News

• 3 July 2020
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Ndola Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Benjamin Phiri, currently titular Bishop of Nachingwea and Auxiliary of the Diocese of Chipata, as Bishop of the Diocese of Ndola (Zambia ...
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  2 July 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Dramatic lack of oxygen in hospitals for Covid-19 patients, the Church in the emergency aid campaign Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Peru, with more than 288 thousand cases of Covid-19 and until yesterday registered about 10 thousand deaths, is also experiencing a parallel crisis that it cannot solve: the lack of oxygen in hospi ...
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  2 July 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "In addition to doing mission, we are mission": the invitation of Mgr. Centellas in the pandemic Sucre (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Ricardo Centellas, Archbishop of Sucre has urged to take on the spirit of co-responsibility, fraternity and mission in our life of faith, and the challenge of renewing ourselves at this mom ...
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  2 July 2020
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - 70 years since the start of the war, the commitment of Christians to peace and 70 days of prayer Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "We celebrate in memory of that tragic fratricidal war that broke out due to the invasion of North Korea 70 years ago on June 25; because it is a precious opportunity to give thanks and praise to ...
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  2 July 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Peace, reconciliation and social cohesion: challenges ahead of the presidential election Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Four months before the presidential elections, scheduled for October 31, 2020, while politicians carry out their election campaigns, many observers are attentive to the role of the Church in par ...
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  2 July 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Xaverian missionaries open the jubilee year Parma (Agenzia Fides) - The Jubilee year of the Institute of St. Francis Xavier for foreign missions, whose members are known as "Xaverian missionaries" will begin with a mass presided by the Superior General, Father Fer ...
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  2 July 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian has died in hospital, victim of an attack due to religious hostility Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - "It is very sad and tragic news; first of all we ask for justice for Nadeem Joseph and his family. Everyone has the right to buy property in Pakistan. This incident is a clear violation of huma ...
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  2 July 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "The government coalition has lost its raison d'etre": harsh stance by Cardinal Ambongo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A quick glance at the past sixty years shows that this dream of redeeming the Congolese from colonialism has been progressively destroyed by a series of events", said His Eminence Cardinal Fri ...
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  2 July 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Council of State puts the future of Ayasofya in the hands of Erdogan Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The current status of Ayasofya as a museum complex not used for religious worship fully corresponds to the current legal framework, founded on the decision of 1934 with which the Turkish govern ...
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  1 July 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "Corruption is a crime that condemns the poor to death": Bishops denounce corruption on behalf of authorities Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of the scandalous proliferation of corruption cases involving our Ecuadorian society, just when our people suffer the serious consequences of the Covid 19 pandemic, the Ecuadorian Epi ...
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  1 July 2020
  AMERICA - CELAM announces the birth of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), Archbishop Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, and President of the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM), Cardinal Claudio Hummes, announced ...
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  1 July 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Burmese Bishops: "Peace is the antidote to the virus" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Commitment and investment in peace and reconciliation by state and non-state actors in Myanmar is needed, in the midst of the coronavirus health crisis: this is the appeal launced by the Bishops ...
• 1 July 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, His Exc. Mgr. Waldo Ruben Barrionuevo Ramirez Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 27, 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed His Exc. Mgr. Waldo Ruben Barrionuevo Ramirez, CSsR, Apostolic ...
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  1 July 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Justice and CENI reform: "You reap what you sow" warn the Bishops Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are convinced that the rule of law is based on democratic principles that are inspired not only by the power of the majority, but also by the recognition of fundamental moral values respect ...
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  1 July 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood help the needy families of the suburbs Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We decided to dedicate a day to the distribution of foodstuffs and other basic necessities that we had purchased to help the most needy families during the Covid-19 pandemic", said Sister Grace ...