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  19 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest kidnapped along with six other people Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic priest Marcellinus Obioma Okide was kidnapped in Udi (Enugu State), in the southeast of Nigeria. The kidnapping occurred last Sunday, September 17, at 5pm along Eke-Affa-Egede Road in ...
• 18 September 2023
  ASIA/JAPAN - Appointment of Father Andrea Lembo as auxiliary bishop of Tokyo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Father Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E., currently Regional Superior of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions for East Asia, as Auxiliary Bishop of the ...
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  18 September 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - A Directory on the identity, formation and role of lay catechists, who bring the first proclamation of the faith New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Their favorite means of transport is often the bicycle. Sometimes, when it is possible, and when the distances are too large, they travel by motorcycle, if the parish has one available. These ...
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  18 September 2023
  AFRICA/CONGO - "The alleged coup is fake news" confirm Fides sources Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "This is unfounded news". This i show local sources heard by Fides in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, deny rumors of an alleged military coup that deposed President Denis Sass ...
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  18 September 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Four Chinese Bishops in Europe to reactivate after the covid fraternal cooperation between the Churches Leuven (Agenzia Fides) - In Europe (Belgium, Holland and France) to reactivate the path of fraternal cooperation between the Churches after the difficult parenthesis marked by the pandemic. This is the reason for the one ...
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  18 September 2023
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Ten days after the earthquake: rescue and search operations continue Marrakech (Agenzia Fides) - Ten days after the earthquake that devastated the province of Al Haouz, southwest of Marrakech, there are villages in the mountainous areas that have been completely razed to the ground. Th ...
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  16 September 2023
  VATICAN - Pope's message for World Mission Day is the subject of third webinar in Vietnamese Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pope's message for the upcoming World Mission Sunday is the focus of a cycle of three webinars organized by the International Secretariat of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU), in co ...
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  16 September 2023
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - The Catholic Bishops in Moscow: the mission does not complain about "difficult times" Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not our pastoral plans, not our personal projects that make the Church grow, but our humble but persistent witness to God. Let us remember the words of Pope Benedict XVI: The Church does n ...
• 15 September 2023
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Appointment of the Bishop of Masvingo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Raymond Tapiwa Mupa, C.Ss.R., hitherto of Chinhoyi, as bishop of the diocese of Masvingo, Zimbabwe. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 15/9/2023) ...
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  15 September 2023
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Season of Creation 2023: Looking at God in nature Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the "Season of Creation" 2023 (September 1st to October 4th), the Catholic community in Singapore wants to accompany Catholics and non-Christians and especially young people when it ...
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  15 September 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - The 'flying bishop': "The Earth is like a sister and is beautiful like a mother who welcomes us in her arms" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, listening to the cry of the poor and the earth, the degradation of nature, of rivers, the growing disappearance of diversity, the unbridled consumption of fossil fuels, the destruction of f ...
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  15 September 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Archbishop of Bamenda and President of the Bishops' Conference: "Despite the violence, I did not close any parish and I stayed on site" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Cameroon, Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda, spoke in an interview with Fides about the situation of the Church in Cameroon. How is ...
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  14 September 2023
  VATICAN - The Pope appoints Vincenzo Buonomo as Pontifical Delegate to the Pontifical Urbanian University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Professor Vincenzo Buonomo, Counsellor of Vatican City State and Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical Lateran University, has been appointed Pontifical Delegate to the Pontifical Urbaniana Uni ...
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  14 September 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Prayer and solidarity of the Korean faithful for the victims of the earthquake in Morocco Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - We entrust the survivors, rescuers and volunteers working in earthquake-stricken Morocco "to the special protection of the Virgin Mary, to her maternal intercession", said Archbishop Peter Soon-Ta ...
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  14 September 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - A new academic year begins in Catholic seminaries. Walk and grow in the faith of the Apostles Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The formation of new and "passionate workers" for the proclamation of the Gospel, at the service of the future of the Church, which in China continues to walk in the faith of the Apostles, is th ...