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14 September 2020
AFRICA/ERITREA - The Italian School of Asmara, a precious educational center, closes
Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian school of Asmara has closed its doors. Born in 1903, it survived the period of colonialism, the British protectorate, the period of the Negus, that of the communist dictatorship and c ...
14 September 2020
ASIA - Asia is the continent most exposed to climate change and risks
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Earth's climate is changing after more than 10,000 years of relative stability, and Asia is the continent most exposed to sudden changes that are fraught with consequences for human commun ...
14 September 2020
AMERICA - Red Clamor calls on Europe for a humanitarian corridor after the fire at Moria camp
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Red Clamor, the organization that brings together men and women committed to accompanying, defending, promoting and including displaced persons, migrants and refugees who are in the region of Lat ...
14 September 2020
ASIA/IRAQ - Christian refugees from the Nineveh Plain celebrate the feast of the Holy Cross
Teleskof (Agenzia Fides) - The persistent difficulties following the jihadist invasion of 2014 and the new problems linked to the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic have not prevented Christians of the Nineveh Plain from ce ...
14 September 2020
ASIA/BANGLADESH - A life for the mission: Fr. Richard Timm, "great soul" for 66 years at the service of Bangladesh
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - His life as a Catholic missionary in Bangladesh is considered legendary: Father Richard William Timm (1923-2020), American Catholic priest and religious of the Congregation of the Holy Cross (CSC) ...
11 September 2020
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Marian pilgrimage "in digital form", but faith remains strong
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Every year we celebrate the feast of Mother Mary, on 8 September, by organizing a three-day national pilgrimage to Mariamabad, the 'city of Mary' in the Archdiocese of Lahore. The pilgrimage inv ...
11 September 2020
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic priest found dead in his room, due to gunshots
Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Nomer de Lumen, a Catholic priest of the diocese of Antipolo, suffragan of the archdiocese of Manila, was found dead due to gunshots in his room on 9 September. He was 32 years old. This is ...
11 September 2020
AFRICA/MALAWI - "Excellent results with online teaching; now the challenge is to reopen face-to-face courses", says the Vice-Chancellor of the Catholic University
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The Vice-Chancellor of the Catholic University of Malawi Rev Dr. George Buleya during a seminar for academic staff, praised the faculty for their commitment to continue teaching, despite the cl ...
11 September 2020
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Towards Missionary Day: "Cybermission, Gospel without borders"
Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The Fundación Universitaria Católica del Norte, of the Benedict XVI Center for Theological Studies, organized "Cyber mission, Gospel without borders" course, which aims to offer the necessary ...
11 September 2020
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "Nothing is too little": appeal by the Country's bishops to fight Covid and hunger
Monze (Agenzia Fides) - "Brothers and sisters, nothing is too little", declared the bishop of Monze, Mgr. Moses Hamungole in reference to the precariousness of resources that plunges the country in the grip of the Covid1 ...
11 September 2020
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Thirtieth anniversary of the basilica of Notre Dame de la Paix in Yamoussoukro: "it is a challenge to promote peace in the Country" according to the Apostolic Administrator
Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - 10 September 1990 - 10 September 2020, 30 years ago, the Basilica of Notre Dame de la Paix in Yamoussoukro (in the center of the Country) was consecrated by Pope John Paul II in the presenc ...
11 September 2020
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Appointment of the Bishop of Gweru
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Rudolf Nyandoro, currently Bishop of Gokwe, as Bishop of the Diocese of Gweru (Zimbabwe). (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 11/9/2020)
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11 September 2020
ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: the proposal on "Lebanese neutrality" is not aimed "against" Hezbollah
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The proposal to reaffirm the so-called "Lebanese neutrality", indicated in recent months on several occasions by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai as a way out of the crisis in Lebanon, shou ...
11 September 2020
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The Bishops for Independence Day: "let us celebrate our freedom as a gift and as a commitment"
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "You have been called to freedom" (Gal 5:13): this is the biblical verse that opens the Message of the Bishops of Guatemala, published with the date of September 8, on the occasion of the ...
10 September 2020
EUROPE/GREECE - "Europe should not be blind and deaf": appeals after the fire at Moria refugee camp
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The fire at Moria refugee camp, in Lesbos, confirms once again that the States of all of Europe cannot be blind to a crisis dictated by wanting to turn their backs on those who ask for help. We ca ...
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