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29 August 2017
AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Resignation of Bishop of Gaborone and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On August 9, 2017, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Gaborone, Botswana, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Valentine Tsamma Seane. He appointed His ...
29 August 2017
ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of the Coadjutor of Long Xuyên
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On August 25, 2017, the Pope appointed His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Tran Van Toan as Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of Long Xuyên, Vietnam. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 29/08/2017)
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29 August 2017
ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of the Auxiliary of Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On August 25, 2017, Pope Francis appointed rev. Louis Nguyen Anh Tuan, Director of the Secretariat of the Bishops' Conference of Vietnam as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Thanh-Pho ...
29 August 2017
ASIA/TURKEY - Evangelical pastor Brunson still in prison for espionage. Trump had asked for his extradition
Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - President Donald Trump's attempts to release and return Andrew Craig Brunson to the United States, the US Evangelical pastor who had already been arrested in Turkey in the autumn of 2016, accused ...
29 August 2017
AFRICA/SENEGAL - The 2nd Meeting of the Bishops' of Africa on Caritas in mid-September in Dakar
Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "Organizing charity service in Africa: the role of Bishops" is the theme of the 2nd Meeting of the Bishops' of Africa on Caritas to be held from 17 to 21 September 2017 in Dakar, capital of Senega ...
29 August 2017
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The relics of Father Ramírez transfered, the Martyr of Armero, the next blessed
San Sebastian de La Plata (Agenzia Fides) - A long and crowded procession accompanied the transfer of the relics of Fr. Pedro María Ramírez Ramos, known as "Martyr of Armero", from the main cemetery to the church of Sa ...
29 August 2017
ASIA/IRAQ - Even a Christian among former jihadist prisoners freed in Tal Afar
Tal Afar (Agenzia Fides) - Rana Behnam is a Christian woman who was freed in the suburbs of Tal Afar after having been held for a long time in a place of segregation by the jihadists of the self-proclaimed Islamic State ...
29 August 2017
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Mudslide in Regent: mobilization of the West African Church
Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - Mobilization of the Catholic Church in West Africa to help the population of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, affected by the tragedy that occurred in the night between 13 and 14 August, ...
28 August 2017
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Priest killed in his home in Borborema
Borborema (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Pedro Gomes Bezerra was found dead in his home in Borborema, in the Brazilian state of Paraibo, on the morning of August 24. The priest's body, wrapped in a sheet, was stabbed at least 2 ...
28 August 2017
ASIA/IRAQ - Spokesman for the Sadrist Movement: Muqtada al-Sadr will pay a visit to the Vatican
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr will set on a European tour responding to official invitations, including a visit to the Vatican and a meeting with Pope Francis. This was confirmed in recent d ...
28 August 2017
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Camiri
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On August 2, 2017 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Camiri (Bolivia) presented by His Exc. Mgr. Francesco Focardi, O.F.M.(SL) (Ag ...
28 August 2017
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Aguarico and appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 2 August 2017, Pope Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico, (Ecuador), presented by His Excellency Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, ...
28 August 2017
AFRICA/DR CONGO - The main suspect of the murder of Fr. Vincent Machozi arrested in Uganda
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Turning point in the investigations regarding the murder of Fr. Vincent Machozi, an Assumptionist priest killed on the night of March 20, 2016 in the village of Vitungwe-Isale, 15km from Bute ...
28 August 2017
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The coordinator of "Justice and Peace" of the diocese of Wau arrested
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - A coordinator for "justice and peace" commission at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wau, in South Sudan has been arrested. According to Radio Tamazuj, Natalina Andrea Mabu, was under investigations o ...
28 August 2017
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops establish an Ad Hoc Committee "against the sin of racism"
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has established an Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, which will focus on addressing the sin of racism in society, and even in the Churc ...
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