News

• 25 October 2022
  AFRICA/CHAD - The Bishops: "unjustified violence" against peaceful demonstrators N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "We express our regret and our indignation" for the "unjustified violence" against peaceful demonstrators, says the Bishops' Conference of Chad, in the aftermath of the violent repression of t ...
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  25 October 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Women and children also victims of violence in land conflicts, homicides increase by 150%, "slave labor" decreases Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - In the first half of 2022, 759 episodes of “no-camp” conflicts were recorded in Brazil, involving 113,654 families. These episodes correspond to 601 cases of land conflicts, 105 cases of co ...
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  25 October 2022
  ASIA - With heart and mind open to God's will: the Bishops of Asia "before the burning bush" Bangkok (Agenzi Fides) - In a continent that suffers three "divides": the social divide, the spiritual divide between oneself and others; the ecological divide between man and creation, the Bishops of Asia allow themselv ...
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  25 October 2022
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The "Pauline Jaricot" Prize to Sister Narváez and Father Maccalli, witnesses of the Gospel Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "I want to thank God, who has given me the opportunity to be born again and to return to my mission". These are the words of Sr. Gloria Cecilia Narváez, a Colombian missionary nun who was awarde ...
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  24 October 2022
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Social Week 2022: The focus is on land rights and agricultural reform Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "Land ownership in Paraguay" is the theme of the "Social Week 2022" to be held from 25 to 27 October in the capital Asuncion, organized by the Episcopal Commission for Social Pastoral Care. The ...
• 24 October 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of the Bishop of Doruma-Dungu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Msgr. Emile Mushosho Matabaro, of the clergy of Bukavu, currently apostolic administrator of the diocese of Doruma-Dungu, as bishop of the same di ...
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  24 October 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Pope Francis: "violence does not resolve discord". The region awaits peace talks Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - The Eritrean troops advancing alongside the Ethiopians have taken control of Adua, the historic city in the Tigray region, a symbol for the Ethiopians of the victory against Italian colonial ...
• 24 October 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - 9 hostages captured in the attack on the church of Nchang have been released Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to thank the Freedom Fighters of Ambazonia for having released us without paying any ransom", says one of the nine hostages captured on September 16th in the attack on the Church of St ...
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  24 October 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The floods are real, but they do not stop us from worshiping the Lord Minna (Agenzia Fides) - "The floods are real, but they cannot prevent us from worshiping our God", the bishop of the diocese of Minna, Nigeria, Luka Sylvester Gopep, writes to Agenzia Fides. The occasion was the celebrat ...
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  24 October 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - New Catholic church in the north-east of the country, among the "hill tribes": state media reports Bac Kan (Agenzia Fides) - In the missionary month, on the eve of World Mission Day, a new Catholic church was consecrated and opened for worship in the Northeast of Vietnam, in an area populated by the "hill tribes" (or ...
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  24 October 2022
  VATICAN - The Pope on the occasion of the 96th WMD: support missionaries with prayer and concrete solidarity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Today is World Missionary Day, on the theme: ‘You shall be my witnesses’". This is what Pope Francis said during today's Angelus, Sunday, October 23, 2022, the 96th World Mission Day. ...
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  22 October 2022
  VATICAN - Cardinal Parolin: an agreement on aspects essential to daily life of Church in China Rome - Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin grants an interview to discuss the two-year renewal of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China. The interview ...
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  22 October 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - A Scottish woman, missionary in Egypt and the Middle East, at the head of the Comboni Missionaries Verona (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Anne Marie Quigg is the new Superior General of the Institute of the Pious Mothers of Negritude (Combonian Missionaries), founded in 1872, 150 years ago, by Saint Daniele Comboni. She was ...
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  22 October 2022
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle: the reasons why the Holy See renews the provisional Agreement with the government of Beijing on the appointment of Chinese Catholic Bishops by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - «The reason for everything is to safeguard the valid apostolic succession and the sacramental nature of the Catholic Church in China», in the desire «to reassure, comfort and ...
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  22 October 2022
  VATICAN - Communiqué on the extension of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People's Republic of China regarding the appointment of Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Upon the expiration of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China regarding the appointment of Bishops, which was signed in Beijing on 22 September ...