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6 August 2021
AFRICA/MALI - "What can we all do together to help Sister Gloria Cecília Narváez?": Edith Blais, her fellow prisoner keeps hope alive
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "What can we all do together to help Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez in the hands of the kidnappers for 4 years and 6 months"? writes the Canadian Edith Blais who shared 5 months of imprisonment in ...
6 August 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "We must also demand accountability for violence and looting", says the President of SACBC
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "What I wish to propose is that we should add our voice on the call for accountability
for the violence and looting that has been allowed to happen in the country. Those who by commission ...
6 August 2021
AFRICA/KENYA - Covid 19 pandemic: effects on the physical and mental health of religious
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Covid-19 has affected the physical and mental health of religious, so we need to take care of their psychological well-being after some of them experience particular stress that can lead to ...
5 August 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - REPAM the "Vacuna Amazzonia" campaign begins
Leticia (Agenzia Fides) - The Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM) active in the Amazon region, started the “Vacuna Amazonia” initiative this week after the number of deaths due to the coronavirus infection in the ...
5 August 2021
ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishops launch the National Prayer Campaign for the end of the pandemic: "Let us arm ourselves with medical kits, oxygen and other support
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "As the Covid 19 pandemic continues to threaten the whole world and our country, we Bishops invite everyone to pray together", is the appeal that the Burmese bishops addressed on the occasion of ...
5 August 2021
AFRICA/GHANA - Accra Cathedral construction: Chairman of the Catholic Bishops' Conference emphasizes disagreement over funding
Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Although the country's Christians will benefit most from the construction of the cathedral, the citizens should not be expected to finance this from their own donations. I think the project could ...
5 August 2021
EUROPE/ITALY - Filipino migrants are the 'new missionaries': pilgrimage of the Filipino Community for 500 years of evangelization
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 500th anniversary (1521-2021) of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines, more than 250 Filipino pilgrims from Europe met in Rome on July 31 to celebrate the biennial ...
4 August 2021
ASIA/LEBANON - Explosion in the port of Beirut a year ago: those responsible have not yet been identified and people grapple with misery
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "We are worried that the situation could degenerate", local sources from Beirut tell Fides, where the explosion of the ammonium nitrate store is being commemorated today, which hit the Lebanese c ...
4 August 2021
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Cardinal Rosa Chávez: Dialogue strengthens democracy in the Country
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The government led by President Nayib Bukele continues to receive compliments and words of encouragement for dialogue with civil society organizations. Among the favorable voices is that of ...
4 August 2021
VATICAN - Pope Francis to the Lebanese: "I greatly desire to visit you"
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Exactly one year after the deadly explosion that devastated the Port of Beirut, killing nearly 200 and injuring thousands, Pope Francis has publicly renewed his commitment to visit Lebanon in the n ...
4 August 2021
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Mass destruction, killings, violence, displacement, where is the government of South Sudan? ask religious leaders
Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "What we are witnessing is symptomatic of a series of factors that cannot be ignored. These include the country's tragic history, endemic corruption, internal political struggles, moral d ...
4 August 2021
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Foreign troops in Cabo Delgado: Jesuit favors Tanzanian mediation initiative
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - More troops are arriving in the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado to fight jihadists allegedly belonging to the Islamic State (IS). After the Rwandan armed forces, which were already deployed i ...
4 August 2021
AMERICA/PERU - Archbishop of Arequipa on the current situation in the country: "We can only overcome the crisis together"
Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - "The bicentenary of our national independence confronts us with a multidimensional crisis, perhaps the worst in our life as a republic. The health crisis that has intensified as a result of the ...
3 August 2021
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Prayers unite us, wherever we are": preparations for the first mission of the SMA fathers in the Country
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, July 24, the priestly ordination of Father Davide Camorani was celebrated, a priest of the Society for African Missions (SMA), who is preparing to leave for the Central African Repub ...
3 August 2021
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Covid-19: Mayor of Managua holds celebrations for the feast of St. Domingo de Guzman without the approval of the Catholic Church
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, on the feast of our patron saint, we should take the opportunity to ask ourselves what moves us to seek the Lord", said the Archbishop of Managua, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, at the mass o ...
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