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  5 May 2021
  VATICAN - The "true jewels" at the College of St. Peter, where "one evangelizes by forming" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Formation for a priest today, is integral. We are interested not only in intellectual formation, but also in human formation, spiritual formation and missionary and pastoral formation". Th ...
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  5 May 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Initiatives to relaunch pilgrimages to Ur of the Chaldeans, after the visit of Pope Francis Ur (Agenzia Fides) - The arrival of a dozen representatives of different Christian Churches from around the world is expected in the coming days in Ur of the Chaldeans, the Iraqi city from where, according to tradition, ...
• 5 May 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Missionaries' car blows up on a mine; at least one victim Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - A car of the Catholic Mission of Niem exploded on a mine this morning, May 5, 2021. "We are waiting to know the exact details of the sad episode", His Exc. Mgr Mirosław Gucwa, Bishop of the dioc ...
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  4 May 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - Kidnappers in Haiti release hostages Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Kidnappers have released five priests, two nuns and two other people who had been held for nearly three weeks. The kidnapping took place on Sunday 11 April, and all the hostages are safe ...
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  4 May 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bangasu Christians in the footsteps of the Patron Saint George for a church that is supportive and evangelized Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - The Parishioners of St. George, Bangasu in the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio on Friday, 23rd April 2021 celebrated their Parish’s Patron Saint Day for the first time since the crea ...
• 4 May 2021
  AMERICA/CUBA - The religious of Camaguey denounce: "people are tired and stressed, they cannot take it any longer, it is an unsustainable situation" Camaguey (Agenzia Fides) - "We turn to you with respect and concern to portray the painful situations that we experience as a people ... We listen carefully to the people and with our pastoral work we want to help and ac ...
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  4 May 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Archbishop Centellas calls for election promises to be kept: "Hopes must not be disappointed" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Following the recent local elections, the chairman of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Ricardo Centellas, asked the elected candidates "not to disappoint the trust that people hav ...
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  4 May 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Young Catholics volunteer to assist Covid patients Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - A group of young Catholic volunteers, nuns and priests in the Archdiocese of Bangalore, in the state of Karnataka, in southern India, has begun to assist patients affected by Covid-19 while In ...
• 4 May 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Imam victim of an attack in North Kivu: "He was a lover of peace and tolerance" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We regret the death of this unifying and moderate imam, a lover of peace and tolerance in the context of radical Islamism", said the local non-governmental organization CEPADHO (Center for Stu ...
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  4 May 2021
  VATICAN - Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith looks ahead to the upcoming 200th anniversary celebrations Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On May 3, 2021 the Society for the Propagation of the Faith celebrated the 199th anniversary of its founding and the 99th anniversary of its recognition as "Pontifical". Despite the chal ...
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  4 May 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros on the controversial Ethiopian dam: water is a gift from God, and may God enlighten the rulers Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Water is "a gift from God", that Divine Providence entrusts to human beings in order to guarantee life and prosperity, but as a result of individual and national conflicts of interest, attempts ha ...
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  4 May 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A Catholic nun fasts during Ramadan as a sign of spiritual communion and interreligious solidarity Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic nun, committed to promoting peace and interreligious harmony in Indonesia, has made the decision to share fasting, as a sign of spiritual communion, which the Muslim faithful experien ...
• 3 May 2021
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of bishop of Tsiroanomandidy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On April, 30 the Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar, the Reverend Gabriel Randrianantenaina of the clergy of Moramanga, until now secretary ...
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  3 May 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - June 6 elections: bishops ask for the best option, beyond the clashes between parties and candidates Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican Catholic Church has urged its faithful to discern and seek, among the candidates in the June 6 elections, "the best option", beyond the confrontations between parties and candida ...
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  3 May 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - A doctor beatified during the pandemic: José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, "filled with science and faith" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "Last Friday in Caracas, Venezuela, José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, lay faithful, was beatified. He was a doctor filled with science and faith: he was able to recognise the face of Christ in ...