News

• 14 March 2022
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Allarme per centinaia di sfollati interni nell’altopiano di Ruzizi AFRICA /D.R. CONGO - Alarm for hundreds of internally displaced persons in the Ruzizi plateau Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The plateau of Ruzizi, in South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has several ...
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  12 March 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The "Cross of Peace" of Aachen goes on pilgrimage to the Colombian dioceses Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - During the Plenary Assembly of the Colombian Episcopate held on February 17, the celebrations of 60 years of twinning between the German diocese of Aachen (Aachen) and the Colombian Church were ...
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  12 March 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptian government increases the state subsidy to the families of the Coptic martyrs of Libya Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The families of Coptic Christians massacred in February 2015 by jihadists linked to the self-proclaimed Islamic State continue to receive monthly the pension allowance that the Egyptian State rese ...
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  12 March 2022
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishops in government: it is necessary to declare a "state of emergency" Dundo (Agenzia Fides) - "We bishops have long been pointing out that the south of the country is living in conditions of extreme fragility: it has not rained for a long time, there is a serious famine, the cattle cannot ...
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  12 March 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Opening of the first Christian chapel in a national hospital Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - The Chapel of the Sacred Heart, the first Christian chapel built inside a hospital in Malaysia, was inaugurated at the Sarawak Heart Center in Kota Samarahan. The structure was blessed by Cathol ...
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  12 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - The commitment of the Franciscans: "We support refugees from Ukraine, so that no one is left alone" Bordighera (Agenzia Fides) - "I am very worried about my land, but now we just have to join forces to give our maximum support to the Ukrainian people". This is what Friar Minor Fr. Faustino Kushnir OFM, of Ukrainian ori ...
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  12 March 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - More than a million refugees arrive from Ukraine: gestures of welcome and consolation are increasing Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The events of the war in Ukraine have caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee and seek refuge in neighboring countries: more than a million refugees have arrived in Poland, mostly women an ...
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  11 March 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Catholic community in Korea joins in the prayer for peace in Ukraine and donates aid to the Church Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Welcoming and echoing Pope Francis' call for prayer and fasting for peace in Ukraine, Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-Taick, OCD, Archbishop of Seoul and Apostolic Administrator of Pyongyang, has sent ...
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  11 March 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Marayati: Need to put some order in the flow of foreign aid Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The conference which, in mid-March, will bring together in Damascus the leaders of the local Churches and the representatives of Catholic charitable organizations has a very concrete priority obj ...
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  11 March 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Laity of La Paz: the State guarantees respect for the Constitution and the laws La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocesan Council of the Laity of La Paz has expressed its concern at the acts of vandalism by violent groups which, on the occasion of International Women's Day, generated a climate of co ...
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  11 March 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Humility and trust in God: the date of the episcopal ordination of Bishop Carlassare is announced Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - "I am sure that my wounds will serve for a greater good and that this long-awaited period was intended to prepare people's hearts to love the teachings of the Gospel, to form a more mature and to ...
• 11 March 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Bishops: "If we do not eliminate the war, it will eliminate the Ethiopians" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the very day the war broke out, the Catholic Church in Ethiopia has not kept silent. The Church has not stopped making public statements denouncing the war, loss of lives, displaceme ...
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  11 March 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - Chile prays for the new President and the new government Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Today, March 11, at noon (local time), the official investiture for the presidency of young Gabriel Boric will take place in Valparaiso. The student leader of the October 2019 protests, who won ...
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  11 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The material and spiritual support of Salesian communities around the world for Ukrainian refugees continues unabated Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Treasurer General of the Salesian Congregation (SDB), Mr Jean Paul Muller, SDB, and the head of the Salesian Coordination for Emergency Response, Fr George Menamparampil, have arrived in Warsaw ...
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  10 March 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - "Anti-conversion law" proposed in the state of Haryana New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the Indian state of Haryana, a bill has been presented to regulate religious conversion. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state, located in northern India, has announced t ...