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• 12 January 2023
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Resignation of the Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal) presented by His Exc. Msgr. Ernest Sambou. (SL) (Agenzia Fid ...
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  12 January 2023
  AMERICA/CHILE - Institutions and organizations of the Church and the State at the same table to face the tragedy of immigrants Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The great concern for the difficulties that hundreds of immigrants are facing, especially the most vulnerable ones, to regularize their status in the face of a law deemed "inflexible", was expr ...
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  12 January 2023
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: the unity of the Churches is not a "gesture of courtesy", but a secret of the Christian presence in the Middle East Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "The Eastern Churches need a breath of fresh air", is how the Iraqi Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, entitled his message for the forthcoming Week of Prayer for Chr ...
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  11 January 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Earthquake on the archipelago: fear but no major damage for the Camillians on the island of Flores Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - The earthquake that hit Indonesia on Tuesday, January 10, affected the island of South Maluku, one of the provinces of the archipelago. The earthquake was also felt in several neighboring islan ...
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  11 January 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Radio Veritas Asia: 95% of listeners are non-Christians Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Radio is a valuable tool for proclaiming the Gospel in Bangladesh. This was confirmed by the Bengali service of "Radio Veritas Asia" (RVA) which recently held a meeting with its listeners in the c ...
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  11 January 2023
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Birth of the Association of Catholic Universities, for a greater presence of the Church in society Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Six Catholic universities and three specialized institutes of higher education in the Dominican Republic founded Aduca, "Asociación Dominicana de Universidades Católicas e Institutos Esp ...
• 11 January 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Mass kidnappings in Nigeria: a complex scenario Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Mass kidnappings committed by well-organized armed groups are becoming more frequent in Nigeria. On January 7, gunmen attacked the Tom Ikimi railway station in Igueben, in the Igueben local govern ...
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  11 January 2023
  VATICAN - "We proclaim the Lord, we do not proclaim ourselves". Pope Francis inaugurates the catecheses "on the passion for evangelization, that is, apostolic zeal" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Christians proclaim the Lord, they do not proclaim themselves. The Church grows "by attraction", and not "by proselytism". But when Christian life loses sight of the horizon of evangelization, hori ...
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  10 January 2023
  AMERICA/PERU - "Let's not allow Peru to be destroyed by our actions or fall into an institutional abyss"; still dead and wounded in the clashes Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot allow Peru to be destroyed by our actions, nor let it fall into an institutional abyss" is the new appeal launched by the Peruvian Bishops a few hours ago after the latest clashes that ...
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  10 January 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A new National Commission for minority rights is being studied Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - In recent days, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif announced during a meeting in Islamabad that a bill to establish a National Commission for Minority Rights is underway. "Although ...
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  10 January 2023
  AFRICA - Humanity’s spiritual lung in crisis of faith and hope Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Benedict XVI treated the African Church in a very special way, carrying our Continent in his heart with fervor, with fervor, conviction and generosity". Thus expressed Cardinal Fridolin Besung ...
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  10 January 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - M23 rebels withdraw from Rumangabo military base, but does not withdraw from other locations Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - On January 6, rebels of the March 23 Movement (M23) officially handed over the Rumangabo military base they seized in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in October, to the ...
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  10 January 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Christmas time for Chinese Catholics. When the light of Jesus crosses the days of pain by Marta Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Many Chinese Catholics will always remember the Christmas season that has just ended. This time, the renewal of joy for the birth of Jesus encountered the suffering and troubles ...
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  9 January 2023
  AFRICA/TOGO - The expectations of the Togolese people for the new year that has just begun: to live in peace and harmony Lomè (Agenzia Fides) - "There are many expectations for the new year that the Togolese would like to see fulfilled in 2023, in the political, economic, socio-cultural spheres", writes Fr. Silvano Galli. The missionary, ...
• 9 January 2023
  AFRICA/BENIN - The Bishops: "We welcome the return to the Catholic faith of a large number of former followers of the Banamè sect" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "We welcome the return to the Catholic faith of a large number of former followers of the Sovidji sect in Banamè", say the Bishops of Benin in the statement issued at the end of their 68th Plen ...