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  14 February 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Father Vincenzo and the wounds of Christ on the outskirts of Seoul by Pascale Rizk Seongnam (Agenzia Fides) - Free love is disarming and it endures over time. This is what his father Angelo said on the day his son Vincenzo became a Catholic priest in April 1987: "Just as gold does n ...
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  13 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Meeting of the Catholic and Protestant delegation in Goma with the M23 rebels Catholic and Protestant delegation: "Armed struggle is not a solution" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The aim was to convince them that armed struggle is not a solution and that we come with a proposal that can contribute to building a lasting peace, hence the so-called 'Social Pact for Peace ...
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  13 February 2025
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Diocese of La Rioja celebrates the Tinkunaco festival as part of the 90th anniversary of its foundation La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of La Rioja celebrated the 90th anniversary of its foundation and the beginning of the Jubilee Year. Bishop Dante Braida presided over the numerous masses and participated in most o ...
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  13 February 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Parish priest: May the new government of the capital Delhi "give more attention for the poor and the marginalized" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The priorities in a city of millions like New Delhi are to ensure education and health care for all 32 million inhabitants. Our hope is that the new city government, now led by the Baraytya J ...
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  12 February 2025
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: “God does not dismantle the structures of the world, but wants to recreate them from within” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - When the Evangelist Luke tells us about the birth of Jesus, he shows us “the humility of a God who comes into history, does not dismantle the structures of the world, but wants to illumin ...
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  12 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - M23 advances in South Kivu; airport serving Bukavu is in its sights Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The ceasefire declared in recent days has been broken. In reality, it has only served to supply the M23 rebel movement and the Rwandan army with weapons, ammunition and provisions to their tro ...
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  12 February 2025
  AFRICA/EGYPT - In the small village of Kom Ghareeb, the Church is a refuge for the young and the most needy Kom Ghareeb (Agenzia Fides) - These days, the Coptic Church celebrates the feast of the prophet Jonah, a deeply felt commemoration, marked by three days of prayer and fasting that prepare the faithful for the time of Len ...
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  11 February 2025
  AMERICA/USA - Pope Francis shares with the US bishops the concern about migration policy and mass deportations Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I have followed closely the major crisis that is taking place in the United States with the initiation of a program of mass deportations. The rightly formed conscience cannot fail to make ...
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  11 February 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo calls for reconciliation at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Nyaungbelin Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Inspired by Mary, we pray that the warring parties in Myanmar may come together at the Marian Shrine of Nyaunglebin. May this sacred place become a refuge of peace and reconciliation, where enem ...
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  10 February 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Israeli Jesuit David Neuhaus: the plan to remove Palestinians from Gaza feels like a kick in the stomach Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – “We are in no hurry”. This is how US President Donald Trump yesterday offered an important detail regarding the plan for the reconstruction and development of the Gaza Strip under the d ...
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  10 February 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - A Catholic church hit by bombing in Chin State Mindat (Agenzia Fides) - The Myanmar army has carried out air strikes that have seriously damaged the Catholic church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Mindat, in the state of Chin, in the northwest of the country. This ch ...
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  9 February 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Jesus puts encounter first in his mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus is not concerned with showing off to the crowds, with doing a job, with following a timetable in carrying out his mission. On the contrary, he always makes it his priority to encount ...
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  8 February 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - World Interfaith Harmony Week: on the island of Mindanao, students, citizens and institutions participate in numerous initiatives Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - Christians and Muslims in the south of the Philippines joined the World Interfaith Harmony Week (February 1-7) organized by the United Nations, which was celebrated in Catholic parishes, ...
• 8 February 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Shillong Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Bernard Laloo, of the clergy of Shillong, India, until now chancellor and parish priest of the Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians in Laitumkhrah ...
• 8 February 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Neyyattinkara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Selvarajan Dasan, of the clergy of Neyyattinkara, India, until now judicial vicar and parish priest of Saint Francis Xavier in Thirupuram, as coad ...