News

• 2 July 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Palayamkottai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Palayamkottai (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Arockiasamy Jude Gerald Paulraj. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, ...
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  2 July 2018
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Church commitment to contribute to peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in 20 years a high-level Eritrean delegation, led by Foreign Minister Osman Saleh, arrived in Addis Ababa on Tuesday June 26, to talk about the end of the decade-long conf ...
• 2 July 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resignation of the Bishop of Oudtshoorn Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Outdshoorn (South Africa), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Francisco Fortunato De Gouveia. (SL) (Agenzia Fid ...
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  2 July 2018
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Caritas: the return of the Rohingya in Myanmar "is unlikely" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The return of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar "is very unlikely for now", says Caritas Bangladesh to Agenzia Fides. "Bangladesh continues to handle a massive humanitarian crisis: Sinc ...
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  28 June 2018
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Shortage of priests, but enthusiasm and participation in the life of the Church increases Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "The month of June was very intense, but at the same time exciting for the Uzbek Catholic community: in this period we celebrated the feast of St. Anthony and, in the same days, nine faithful r ...
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  28 June 2018
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Israeli Parliament cancels the vote on the Armenian Genocide Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - An Israeli parliamentary vote on Tuesday 26 June for recognising the killings of Armenians as genocide was cancelled because of government opposition. Last month the Knesset had approved a mot ...
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  28 June 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "The Church in North Korea is in my heart": prayer campaign in the archdiocese of Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "For true reconciliation, what we must do is pray. Let us invoke Mary, Queen of Peace, so that through her intercession sincere reconciliation can be achieved, overcoming the horrible pains and me ...
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  28 June 2018
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - For the first time the World Water Forum in Sub-Saharan Africa Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The next World Water Forum, the biggest water event in the world, will be held for the first time in Sub-Saharan Africa. The ninth World Water Forum, organized by the World Water Council and the G ...
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  28 June 2018
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Journalist's Day: "Journalism is urgently needed to serve truth and human dignity, with hope" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "We greatly appreciate the work of the journalist, his mission is not only to inform, but to highlight the human and transcendent values that in the field of journalism should be highlighted, in ...
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  28 June 2018
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Kivu, an area of indirect confrontation between Rwanda and Burundi Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Kivu, a province in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is turning into a battlefield for allied foreign forces with some local armed groups. This is stated in a note sent to Ag ...
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  27 June 2018
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The volume "La misión, futuro de la Iglesia, Missio ad-inter gentes" has been published Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Until today when "mission" was discussed, reflections focused on aspects related to animation and missionary cooperation. But it was necessary for theologians and missionologists to share opinion ...
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  27 June 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Individualism and loss of community sense: the difficulties of an indigenous catechist in Amazonia São Francisco (Agenzia Fides) - One of the most important figures in the work of evangelization in the Amazonia communities is the catechist, responsible of accompanying daily life, given the small number of priests. As ...
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  27 June 2018
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Korean WYD, Cardinal Yeom: "In the heart of young people I see the presence of Christ" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Seoul will host the Korea Youth Day (KYD) next August. The great feast of young Catholics in the country, the so-called "Korean WYD", will have as its main theme the evangelical ...
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  27 June 2018
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Camillians in Asia, to re-motivate the missionary spirit Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - "Together in Asia to learn about the past, to celebrate the present, to scrutinize the future and to re-motivate the Camillian missionary spirit": this is the theme of the meeting that saw the Ma ...
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  27 June 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The contribution of the University regarding the preparation of the 5th American Missionary Congress Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Guided by the theme "The mission of the Catholic University today", about forty university delegates met yesterday, 26 June, for the Pre-Congress of Catholic Universities in view of the V Ame ...