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5 September 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - The history of Catholic Missions in the Indonesian Archipelago
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - In the history of the mission of the Catholic Church in Indonesia, for two centuries (1605-1807) there was no Catholic priest or missionary on the thousands of islands of the archipelago, where ...
5 September 2024
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Indonesia: excerpts from the speech in the mosque
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of today’s many challenges, we respond with the sign of fraternity." The third and final day of Pope Francis' stay in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia and the first stop on his A ...
4 September 2024
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Indonesia: excerpts from the address to bishops, priests, religious and catechists
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Faith, fraternity, compassion". These three words, which are the motto of this Apostolic Visit, are the focus of Pope Francis' entire speech in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Ja ...
4 September 2024
AFRICA/SENEGAL - Religious tolerance characterizes peaceful Islamic-Christian relations
Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The diversity of different peoples and cultures, which has led to a mixture of ethnic groups and families, has characterized the history of Senegal from the beginning.
The Country is today an ...
4 September 2024
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Rebellion or attempted escape: at least 129 dead in the overcrowded prison in Makala
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Makala central prison in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been described as a "time bomb", where at least 129 prisoners were killed during an escape attempt ...
4 September 2024
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope in Indonesia: excerpts from the address to the civil authorities and the Diplomatic Corps
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Journey of Pope Francis to Asia and Oceania is now in full swing. After a "rest day" at the Nunciature, the Pope celebrated a private Mass this morning. He then drove to the Presid ...
4 September 2024
ASIA/CHINA - The story of Paolo Dongdong: from an orphanage of Chinese nuns to the Paris Paralympic Games
Ningjinxian (Agenzia Fides) - From an orphanage of Catholic nuns in the Chinese province of Hebei to the Paris Paralympic Games. This is the surprising story of Dongdong Paolo Camanni, a young Paralympic judo athlete who ...
3 September 2024
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - JNIM jihadists attack local self-defense groups
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Jihadist groups continue to spread fear and terror in Burkina Faso. After the massacre in the village of Barsalogho on August 24, in which at least 200 people died, on August 30 an attack on ...
3 September 2024
Pope Francis’s trip to ‘Southeast Asia’ and the mission of the Church today
by Gianni Valente
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - With the arrival in Jakarta of the flight that took off from Rome, Pope Francis' 45th international apostolic journey has begun. The Bishop of Rome, at almost 88 years of age, ...
3 September 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian Catholics: “Children of Saint Francis Xavier”
by Paolo Affatato
Denpasar (Agenzia Fides) - Many visitors and tourists in Bali, the Indonesian island popular with tourists from all over the world for its attractions, also stop at the Catholic church dedicated to S ...
2 September 2024
EUROPE/ICELAND - Nordic countries hold webinar on the Pope's message for World Mission Day
Reykjavik (Agenzia Fides) – Today at 6:00 pm (CET) the first webinar of the Nordic countries will be held on the Pope's message for the upcoming World Mission Sunday, entitled "Go and invite everyone to the banquet" (c ...
2 September 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - The enthusiasm of hundreds of young lay volunteers, together with the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, await the arrival of Pope Francis
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis is about to begin his trip to Indonesia, where he will stay from 3 to 6 September 2024, marking the first stage of his tour of the Asia-Pacific region, which also includes visits to ...
2 September 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - Contemplative nuns in Indonesia accompany Pope Francis' trip with Adoration
Ruteng (Agenzia Fides) - At the Monastery of the Adoration of the Holy Trinity, on the slopes of Kuwu, on the outskirts of the city of Ruteng, on the Indonesian island of Flores, Eucharistic adoration is permanent and pr ...
2 September 2024
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops: “foreign debt is a new form of slavery for present and future generations”
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – “The debt burden has turned out to be a new form of enslavement if present and future generations” say the Bishops of Nigeria, in the statement published at the end of their second Plenary A ...
2 September 2024
AFRICA/EGYPT - After reaching a military agreement with Somalia, Cairo warns Ethiopia about the filling of the Nile dam
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "We are ready to exercise our right to defend and protect the rights and interests of the Egyptian people, in accordance with the UN Charter." This is the warning issued by the Egyptian government ...
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