News

• 20 December 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of bishop of Baroda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 18, 2021, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Baroda, India, presented by Bishop Godfrey de Rozario, S.J. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 20/1 ...
• 20 December 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of Bishop of Hung Hoá, Mgr Dominic Hoang Minh Tien Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 18, 2021, the Holy Father appointed as bishop of the diocese of Hung Hoá, Viêt Nam, the Reverend Dominic Hoang Minh Tien, of the clergy of the same diocese, until now vicar ge ...
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  20 December 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops to President-elect Gabriel Boric: "The Country entrusts you with a great mission" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - In a letter signed by Cardinal Celestino Aós Braco, Archbishop of Santiago and President of the Chilean Episcopal Conference (CECh) and by Monsignor Sergio Pérez de Arce Arriagada, Bishop of ...
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  20 December 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Archbishop of Bamenda: attacks intensify, with great suffering of civilians Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in the English-speaking regions is always very tense. According to observers, the 'Amba Boys' (the independence fighters, ed) are intensifying their attacks on the military. This ...
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  20 December 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Caritas Brazil: Covid prevention kit and information activities for vulnerable Amazonian communities Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - By the end of December 4,500 families from 9 municipalities in the Amazon, for a total of 22,500 people, will receive COVID-19 hygiene and prevention kits thanks to the "Ajuri pela Vida na Amazô ...
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  20 December 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Christmas of solidarity with the victims of typhoon Odette Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Philippines is mobilizing to help millions of people affected by the recent typhoon "Rai", locally called "Odette", and is preparing a Christmas of profound solidarity. ...
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  20 December 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Bishop of Aleppo: May Christmas and the synodal journey make our mission flourish in difficult times Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The synodal journey undertaken by the universal Church on the proposal of Pope Francis, can also become for the Catholic communities of Aleppo and tormented Syria a favorable moment to discover t ...
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  18 December 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Barnabites, with their hearts in Kabul: "Pray for Afghanistan" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The interruption, after a century, of the Barnabite mission in Kabul, has not put an end to the commitment and attention of the CLERICS REGULAR of St. Paul (the Barnabites) in Afghanistan. The mess ...
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  18 December 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Silsilah Dialogue Movement: Christmas, a way of fraternal love to be announced to the wounded humanity Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "Christmas is a time to look at others as part of the same human fraternity" and not as enemies. Today, more than ever, we must see the face of God's love. The pandemic has been and continues ...
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  18 December 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Dominican missionaries sow hope and dignity with a musical project Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - In Bañado de Tacumbú, a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, the hope for a better future passes through music. The population of this neighborhood is mo ...
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  18 December 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The "Star Sowers": the announcement of Christmas made by the little ones and the "gratitude" of the missionaries Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The "Star Sowers" initiative is back in these days, during which children announce Christmas with adhesive "stars" and thank, on behalf of the missionaries, for the contributions collected in Oct ...
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  18 December 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The mission of the Dehonians: "At the service of the Vietnamese people, announcing the Good News" Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - "It all started during the General Chapter of 2007, with the decision to open a new missionary presence in Asia. In times of crisis, marked by the decline in vocations, the aging of the ...
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  17 December 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Serious food crisis: 23 million people in need Trento (Agenzia Fides) - "About 23 million people are in dire need of food in Afghanistan, a fact that could lead to the death of a million children by the end of this winter in what the UN World Food Program has describ ...
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  17 December 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Presidential elections: "a new opportunity for the country" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Next Sunday we will have a new President of the Republic and we already pray for him and his government. We ask him to govern for all Chileans, seeking ways of dialogue, agreement, justice and ...
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  17 December 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "I was a Christian before I became a religious leader": bringing traditional leaders back to their church Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The main desire of the Catholic religious leaders of Malawi is to carry out the first mission of the Church which is the salvation of all souls". This is what Fr. Stephen Chikhasu, parish prie ...