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  3 August 2024
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Cardinal Tong Papal Envoy to the Fifth Eucharistic Congress of Taiwan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed His Eminence Cardinal John Tong Hon, bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, as his special envoy to preside at the concluding celebration of the Fifth Eucharistic Congr ...
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  3 August 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - "The righteous will grow like a cedar in Lebanon." Patriarch Stephen Douayhy proclaimed blessed Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "The righteous will flourish like the palm tree, will grow like the cedar of Lebanon". This is how Cardinal Marcello Semeraro began his homily during the solemn liturgical celebration of the beat ...
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  3 August 2024
  AFRICA/MALI - The attack on the Russian Wagner group by Tuaregs and jihadists shows the complexity of the situation in Mali Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - On July 27, a mixed convoy of soldiers of the Malian army and mercenaries of the Russian private military company "Wagner Group" was the victim of a series of deadly attacks in north-western Mali ...
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  2 August 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The first day of protests against the government's economic policies leaves more than a dozen dead Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - At least a dozen dead in various areas of Nigeria is the result of the first day of protests called yesterday, August 1 (see Fides, 1/8/2024), against the economic policies of President Bola Ahmed ...
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  2 August 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - From tribes to seminaries: vocations in rural areas are on the rise Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - This young Church has no vocations crisis. The Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea is expecting the visit of Pope Francis in a few weeks. The Bishop of Rome will stop in the country for jus ...
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  2 August 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - No to peace talks, while half of the Sudanese suffer from hunger Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - " We will not retreat, we will not give up, and we will not negotiate with any entity," with these words General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces and President of the ...
• 1 August 2024
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Erection of the Diocese of Ganda and appointment of first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has erected the Diocese of Ganda (Angola), with territory taken from the Diocese of Benguela, making it a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huambo. The Holy Fathe ...
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  1 August 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Demonstrations against the President's economic reforms begin Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Ten days of demonstrations are planned in Nigeria against the high cost of living and unemployment that affect a large part of the population. The protests, which begin today, August 1, are suppor ...
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  1 August 2024
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The Church's grateful memory of the martyrs and the present of the Church Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Roman Martyrology celebrates on August 1 the memory of two priests who were martyred "in the city of Nam Dinh in Tonkin, today Vietnam" and "beheaded for their Christian faith under Emperor Mi ...
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  1 August 2024
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Solidarity campaign of Sudanese women in Kampala: "We must not close our eyes to the famine in Sudan" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "We must raise our voices to alert the world so that it does not forget the Sudanese crisis," is the urgent appeal of the executive director of the Sudanese organization "The Female Guardians" i ...
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  31 July 2024
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Faith and culture, faith and history are intrinsically linked in Asia's youngest nation: "In times of trial, the Lord has not abandoned us", says the Vicar General of Dili: by Paolo Affatato Dili (Agenzia Fides) - "May your faith become your culture" is the motto of Pope Francis' visit, who will visit East Timor from September 9 to 11, the third stage of his trip to the East which, fro ...
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  31 July 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Failed assassination attempt on the head of the transitional government, General Burhan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – On the same day that the news of the assassination in Tehran of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was released, another high-impact news story risks going unnoticed: the attempted assassination (al ...
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  31 July 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishop Gong: Young people of “Generation Z” deserve trust Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Kenya have sided with the young people who in recent weeks have taken to the streets in highly political demonstrations that go far beyond protesting against tax increases. The Ar ...
• 31 July 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - Appointment of the new director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 22, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev. Fr Benoit Mbainada of the clergy of Mondou as National Director of the Pon ...
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  31 July 2024
  EUROPE/ITALY - Digital universe and evangelization: Salesians invite to “Shape Tomorrow” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Creators of new languages and paradigms for evangelization, Ecology, climate change, migrants and refugees, digital culture and Artificial Intelligence, Internal and External Communication in the C ...