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  26 April 2023
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops encourage hope: 'We need honest and non-political solutions' Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace be with you" is the greeting of the Risen Lord, "the Lord of history, who wants to encourage us in hope and in building the common good of our beloved homeland, Bolivia": this is the e ...
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  26 April 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: prayer is the "invisible force" of monks and nuns that sustains the mission Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I understood it was Love alone that made the Church’s members act, that if Love ever became extinct, apostles would not preach the Gospel and martyrs would not shed their blood", wrote Saint Ter ...
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  25 April 2023
  AFRICA/CAPE VERDE - Cape Verdeans begin the journey to celebrate the first 500 years of the Gospel on the Island of Santiago Praia (Agenzia Fides) - A state in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, a bridge that seems designed to connect Africa, Europe and America. Cape Verde is an archipelago composed of ten volcanic islands (only one is uninhabi ...
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  25 April 2023
  VATICAN - Appointment of under-secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for first evangelization and the new particular Churches Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Msgr. Samuele Sangalli, until now official of the Dicastery for Bishops, as under-secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for first evangelizati ...
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  25 April 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Reopening of shrines after 3 years. Chinese Catholic communities are preparing for the Marian month Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "We can join the universal Church, remembering the prayer intention of Pope Francis and imitating Our Lady the Virgin Mary in following Christ her Son, to reveal the face of the Risen Lord and l ...
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  24 April 2023
  EUROPE/NETHERLANDS - The missionary commitment in the Catholic communities of the Netherlands Tilburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Netherlands, in collaboration with the School of Catholic Theology in Tilburg, organized a symposium to recall the important anniv ...
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  24 April 2023
  ASIA/TURKEY - 108 years since the Armenian Genocide. Commemorations banned in Istanbul Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - On April 24, 1915 more than 100 Armenian intellectuals, parliamentarians, writers and journalists were taken from their homes and deported on a journey of death to the Turkish towns of Çankır ...
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  24 April 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Sand identity and Ramadan in Niamey Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no traffic in the city because the celebration of the conclusion of the holy month of Islam, Ramadan, the name of the ninth month of the Muslim calendar which means ‘burning heat’ i ...
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  24 April 2023
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Builders of peace, sowers of hope" in the context of the security crisis and rampant violence Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "We believe that the paths of peace must be built by all of us, with determination and unity, with a global approach. We reject any form of violence to achieve political, social or economic obj ...
• 24 April 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Jaipur Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 22, 2023, the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Jaipur, India, presented by Bishop Oswald Lewis. The Holy Father has appointed ...
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  22 April 2023
  EUROPE/CYPRUS - "Rooted in hope". The future of Christians in the Middle East as seen from Nicosia Nicosia (Agenzia Fides) - The Symposium of Churches in the Middle East, "Rooted in Hope," is nearing its conclusion. The initiative is promoted by R.O.A.C.O. (Reunion of Aid Agencies to the Oriental Churches),and welcome ...
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  22 April 2023
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Commemoration ceremony for the victims of the 2019 attacks Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - A 40 km human chain to remember the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that hit two Catholic churches and a Protestant one in Sri Lanka (see Fides, 22/4/2019). The commemoration ceremony ...
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  22 April 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The regional risks of the conflict in Sudan by Luca Mainoldi Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The conflict between the two military factions in Sudan risks having repercussions on neighboring countries, partly because both contenders have connections with neighboring s ...
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  22 April 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Day for Vocations: masses, prayers and many initiatives to ask for "new workers for the Lord's vineyard" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Show the beauty of vocations and promote them": is the appeal of Joseph Li Shan Bishop of the Diocese of Beijing addressed to priests, nuns, seminarians and all baptized Catholics on the occasi ...
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  21 April 2023
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A mine explodes as a mission car passes by in Niem: 4 dead, including two children; The Italian missionary unharmed Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, April 16, a mine exploded near the car of the Catholic mission of Niem, between the villages of Ndongue Douane and Sokorta, 115 km from Bouar, in the Central African Republic. The prov ...