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  8 February 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The work of the Church to combat human trafficking must be integrated by a government program Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "An important role of this Commission is listening. We hear the cry of anguish of our sisters and brothers who experience various forms of violence. We have heard the cry of hunger, the absence ...
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  8 February 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Camillians in Flores ready for Mission: “The Lord truly performs His extraordinary miracles” Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church continues to flourish on the island of Flores. Two new Camillian (MI) priests and three new deacons were ordained on Sunday 29 January 2022 in the chapel of the Camillian Sem ...
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  7 February 2023
  ASIA/TURKEY - Antioch, the earthquake destroys mosques and churches. Catholic parish welcomes displaced people Antakya (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Antioch is dramatic. Entire buildings have collapsed, mosques and churches have been destroyed. There are dead, there are people buried under the rubble, and in many places no ...
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  7 February 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In Mindanao the celebration of the Week for Interreligious Harmony: dialogue and good works, even in the face of the earthquake Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "We celebrated with joy in Zamboanga and throughout the island of Mindanao the World Week of Interreligious Harmony, which is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 February. It was the United Nati ...
• 7 February 2023
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Appointment of archbishop of Tanger, Emilio Rocha Grande, O.F.M. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Emilio Rocha Grande, O.F.M., until now apostolic administrator Sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the archdiocese of Tanger, Morocco, a ...
• 7 February 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Fundamental decisions on war and peace are now in the hands of the South Sudanese" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Fundamental decisions on war or peace are now in the hands of the South Sudanese", says to Fides Herena Balatti, Comboni missionary in Malakal, the day after the apostolic visit of Pope Francis in ...
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  7 February 2023
  AMERICA/CILE - Christian community in solidarity with victims of forest fires that have so far caused 26 deaths, 1,000 injured, 1,800 homeless Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - "Dozens of people have died, hundreds injured, incalculable material losses, life's work turned to ashes, many dreams shattered and hundreds of thousands of jobs lost": this is the partial re ...
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  7 February 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Apostolic Prefect inaugurates neuro-psychiatric clinic: In the footsteps of Mother Teresa of Calcutta Robe (Agenzia Fides) - "Before the Father there are no first and second class children. Important children and those who are worthless. Honorable children and despicable children", said the Apostolic Prefect of Robe, Fat ...
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  7 February 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - New priests for Chinese dioceses, called to serve the Lord's Church "with humility and courage" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, in several dioceses in mainland China, new "workers in the Lord's Vineyard" were ordained and presented to the communities to which they will be called ...
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  6 February 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - Aleppo, Bishop Audo: after 12 years of war, the earthquake falls on us like a new bomb Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "Now it is even more important to be close to the people, who are terrorized by this earthquake". For Jesuit Antoine Audo, Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo, "among the many we have had, this is a disast ...
• 6 February 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New demonstrations in Goma as M23 rebels advance Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Also today, February 6th, protests broke out again in Goma, capital of North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo), Barricades in the streets, where demonstrations that began on Febru ...
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  6 February 2023
  OCEANIA/FIJI ISLANDS - Assembly of the Bishops of Oceania: wants to “listen to the people of God” Suva (Agenzia Fides) - The Assembly of the Federation of the Four Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Oceania (FCBCO) was inaugurated yesterday, Sunday 5 February, with a Mass in the Sacred Heart Cathedral of Suva, capital ...
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  6 February 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Doctors with Africa Cuamm: peace also passes through taking care of people's health Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "South Sudan is a mother that dies at about 20 years of age, due to a birth gone wrong, because assisted only by her grandmother, in her hut made of earth and mud. Two babies born at home, a third ...
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  6 February 2023
  AMERICA/PERU - Open letter from the bishops to the members of Congress: "Do not turn your back, listen to the cry of all the Peruvian people" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Congress has rejected a new bill to bring forward general elections to the end of this year, which also included a referendum on the creation of a Constituent Assembly. After this new ...
• 6 February 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Bishop of Buxar, James Shekhar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 4, 2023, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend James Shekhar, of the clergy of Patna, until now deputy secretary of the Episcopal Council of Bihar, Jharkhand and Andaman, as bi ...