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  4 December 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Member of the Missionary Society of the Holy Spirit kidnapped in south-east Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A member of the Missionary Society of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) has been kidnapped in Nigeria. Father Gerald Ohaeri was kidnapped on the evening of November 30. According to the information prov ...
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  3 December 2024
  ASIA/SYRIA - Jacques Mourad, Archbishop of Homs: “This is the end of the great history of Christians in Aleppo” by Gianni Valente Homs (Agenzia Fides) - “We are really tired. We are really exhausted, and we are also finished, in every sense”. Father Jacques' words, as always, resonate with his faith and his story. Jacques ...
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  3 December 2024
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The "mutilated Christ" of Battambang takes on the pain of people with disabilities Battambang (Agenzia Fides) - "There are many disabled people in Cambodia: many are victims of the civil war and of landmines scattered throughout Cambodian territory. During my journey I had an inspiration from the Lord: ...
• 3 December 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Pyay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Pyay, Myanmar, presented by Bishop Alexander Pyone Cho. The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Pet ...
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  3 December 2024
  ASIA/IRAN - Franciscan, astronomer and, Cardinal quite by chance. Who is Dominique Joseph Mathieu, the first cardinal on Iranian soil? by Gianni Valente Pope Francis called him to head the old episcopal see of Ispahan, erected in 1629 after changing its name to the Archdiocese of Tehran – Ispahan of the Latins. And he decided to create him Cardina ...
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  3 December 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Feast of St. Francis Xavier, Cardinal Tagle in Goa: The authentic messengers of God do not present, promote or advertise themselves and do not "create" their own message Goa (Agenzia Fides) - "Authentic messengers rejoice that they are not the only ones called by Jesus, so they have companions, not competitors, on the journey". These words of Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, Pro-Prefec ...
• 2 December 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Testimony of faith of young people at the exhibition of the relics of St. Francis Xavier in Goa Goa (Agenzia Fides) - "The motivation is faith. The faithful come here to pray and touch the remains of Saint Francis Xavier, not out of curiosity or for a tourist visit," said Father Fermino Savio D'Souza, parish priest ...
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  2 December 2024
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Pope writes to the people of God in Nicaragua: "Faith and hope work miracles" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Be assured that faith and hope work miracles," writes Pope Francis in a letter to the people of God in Nicaragua, on the occasion of the novena for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception o ...
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  2 December 2024
  ASIA/THAILAND - Buddhists and Catholics commemorate Cardinal Ayuso Guixot together in Bangkok Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – In an emotional gesture of interreligious fraternity, Buddhists and Catholics gathered this December 1 at the Temple of the Reclining Buddha (Wat Phra Chetuphon Wimonmangklararm Ratchaworamah ...
• 2 December 2024
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Dozens of people killed after a stampede at a football stadium Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - "There is still no precise information on the number of dead (the government says 56, ed.) and wounded in yesterday's drama at the stadium," said the President of the Episcopal Conference of Gui ...
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  2 December 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Father Lawrence J. Lewis dies: Chinese students remember the Maryknoll missionary "with great gratitude" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - His many Chinese students - priests, religious and lay people - have expressed "great gratitude and affection" on the death of the Maryknoll missionary Father Lawrence J. Lewis, who died on Nove ...
• 2 December 2024
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Arbitrary arrests and disappearances of opposition figures are worrying Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Arbitrary arrests, political opponents who disappear without a trace or are brutally murdered by mysterious assassins. Worrying incidents are occurring in Tanzania. The case of Deusdedith ...
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  1 December 2024
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - Pope Francis: "If habituation and indifference to the horrors of war prevail, the whole, entire human family is defeated" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "If habituation and indifference to the horrors of war prevail, the whole, entire human family is defeated. The whole human family is defeated!", said Pope Francis at the end of Sunday's An ...
• 30 November 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Bombay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop John Rodrigues as coadjutor archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bombay, India, transferring him from the diocese of Poona. Archbishop-elect J ...
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  30 November 2024
  ASIA/SYRIA- Churches in the rebel-held city of Aleppo remain open for services: “City in limbo” Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "After three days of attacks, the so-called opposition militias have taken over the city. Now everything is quiet. The city is in limbo. And nobody tells us anything," said the Maronite Archbisho ...