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11 May 2023
AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - CELAM Assembly: "Christ must be the center of our meeting, of our reflection, of our pastoral care"
Aguadilla (Agenzia Fides) - "Christ must be the center of our meeting, of our reflection, of our pastoral work", stressed Monsignor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, Archbishop of Trujillo, President of the Latin American and Car ...
11 May 2023
ASIA/CHINA - An unusual pilgrimage: to discover Father Matteo Ricci's testimony of faith
by Martha Zhao
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Retracing Matteo Ricci's journey, from Zhaoqing to Beijing, has touched us deeply. Along the way, we have marveled many times at the signs and memories that have reminded us o ...
10 May 2023
VATICAN: Pope Francis at the General Audience together with Pope Tawadros: "the martyrs of the Coptic Church are also ours"
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I pray that Christ will preserve you in full health and grant you the blessing of a long life". Thus the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II addressed Pope Francis, in his brief speech read in A ...
10 May 2023
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Air raids on Gaza, massacre of women and children. Father Romanelli: "May the Lord change everyone's hearts"
Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The situation is terrible. The raids, according to the latest news, have caused at least 17 deaths, and more than twenty injuries, in addition to those who were the targets of the attacks. Most of ...
10 May 2023
AMERICA/URUGUAY - Blessed Jacinto Vera: "before the tabernacle he discovered that the only way to pacify the country was mission"
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - "In the new blessed, Monsignor Jacinto Vera, we contemplate the beauty of a holy life. It is the beauty of the Easter of Christ and the Church which manifest themselves with all their saving ...
10 May 2023
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Bishop of Balasore
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Msgr. Varghese Thottamkara, C.M., currently titular bishop of Cullu and apostolic vicar of Nekemte in Ethiopia as Bishop of Balasore (India). ...
10 May 2023
AFRICA/KENYA - Number of bodies found in the Shakahola forest rises to 133; the President creates a task force to review the law that regulates worship
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Another twenty bodies have been recovered in the Shakahola forest, in south-eastern Kenya, bringing to 133 the number of followers killed in collective suicide by forced fasting (but some of th ...
10 May 2023
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Humanitarian aid to Tigray suspended, more than 500 schools remain closed
Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - Students in the northern region of Ethiopia have been unable to attend school regularly for three years. Specifically in the western, southern and northeastern parts of Tigray remain closed beca ...
9 May 2023
ASIA/INDIA - Inter-ethnic, non-religious clashes in Manipur: appeal and prayer for peace
Imphal - (Agenzia Fides) - Deep sorrow and concern for the unrest and violence that took place in the state of Maniupur, in northeastern India, and a heartfelt appeal for respect for human life and justice: this is expre ...
9 May 2023
AFRICA/DR CONGO - More than 400 dead due to floods: a tragedy caused by poor land management?
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The catastrophic floods that hit the residents of the Kalehe area, in the province of South Kivu, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 4th, in particular inundating the villages ...
9 May 2023
ASIA/CHINA - Prayers and donations to support vocations: the parishes of Beijing collect around 50 thousand euros for the diocesan Seminary
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - On the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, in just one day, the parishes and chapels of the Archdiocese of Beijing have collected a total of 344,098.28 Yuan (equivalent to almost 50,000 euros) in ...
9 May 2023
AMERICA/HAITI - The population begins to take justice into their own hands against rampant violence and kidnappings
Croix-des-Bouquets (Agenzia Fides) - "The Haitian population is rebelling against rampant violence and kidnappings at the hands of armed gangs", writes to Agenzia Fides Father Nestor Fils-Aimé, Provincial Superior of Ca ...
8 May 2023
VATICAN - Cardinal Semeraro: here is what Venerable Matteo Ricci says to our present time
by Gianni Valente
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A priest "zealous for the glory of God and the salvation of souls". A wise, chaste, obedient religious, detached from material goods and humble", support ...
8 May 2023
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Stateless children: An invisible problem in southern Africa
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest UNICEF figures, there are more than 642,000 children living in South Africa as migrants or displaced persons. This number includes refugees, asylum seekers, victims ...
8 May 2023
AMERICA/MEXICO - Let us never forget the great social and human work that a mother does
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - A reflection on the great value of mothers in society is proposed in the editorial of the latest issue of the weekly "Desde la fe" of the Archdiocese of Mexico. "Two thousand years ago, a wo ...
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