News

• 22 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The Nigerian State seems to be on the verge of collapse" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Nigerian state seems to be on the verge of collapse", says a statement on the presidential and parliamentary elections to be held in 2023, sent to Agenzia Fides, signed by the Secretary Gener ...
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  22 June 2022
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Support continues for Ethiopia to combat the consequences of drought Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "The generosity we have witnessed in recent weeks has been a blessing. The donations will support our projects around the world and help families in need". This was stated by Father Brian Lucas, ...
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  21 June 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Archbishop Rueda Aparicio: "it is important that we look at the present and the future of Colombia" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The second round of the presidential elections held in Colombia on Sunday, June 19 (see Fides, 18/6/2022), saw the victory of Gustavo Petro, who obtained 50.47% of the vote, while the other candi ...
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  21 June 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - A new "Caravan of Peace" to show the concrete face of solidarity Odessa (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, June 24, a new caravan of peace will leave Italy on Saturday 24 June for Odessa, as an ideal continuation of the first caravan held in Ukraine last April, when a convoy of more than ...
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  21 June 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Prayer to St. Devasahayam and consecration of families to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Kottar (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of the Latin rite in India will hold a National Thanksgiving Prayer Service next June 24, the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to pay tribute to St. Lazaro Devasahayam ...
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  21 June 2022
  AMERICA - Civil society and religious organizations at the forefront of aid to asylum seekers and migrants Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - A request to the main international organizations, in particular the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), to increase thei ...
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  21 June 2022
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Forced recruitment of soldiers for the conflict in Tigray is rampant Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "Thousands of people were forcibly recruited to fight in Tigray, men, women and children were kidnapped and sent to the front lines. The recruitment of children by the Eritrean forces worsened, ...
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  21 June 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Controversy over sending a regional military force to pacify eastern DRC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A regional peacekeeping force to stabilize eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This was agreed in Nairobi during the June 20 meeting between East African leaders on security in this region of ...
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  21 June 2022
  VATICAN - Thirty years since "Redemptoris Missio" and "Dialogue and Proclamation": a Congress at the Urbaniana University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Three decades after their publication in 1991, the two documents, "Redemptoris Missio" and "Dialogue and Proclamation" remain as fundamental pillars of present-day Church’s mission. It is ...
• 21 June 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Appointment of the Bishop of Barishal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Emmanuel Kanon Rozario, currently Vicar General of the Diocese of Rajshahi, as Bishop of the Diocese of Barishal (Bangladesh). His Exc. Msgr. Em ...
• 20 June 2022
  ASIA/MALAISIA, SINGAPORE, BRUNEI - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 7, 2022 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Rev. Victor Louis Gnanaprakasam, of the diocesan clergy of Penang ( ...
• 20 June 2022
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Appointment of the Rector of the “St. Charles Lwanga” National Major Seminary in Windhoek Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 7, 2022 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Fr. Taiju Thaliath, of the Carmelites of the Blessed Virgin Ma ...
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  20 June 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A 'big sea' of social charitable activities: the Camillians in Flores after the Covid-19 pandemic Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "The long period of the Covid-19 pandemic was experienced in more or less intense forms even in the 17 thousand Indonesian islands. The tourist areas were certainly the most affected with the al ...
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  20 June 2022
  VATICAN - The Pope to the Comboni Missionaries: the mission is based on the words of Jesus: "Without me you can do nothing" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of the Church depends totally - in its source, its dynamism and its very fruits "on union with Christ and on the power of the Holy Spirit". This is what Pope Francis repeated in his add ...
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  20 June 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - In the English-speaking regions, terror prevents humanitarian aid, education, health care: women and children are the victims Bamenda (Agenzi Fides) - "Our intervention suffers from many objective limits. The first of these is the situation of terror that prevails throughout the region. I myself was kidnapped, along with three other operators, ...