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  20 November 2024
  ASIA/JAPAN - Archbishop Kikuchi: "Without migrants, an ageing society will not be able to survive" by Fabio Beretta Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - "Dialogue is the key to stability". This is what Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi, Archbishop of Tokyo, says, who will be created Cardinal by Pope Francis at the upcoming Consistory on ...
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  19 November 2024
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - VI American Missionary Congress: more than 12,000 participants expected Ponce (Agenzia Fides) - More than 12,000 people are expected today in the city of Ponce for the official opening ceremony of the VI American Missionary Congress (CAM6). The opening of CAM6 will take place at 8:00 a.m. l ...
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  19 November 2024
  Blessed are the Poor by Gianni Valente “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God,” says Jesus in the Gospel according to Luke. And those who follow Jesus on the path of world history notice and recognize that on this pa ...
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  19 November 2024
  AMERICA/GUADELOUPE - The periphery at the heart of the Salesians Les Abymes (Agenzia Fides) - "Perhaps many in the Salesian religious family do not know where the island of Guadeloupe is. It is as if it were on the geographical 'periphery'. But the periphery is the heart of the work o ...
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  19 November 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The commitment of the Franciscans: interreligious dialogue defuses religious and social tensions Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Interreligious dialogue and effective cooperation between religious leaders and civil authorities are valuable and effective means of defusing social and religious tensions and ensuring and mai ...
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  19 November 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Archbishop of Nairobi: "We will return the donations to the President" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "These funds will be refunded to the respective donors," said the Archbishop of Nairobi, Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo, referring to donations made by Kenyan President William Ruto and the Governo ...
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  18 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese academics and clergy discuss the “Historical legacy of the 2024 Concilium Sinense and the Guidelines of China-Vatican Relations” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – “The Historical Legacy of the 2024 Concilium Sinense and the Guidelines of China-Vatican Relations”, is the title of the academic seminar organized in Beijing as part of the celebrations f ...
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  18 November 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - With the death of “Untaani” Compaoré, the Catholic Church loses a true spiritual guide Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) – “Untaani” the man who creates unity in the name of God, this is the name given by the diocesan community of Fada N'Gourma to Jean Marie Untaani Compaoré, the first African bishop of t ...
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  18 November 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA- Bishops: "The President should sign the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We urge the President to give his assent to this Bill, which we believe aligns with the moral convictions of almost all Ghanaians." With these words, the Bishops of Ghana have called on President ...
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  18 November 2024
  EUROPE/POLAND - Szczytno mourns Lech Lachowicz, the elderly Polish priest murdered with an axe Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - A community in mourning gathered yesterday in the church of Saint Brother Albert in Szczytno, a city in northern Poland shocked by the death of Father Lech Lachowicz. The 72-year-old priest was a ...
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  18 November 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - "They do not leave us in peace." The story of Sister Hanane, who takes care of Shiites and Christians under the bombs by Pascale Rizk Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "We go out in the morning without knowing if we will return in the evening. And this is our daily reality." This is how Sister Hanane Youssef describes her daily life today in ...
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  17 November 2024
  AMERICA/USA - Archbishop Nappa to the representatives of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the USA: May gratitude be the source of your contribution to the mission of the Universal Church San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "We must begin by recognizing the extraordinary generosity of the universal Church towards the Church in the United States. Until 1908 the United States was considered a mission territory and t ...
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  16 November 2024
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cardinal Chow: 'Sinicization' is an open game that also concerns the Church by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the current historical phase, the Catholic Church is called to confront the instances of "sinicization" supported by Xi Jinping's China, drawing inspiration also from the mi ...
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  16 November 2024
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - President of the Bishops, CELAM expelled, regrets "the events that afflict the pilgrim Church in Nicaragua" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Sadness for "the events that afflict the pilgrim Church in Nicaragua". This is the message that CELAM, the Episcopal Council of Latin America and the Caribbean, addressed to Cardinal Leopoldo Jo ...
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  16 November 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - New Bishop of Embu: "Even in prison it is possible to meet the Lord" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Today, November 16, Peter Kimani Ndung'u, appointed Bishop of Embu on August 15 (see Fides 15/8/2024), will receive episcopal ordination in his diocese and thus take up his episcopal office. Bi ...