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14 September 2019
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The new Bishop of Faisalabad consecrated: "Faith in action"
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - With a solemn liturgy held at the Liceo De La Salle in Faisalabad, with the participation of thousands of faithful, Cardinal Joseph Coutts Archbishop of Karachi, presided over the ceremony of ...
14 September 2019
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Salesian school in Masaya commemorates the victims of repression and does not take part in the celebrations for the national holiday
Masaya (Agenzia Fides) - "In the parents' meeting it was announced that the school continues to respect the mourning of families who lost a dear member during last year's protests: the school also respects the pain of st ...
13 September 2019
AFRICA/EGYPT - The trip promoted by Opera Romana Pilgrimage that crosses the "Way of the Holy Family" has been confirmed
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The next visit of pilgrim groups to Egypt by Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi (ORP) will take place from 4 to 11 October. The program of the visit also includes some stages along the so-called "Way of th ...
13 September 2019
EUROPE/SPAIN - National Missionary Congress in view of the Extraordinary Missionary Month
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - From September 19 to 22 the National Missionary Congress will be held in Madrid, organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain, in view of the Extraordinary Missionary Month of Oct ...
13 September 2019
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The forest has been burning for two months: the Bishops ask for the intervention of authorities and harsh sanctions for those responsible
Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - For two months now the Bolivian forest has been burning in different parts without stopping. Some experts in the field consider that no intervention to extinguish the fire will succeed in a p ...
13 September 2019
EUROPE/CZECH REP. - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Diac. Leos Halbrstat
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 21, 2019 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed permanent Deacon Leos Halbrstat, of the diocese of Hradec Kralove, his po ...
13 September 2019
ASIA/INDONESIA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Marcus Nur Widipranoto
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 3 July 2019 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the rev. Fr. Marcus Nur Widipranoto, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Se ...
13 September 2019
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Filipino ecumenical forum: resume peace talks between government and rebel groups
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Filipino Christians, gathered in an ecumenical forum, urge the government and communist rebel groups to resume peace talks and start new dialogue sessions to resolve the conflict. As Fides learns ...
13 September 2019
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Christus Vivit: the strength of young people to combat addictions
Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people and drug abuse": this is the topic of the "Chat Room" radio in-depth program released by Tribe 92FM, a radio station dedicated and focused on young people in Papua New Guinea. ...
13 September 2019
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Xenophobia: stance taken by the Bishops of Southern Africa
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The deplorable actions that we have witnessed cannot be condoned in any way nor can
they be hidden behind words that hide the real terror of xenophobia", says a statement of the Standing ...
12 September 2019
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Erection of the Ecclesiastical Province of Díli and appointment of the first Metropolitan Archbishop
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 September 2019 the Holy Father erected the Ecclesiastical Province of Díli (East Timor), elevating the Diocese of Dili to Metropolitan Church; which will have as suffragan churches t ...
12 September 2019
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Jafet Alberto Peytrequin Ugalde
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 April 2019 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Jafet Alberto Peytrequin Ugalde, of the clergy of the archdi ...
12 September 2019
ASIA/INDIA - Acts of vandalism by militant Hindu extremists on a Jesuit College
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A crowd of 500 militant Hindu extremists devastated a Jesuit College in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. This is what Jesuit Fr. Thomas Kuzhively, Secretary of the College, reported to A ...
12 September 2019
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - U.S. Bishops’ Vice-President Leads Delegation to the Holy See to Present V Encuentro Proceedings and Conclusions to Pope Francis
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop José H. Gomez, of Los Angeles, and Vice-President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB); Bishop Nelson J. Pérez, of Cleveland, chairman of the Committee on Cultural ...
12 September 2019
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops of Chocó call for "concrete attention for the department, in humanitarian, economic, social and environmental crisis"
Quibdó (Agenzia Fides) - "Concrete attention" for the department of Chocó", which has been experiencing a "humanitarian, economic, social and environmental crisis for some time" (see Fides, 1/9/2017; 2/10/2017; 12/10/2 ...
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