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9 February 2024
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - On the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita: Sisters of the “Talitha Kum” project celebrate World Day Against Human Trafficking
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Talitha Kum Zambia (TAKUZA) celebrated yesterday, February 8, World Day against Human Trafficking, on the feast day of Saint Josephine Bakhita, patron saint of victims of modern slavery and human ...
9 February 2024
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Catholic Association of Friends meets in the spirit of the encyclical 'Fratelli tutti'
Foya (Agenzia Fides) - Three hundred Catholic women from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone recently met in the parish of St. John Vianney in Foya, in the light of 'the mystery of the Visitation'. "The international experi ...
9 February 2024
EUROPE/HUNGARY -Meeting of European National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies: “Synodality as the ‘modus operandi’ of the Church”
Budapest (Agenzia Fides) - The annual meeting of the European Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), held this year in Budapest (see Fides 6/2/2024), ended on Thursday evening, February 8, with a Eucharisti ...
9 February 2024
ASIA/TURKEY - Istanbul: Byzantine church to be used as a mosque in the future
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - After Hagia Sophia, another historic Byzantine church in Istanbul, which has been used as a museum for the last 79 years, will once again house Islamic prayers and rites and be used as a mosque ...
8 February 2024
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Integration of Aboriginal children: the contribution of schools after the wound of the referendum
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The integration of Aboriginal people into Australian society and the social, cultural and spiritual reconciliation in the nation pass through school: with this conviction, the Redfern Jarjum Coll ...
8 February 2024
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Religious abducted in Plateau State are free
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The two Claretians who were kidnapped on the night of February 1 in the central Nigerian state of Plateau have been released. Fr. Ken Kanwa C.M.F, parish priest of St. Vincent De Paul Fier Church, ...
8 February 2024
ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako, message for Lent: in the time of fasting, may the Holy Spirit heal and protect our hearts from the darkness of the world
Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - In the world that appears more and more "shrouded in darkness", this year again, the time of fasting and penance that the Church proposes before Easter comes to show our lives "a new horizon", and ...
8 February 2024
AFRICA/MALI - The “sabbatical year” of Father Ha-Jo in the hands of the kidnappers: “They asked me for forgiveness, and I had already forgiven them"
by Antonella Prenna
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Germany is waging war against us, has soldiers in Gao (Mali) and, together with the European Union, is training the Malian army in Kulikoro, on the banks of the Niger river ...
7 February 2024
ASIA/INDIA - Manipur, torn by conflict, tries to reconnect the threads of dialogue
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Gratitude for the humanitarian and spiritual aid provided by Indian Catholic communities and NGOs to the people of Manipur, torn by conflict; waiting and patience because "the peace process is ...
7 February 2024
EUROPE/HUNGARY - European Meeting of National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies: “The proclamation of the Gospel constitutes the Church”
Budapest (Agenzia Fides) - Mission and concrete synodality for a new proclamation of the Gospel on the European continent, said the President of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Archbishop Emilio Nappa, on Tuesday Febru ...
7 February 2024
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 27, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the Rev. Fr. Juvenal Nzohabonayo of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Gitega ...
7 February 2024
AFRICA/BENIN - Seminar on violent extremism and the proliferation of weapons in West Africa
Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "Prevention of violent extremism, radicalization and the proliferation of small arms in the Sahel and coastal countries of West Africa". These are the objectives of the training course launched ...
7 February 2024
ASIA/CHINA - A Christian look at the "Chinese New Year". The Lenten message of Bishop Joseph Gan
Guangzhou (Agenzia Fides) - This year again, as happens from time to time, the beginning of Lent coincides with the festive days of the Chinese New Year. A coincidence linked to the fact that the two events are fixed in ...
6 February 2024
AMERICA/CHILE - Archbishop of Santiago on forest fires: “It is a disaster”
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The number of people who died in the devastating fire in the coastal area of Valparaíso last Friday, February 2, continues to rise: "The situation is really tragic, it is a catastrophe", said ...
6 February 2024
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Parliamentary elections marked by economic crisis and political tensions
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Next February 8, the federal parliament, the so-called National Assembly, and the legislative assemblies of four provinces will be elected in Pakistan. The voters include 128 million eligible ...
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