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  30 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The re-birth of two of the three priests kidnapped before Christmas, in prayer for the third who is still kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Two of the three priests kidnapped before Christmas, within five days, have been released within a day of each other. This is Father Mark Ojotu, from the diocese of Otukpo, in the eastern state of ...
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  30 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - A special day of joy, faith and sharing in the Dosso mission Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "Hand in hand we can achieve great things and bring joy to those around us". Beyond the clichés, Christmas is a difficult time in a Muslim country where Christians are a tiny minority. “However ...
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  29 December 2022
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - In prayer for the victims of the tragic accident of Ampasimanjeva: the Bishop of Farafangana immediately on the spot Moramanga (Agenzia Fides) - "It was Msgr. Fulgence Rabemahafaly who promptly communicated to me the news of the accident in which five people lost their lives", Msgr. Gaetano Di Pierro, bishop of Farafangana told Fides, ...
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  29 December 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Just as we have been united in sporting joy, we also face the different problems of society together Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope, for the coming year, to be able to renew attitudes and dispositions for democratic coexistence, leaving aside everything that increases divisions, endangers institutionalism and p ...
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  29 December 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - On January 1, 2023, all churches and places of worship in Beijing will be open Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Fides was recently informed that all churches and places of prayer in Beijing will be open on January 1, 2023. The faithful in Beijing are immensely grateful to the Lord for this decision. The ...
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  29 December 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - When the "Union of Chinese students" of the Pontifical Urbaniana University" paid tribute to Celso Costantini, the first Apostolic Delegate in China by Martha Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "This publication aims not only to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the arrival of Archbishop Celso Costantini as the first Apostolic Delegate in Beijing, but above all to rec ...
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  28 December 2022
  AFRICA - 'You came to this country with nothing and you will leave with nothing': the story of an exiled family far from home Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - They had left Liberia in 2019, where the civil war forces its population into a daily struggle for survival. An old friend had advised dad Francis, an electrician by trade, to try to revive the l ...
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  28 December 2022
  AMERICA - Let us never take our eyes off the children who live in poverty and are exploited Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us ask Jesus, just born in Bethlehem, to guard the newborn life of those who suffer the injustice of war and, as Pope Francis says, lose the ability to smile. Let us never take our eyes off th ...
• 28 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Warri, Anthony Ovayero Ewherido Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Fr. Anthony Ovayero Ewherido as the new Bishop-elect of the Catholic Diocese of Warri (Nigeria). Anthony Ovayero Ewherido, of the same clergy, cur ...
• 28 December 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Appointment of the Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Joseph Kakou Aka Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Joseph Kakou Aka, of the clergy of Grand-Bassam, currently Secretary General of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa as Bishop of the ...
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  28 December 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Important agreement reached between the government and Tigrayan leaders Mekelle (Agenzia Fides) - The talks held in recent days between a delegation from Addis Ababa and the leadership of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray (TPLF) regarding the withdrawal of Eritrean forces from t ...
• 23 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Third priest kidnapped in 5 days Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In Nigeria, another Catholic priest, Father Mark Ojotu of the Catholic diocese of Otukpo, was kidnapped along Okpoga-Ojapo Road in Benue state yesterday afternoon, December 22, according to a stat ...
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  23 December 2022
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The Star Singers, a tradition of very ancient origin Agenzia Fides (Fribourg) - "I like to make others happy; it is nice when we knock on doors and people see us and start to smile; we can support projects with the work of the Star Singers and help other children. This mak ...
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  23 December 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - After the severe floods, more than 70,000 people will experience Christmas as displaced persons Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "We are shocked by the catastrophic event of the floods that have hit many communities in eight states of the Federation. Many Christian communities that were celebrating the Advent season ...
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  23 December 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - We ask for peace, tranquility, unity and reconciliation, based on a broad process of listening and national dialogue Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "We Peruvians want a society marked by hope, dialogue, social peace, justice and human development. In the same way, we ask the international community to respect our sovereignty and the democratic ...