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12 January 2024
AMERICA/ECUADOR - There are still 180 hostages in prisons; the bishops: "May Ecuador once again be a place of peace, work and fraternity"
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - There are still 180 hostages in the hands of prisoners in revolt in 7 prisons in Ecuador. Since January 8, 158 prison guards and 20 members of administrative staff have been taken hostage, just af ...
12 January 2024
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Archbishop of Freetown: our peace is always at risk
Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - Sierra Leone continues its difficult path of peace, reconciliation and development amidst obstacles and political turmoil. The small country in the far west of Africa, nestled between Liberia a ...
12 January 2024
ASIA/BAHRAIN - Embracing diversity and celebrating unity in a single spirit: Family Day celebrated in the Cathedral
Awali (Agenzia Fides) - Today, January 12, 2024, the Church in Bahrain celebrates the Patronal Feast of Our Lady of Arabia and Family Day. "This is one of the most important events that takes place on the grounds of the ...
11 January 2024
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Cholera misinformation fuels deadly violence in Mozambique
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - A wave of violence has shaken northern Mozambique, where angry citizens, accusing local authorities of spreading the cholera epidemic, set fire to several homes. In a dramatic turn of events, at ...
11 January 2024
ASIA/MALAYSIA - A year of prayer and blessing among the faithful of Borneo, in preparation for the Jubilee
Sibu (Agenzia Fides) - Being diligent in listening to the Word of God and in prayer and, filled with God's grace, being a blessing for others: this is the mission of the baptized in the diocese of Sibu, in the Malaysian ...
11 January 2024
AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Ecuador shows that illegal trade has a strong destabilizing force”
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in a state of war and must not surrender to terrorist groups", said the President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa speaking yesterday, January 10, to the nation, traumatized by the violence unleash ...
11 January 2024
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Christmas in the small community of Gode: a time to take care of each other
Gode (Agenzia Fides) - "The joy of Christmas, although not understood in the same way by everyone, was a moment to share together the fact that we belong to one family and that we take care of each other" declared to F ...
10 January 2024
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Latin American countries concerned about the situation in Ecuador
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - There is growing concern in Latin America about the situation in Ecuador, where President Daniel Noboa spoke yesterday, January 9, of an "internal armed conflict". Noboa, meanwhile, ordered the mi ...
10 January 2024
VATICAN - World Missionary Childhood Day: "Spiritual cooperation" the theme of the initiatives being carried out all over the world
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Some make an Advent calendar to sell, others study a song to perform, others make donation boxes and go to schools and parishes or take part in the Epiphany Singing campaign and go from hou ...
10 January 2024
ASIA/MYANMAR - Church services in the forest and help for refugees: Priests are close to the people
Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - Two years of civil war, which has gradually intensified, have shaped the face and pastoral approach of priests, consecrated persons, catechists and pastoral workers in many dioceses of Myanmar, e ...
10 January 2024
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Christmas massacre: “The anger of the people can only be appeased if the culprits are brought to justice”
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The people who are victims of these crimes want to see real action taken to bring justice to their dear ones. People’s anger can be assuaged only if those found culpable are brought to book", s ...
10 January 2024
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Elections scheduled for December 2024: Archbishop of Juba expresses confidence
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "What could prevent a democratic election at the end of 2024? I hope let us be men and women who bring hope to others; we are people who can be challenged; we were challenged when the Holy Father c ...
9 January 2024
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Gangster boss manages to escape from prison: President declares a state of emergency
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In Ecuador a state of emergency has been declared due to the escape of the country's "number 1 criminal". The measure was taken yesterday, January 8, by President Daniel Noboa after José Adolfo M ...
9 January 2024
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Make me an instrument of your peace”: Catholics in the North and South recite the prayer for reconciliation together
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - As the world looks with concern at the political and military tensions between North and South Korea that have increased in recent days, the Catholic faithful gathered today in Seoul and Pyongyang ...
9 January 2024
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The naval agreement with Somaliland raises new tensions in the Horn of Africa
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Tensions are increasing in the Horn of Africa in connection with the agreement between Somaliland and Ethiopia on access to the Red Sea (see Fides 3/1/2024) and the internal situation in Eth ...
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