church, gathered in Baghdad on the occasion of the annual Synodal Assembly, have, among other things, established and published the salary levels for bishops and prie ...
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  24 August 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Armenian Catholic Bishops: May Saint Nerses "the gracious" be recognized as the Patron saint of unity among the Churches Bzommar (Agenzia Fides) - Given the current historical processes that are pitting peoples against each other and also endangering unity among Christians, the proposal of the Catholic Armenian Bishops deserves special att ...