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  14 May 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Announce the truth and denounce injustice: campaign on social networks for the Day of Social Communications Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - On the solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, recalling the mandate of the risen Jesus to his disciples, "Go and proclaim the Gospel to every creature" (cf. Mt 16.15-20), the Church celebrates ...
• 14 May 2021
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Thomas Shin Woo Sick Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 26, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Thomas Shin Woo Sick, of the clergy of the diocese of Wonju as ...
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  14 May 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Young Catholic gives his life to save three students: a martyr for the nation Huè (Agenzia Fides) - A young Catholic who gave his life to save three female students from drowning, is appreciated and recognized as a martyr by the Vietnamese nation. The president of Vietnam, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, has a ...
• 14 May 2021
  AFRICA/NIGER - Assault on the village where the first local Catholic communities were born: at least 5 dead and the desecration of the church Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "In Niger, the celebration of the conclusion of Ramadan, Aid el Fitr, was celebrated yesterday. In the capital, Niamey, everything took place in the calm and serenity of this day of prayer and fa ...
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  14 May 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Prayer with the Pope and the specter of a widespread civil war Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Today Myanmar, torn by conflict, and tried by weeks of violence against innocent people, needs a strong message of justice, peace and reconciliation. The mass that we will celebrate at St. ...
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  14 May 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christian homes also bombed in Gaza. Bishop Marcuzzo: the Israeli reaction is not "proportionate" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The massive Israeli air force raids on the Gaza Strip have also hit the homes of Christian families located near the Catholic parish of the Holy Family, also causing damage to the convent and ...
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  12 May 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops' appeals for elections: Making the best choice, participating in the vote with responsibility Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, June 6, more than 90 million Mexicans will completely renew the Chamber of Deputies and 30 local parliaments, as well as 15 governors and members of 1,900 municipal councils, whic ...
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  12 May 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Sunday May, 16 a mass in suffrage for those who died from Covid-19 in all churches Asunciòn (Agenzia Fides) - Monsignor Amancio Benítez Candia, Bishop of Benjamin Aceval and Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP), sent a note to all the Bishops of the country, proposing "a jo ...
• 12 May 2021
  AFRICA/GABON - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Hajjar Mangomo Nanga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 19, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Hajjar Mangomo Nanga, of the clergy of the diocese of Francevi ...
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  12 May 2021
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Doctors and hospitals on strike: imminent health disaster Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Doctors raise alarm over medicine shortages, lack of funding, insecurity, and an impending health disaster. Yesterday, the Sudanese Ministry of Health reported 138 new COVID-19 cases and five d ...
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  12 May 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Being a catechist is "an inspiration from God", says Guillaume Gnagne, a catechist for more than 50 years Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "If the Pope cares about catechists today, it is a joy for me", says Guillaume Gnagne, catechist since 1966 in the local Adjoukrou language (a population of the south of the country) on the occ ...
• 12 May 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Appointment of bishop of Sylhet Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Shorot Francis Gomes, until now titular of Forma and auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dhaka, as bishop of the diocese of Sylhet, Bangladesh. ...
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  12 May 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - On the occasion of Ramadan, Catholics in Karachi offer an Iftar meal to Muslim policemen and officials Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We must show our love and solidarity to all the those who carry out their civic service and work during Ramadan, the month of Islamic fasting. Due to their work commitments, they cannot reach t ...
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  12 May 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Violence is rampant in the Holy Land. Father Ibrahim Faltas: "the center of the conflict, as always, is Jerusalem" Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "We have already seen and said it a hundred times: when you touch Jerusalem, violence and pain inevitably spread, overwhelming everyone. The center of the conflict, as always, is the Holy City ...
• 12 May 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Child abuse: the Church's initiative to combat the phenomenon Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Government, civil society organizations, schools, public institutions have launched initiatives for the protection of minors in Tanzania, given the high rate of child abuse that has drawn ...