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9 July 2024
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "The Christian mission is a dynamic reality": Cardinal Tagle at the Centenary of the first National Missionary Congress
Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "This is a moment to give thanks to our merciful God, to listen again to the call to mission in our time and to respond with generosity, courage and creativity". This i show Cardinal Luis Antoni ...
8 July 2024
ASIA/THAILAND - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Surat Thani
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Surat Thani, Thailand, presented by Bishop Joseph Prathan Sridarunsil.
The Holy Father has appointed t ...
8 July 2024
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "Resilience is the best definition to describe the people in Tigray": the voice of the eparch of Adigrat
by Antonella Prenna
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Healing from the traumas of war, recovery on a human and physical level, building peace, are the salient points on which we are focusing to deal with the devastation and vi ...
8 July 2024
AMERICA/HAITI - Hurricane Beryl devastates plantations: “People in Pourcine lose their only source of income”
by Antonella Prenna
Pourcine (Agenzia Fides) - "The hurricane has only hit us marginally, but the situation here in Pourcine is very difficult," said the Italian missionary Father Massimo Miraglio, directly from Port ...
8 July 2024
VATICAN - A precious tool: The Catalogue of Chinese Documents in the Propaganda Fide Historical Archives
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A precious and invaluable historical resource for everyone, the Church, academics, scholars included, is what the Catalogue of Chinese documents in the Propaganda Fide Historical Archives ( ...
6 July 2024
AFRICA - Sahel and beyond: the war of the mercenaries
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Russians are coming," Western observers have been repeating for some time, referring to the arrival of mercenaries from the former "Wagner Group" in the Sahel, particularly in the states where ...
6 July 2024
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops recognize the commitment of the founder of the Shilsilah movement: "In the heart of every person there is always a corner of peace"
Cagayan de Oro (Agenzia Fides) - On July 7, in Cagayan de Oro, the highest award of the Philippine Episcopal Conference, the "Golden Cross of Bishop Jorge Barlin", will be awarded to Father Sebastiano D'Ambra, an Italian ...
5 July 2024
EUROPE/LITHUANIA - Confirmation of the Director of the PMS, Fr. Alessandro Barelli SDB
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 16, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, confirmed Rev. Alessandro Barelli, of the Society of Francis de Sales, Salesians of Don Bo ...
5 July 2024
ASIA/JAPAN - First Catholic Church in Tokyo celebrates 150 years of foundation
Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - "As 150 years ago, we face many challenges today, but our hope is as strong as it was then, as that of the missionaries who built this church, as that of the Catholic community of that time," sai ...
5 July 2024
AFRICA//ETHIOPIA - Cardinal Souraphiel: “If you want to help us, train our young people so that they can work”
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "In Ethiopia there are several conflicts, but we must never lose hope", says Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Ababa, who gave an interview to Fides. ...
5 July 2024
AMERICA/HAITI - Camillians after Hurricane Beryl: "We are still alive, thank God!"
Pourcine (Agenzia Fides) - "We have survived the first hurricane of the season and despite significant damage to crops and the most fragile houses... but we are still alive, thank God," said Father Massimo Miraglio, a Ca ...
4 July 2024
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Not only cocaine: priests call for the fight against drug trafficking
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "As a Church, we are concerned about the damage caused by drugs because they destabilize the country, ruin the economy and their trafficking is seen as an easy way to enrich themselves," say the ...
4 July 2024
AFRICA/UGANDA - Protection of the dignity and sacredness of all human life: the diocese of Kasese against human trafficking
Kasese (Agenzia Fides) - Each human being is precious and worth much more than any material good, and since each life is a gift from God and is sacred, it deserves to be protected and cared for; each of us has the respon ...
4 July 2024
ASIA/CHINA - The father of three priest sons has returned to the Father's house: the praise of the three bishops of the respective dioceses in which the three brothers are engaged
Changzhi (Agenzia Fides) - "I have always advised all the faithful to remain discreet and humble. But today I would like to praise out loud and with pride, in front of everyone, this Catholic father who not only consecra ...
4 July 2024
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Establishment of the Diocese of Bentiu and appointment of His Exc. Msgr Christian Carlassare as first Bishop
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 3, the Holy Father established the Catholic Diocese of Bentiu (South Sudan), with territory dismembered from the Diocese of Malakal, making it a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdi ...
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