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• 28 February 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 1, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle confirmed Rev. Isidore Nombré, of the diocesan clergy of Koudougou, the position of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
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  28 February 2023
  ASIA/IRAQ- Chaldean Patriarch Sako: Mary brings Christians and Muslims together Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "Mary has a unique position: she brings Christians and Muslims together". This was reiterated by Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, in a speech addressed to an audien ...
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  28 February 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - Claretian missionary kidnapped in Haiti released Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "On February 17, after 10 days of kidnapping, he miraculously escaped from his captors", reports to Fides Father Fausto Cruz Rosa cmf, Superior of the Claretian Missionaries of the Antill ...
• 28 February 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Less violence in elections: Observers complain about organizational problems Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The level of violence in the margins of the elections last February 25, during which the Head of State was elected and the deputies of the National Assembly (cf. Fides 24/2/2023), although less th ...
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  27 February 2023
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - Independence Day: Bishops want more honesty and justice in today's society Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us be honest and do justice" is the title of the message that the Dominican Bishops' Conference traditionally publishes on February 27th on the occasion of the 179th anniversary of in ...
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  27 February 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - "Scrutiny" of catechumens, "mandate" of altar servers, ecological initiatives. The intense start of Lent of the Chinese Catholic communities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Solemn Eucharistic celebrations with great participation of the People of God, "scrutinies" of catechumens preparing for baptism, missionary mandate of lectors and extraordinary ministers of Hol ...
• 27 February 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "We await clarification on the invasion of the Archbishopric by the Republican Guard" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We demand clarifications from the military hierarchy that raided the archbishopric and cathedral", says a statement from the Archdiocese of Lubumbashi where on the morning of Friday February 2 ...
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  27 February 2023
  ASIA - Asian Churches: it is time to "widen the tent" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic communities in Asia are called to "widen the space of their tent", to extend it to the needy, the marginalized, to all those, including non-believers, who need and await Christ Jesus' p ...
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  27 February 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Psychological assistance, schools, food for 7 million people: Salesian missionaries always on the front line Mekelle (Agenzia Fides) - "Sending humanitarian aid to Tigray has become easier and we continue to assist people who have been affected by the two years of conflict", wrote Father Abba Hailemariam Medhin, Superior of the ...
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  27 February 2023
  EVANGELII GAUDIUM, 10 years/1 - Something that comes first by Gianni Valente "The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus" (EG, 1) The Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (the Joy of the Gospel) was drawn up by Pope Francis in 2013 to "p ...
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  24 February 2023
  ASIA - Delegates gathered for the Synodal Assembly: "There is always room under the tent" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The image of the "tent" that runs through the Continental Synodal Assembly underway in Bangkok from today, February 24, until February 26, is particularly suitable for Asian peoples and cultures ...
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  24 February 2023
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - After being injured by a landmine: Father Norberto Pozzi arrived in Bologna Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The 71-year-old Italian Carmelite missionary Norberto Pozzi, injured by a landmine on the road from Bozoum to Bocaranga in north-western Central African Republic (see Fides, 13/2/2023), arrived t ...
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  24 February 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - Chaotic conditions: There has been no news of Father Noah since the kidnapping two weeks ago Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Haiti is marked by hunger, violence, cholera and political instability. The Caribbean island is now a shattered country without institutions, with a starving population and armed gangs th ...
• 24 February 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Elections on February 25th and March 11th: The country is at a turning point Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Two "old foxes" of Nigerian politics and one (almost) outsider, very popular with the younger electorate, are the three favorites in the presidential elections that will take place in Nigeria tomo ...
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  24 February 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Identity of Buddhist and Taoist monks available online Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - An "online archive" containing the identification data of all Buddhist and Taoist monks registered with the Chinese authorities, which can also be consulted by citizens who, from now on, will no ...