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• 30 January 2023
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - New massacre in Ituri two days before the papal visit, while M23 advances in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - As Pope Francis prepares to visit Kinshasa, dramatic news continues to arrive from the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. At least 15 people have died in a triple assault on three villag ...
• 30 January 2023
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Badulla Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Badulla, Sri Lanka, presented by Bishop Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S. The Holy Father has ...
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  30 January 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Indigenous Yanomami: "the Church is always for the defense of life, land and the rights of peoples" Roraima (Agenzia Fides) - The Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) and the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM), in union with the Church of Brazil, reaffirmed their commitment to be allies of the Amazonian peop ...
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  30 January 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Interreligious dialogue as a path to peace: may it be included in school study Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "There is great need for dialogue between religions in Pakistan in order to build a culture of peace in society and public life. Interreligious dialogue is the key to peace in Pakistan and in the ...
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  30 January 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Three newly ordained deacons for the Diocese of Zhouzhi Zhouzhi (Agenzia Fides) - On the day when the Catholic Church celebrates the liturgical memory of Saint Thomas Aquinas, great theologian and Doctor of the Church, the Catholics of the diocese of Zhouzhi, in the Chinese p ...
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  28 January 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Drought wipes out livestock. Millions of children and elderly under nightmare of hunger Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Many elderly people, the most vulnerable segment of the population, are dying, while children's malnutrition is getting worse by the day, because they no longer even have milk that used to be p ...
• 28 January 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - What is the "Kimbanguist Church" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Among the various confessions present in the Democratic Republic of Congo (a country that is preparing to welcome Pope Francis on his apostolic visit) there is one born at the time of Belgian c ...
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  28 January 2023
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The harsh reality of migrants, social and democratic deterioration: it is necessary to "keep Christian hope alive" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of migrants and the new State regulations that put at risk the reception centers run by the Church, the problems highlighted by the pandemic, social and political deteriorat ...
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  28 January 2023
  ASIA/BAHREIN - Father Aldo Berardi appointed Vicar Apostolic of North Arabia. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Aldo Berardi, O.SS.T., until now vicar general of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives, as vicar apostolic of Nor ...
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  27 January 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - A new parish in Kachin state, in the midst of conflict Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic population of the Burmese state of Kachin, in northern Myanmar, has a new parish: it was inaugurated in recent days, in the diocese of Myitkyina, the state capital, with a solemn ...
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  27 January 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Work never becomes an opportunity to violate the dignity of the person Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - From 1995 to the presen, about 60,000 people have been rescued from labor slavery in Brazil. According to the latest data published by the Ministry of Labor, the year 2022 ended with the numbe ...
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  27 January 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Pope's visit: "Ecumenical journey" to pave the way for peace Juba (Agenzia Fides) - As part of an ecumenical visit, Pope Francis will visit South Sudan together with the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, Primate of the Anglican Communion, and Pastor Iain Greenshields ...
• 27 January 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "The spotlight on cobalt is good, but we must also look at other Congolese minerals". Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "How Is Your Phone Powered? Problematically" is the headline of the New York Times reviewing the recently published essay by Siddharth Kara “Cobalt Red, How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our ...
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  26 January 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced religious conversion: may the government accept the appeal submitted to the UN Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Christian communities, Hindus, and civil society organizations in Pakistan have welcomed the recent statement submitted to the UN Human Rights Council on the phenomenon of abduction, forced re ...
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  26 January 2023
  AFRICA/RD CONGO - In the east of the country: postulants of the Comboni missionaries attacked by rebels Butembo (Agenzia Fides) - Last January 22, in the province of North Kivu, Mai-Mai rebels assassinated a group of postulants from the Comboni Missionaries. Fortunately, no one was killed in the attack. "The rebels attack ...