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  25 March 2025
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Eparch of Adigrat: "We are trying to move forward as a Church in a context of total precariousness, with the risk of a new civil war" Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - The bloody civil war that ravaged Tigray between 2020 and 2022 is now compounded by an internal split within the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), one of the two factions vying for contro ...
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  25 March 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Carmelites in Flores: rooted in pastoral, educational and spiritual service Ende (Agenzia Fides) - The Carmelite charism continues to expand in eastern Indonesia and will strengthen its service to the population on the island of Flores. Today, March 25, 2025, when the universal Church celebrat ...
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  24 March 2025
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - The community of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia welcomed the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem: Spirit of harmony and interreligious collaboration Manama (Agenzia Fides) – The three-day visit of the Cardinal Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who arrived in Bahrain on Thursday 20 March, ended yesterday, Sunday 23 March. It was a significant mom ...
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  24 March 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Angola withdraws from peace mediation in the east of the Democratic Republic Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Angola has ended its mediation in the war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Angolan Presidency announced this in a communiqué today, March 24: "Angola considers it necessa ...
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  24 March 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A civil recognition to Cardinal Coutts for his service rendered to the nation Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - For his services to the nation in the field of interreligious dialogue and the promotion of harmony, as well as for his contribution to the social welfare of Pakistan and the protection of the ...
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  24 March 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Lent and Ramadan are celebrated together at St. Elizabeth Catholic Hospital in Hyderabad Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - The fact that in 2025 the Christian Lent and the Muslim Ramadan coincide was seen as an opportune moment to promote dialogue and exchange: Christians and Muslims in a time of spiritual reflect ...
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  24 March 2025
  VATICAN - Jubilee of the Missionary World: "Paths of Hope" in the Mission "ad gentes" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – They want to be signs of hope by proclaiming Christ, who consoles humanity, frees it from slavery, and restores divine dignity. These aspects are at the heart of the experiences and refle ...
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  24 March 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A Catholic priest kidnapped and police free another just hours after the abduction Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The wave of priest kidnappings in Nigeria continues unabated. Rev. Fr. John Ubaechu, Parish Priest of Holy Family Catholic Church Izombe, was kidnapped on the evening of Sunday, 23 March, 2025. T ...
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  23 March 2025
  Angelus, Pope Francis at the window of the Gemelli Hospital: "I was able to experience the Lord’s patience" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - After 38 days of hospitalization at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome for bilateral pneumonia, Pope Francis returned to public life, greeting the faithful from the hospital balcony, who applauded him fr ...
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  22 March 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Thirty years of commitment, prayer and hope for reconciliation and peace Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - On the main altar of the Cathedral of Seoul stands the symbol of the local Church for the Holy Year: the "Cross for Peace," handcrafted from barbed wire taken from the "Bamboo Curtain" in the Demi ...
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  22 March 2025
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - In the Footsteps of Jeanne Bigard: Supporting priestly and religious vocations in mission territories Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - The Society of St. Peter the Apostle and its commitment to priestly vocations and consecrated life were the focus of the visit of Father Guy Bognon, Secretary General of the Pontifical Society ...
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  21 March 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - New church in Yiwu named after Saint Joseph: Home to the world's largest wholesale market by Marta Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The new church, recently inaugurated in Yiwu, in the diocese of Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province, is named after Saint Joseph, Patron Saint of missions in China. And the ...
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  21 March 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Army recaptures presidential palace in Khartoum: a symbolic turning point, but no end to the war in sight Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - After two days of fighting, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) today, March 21, recaptured control of the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militias. ...
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  21 March 2025
  ASIA - Ten Years of "Laudato Si'": Bishops call for action against "ecological debt" and "ecological conversion" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The upcoming tenth anniversary of the publication of Pope Francis's encyclical "Laudato Si'" on Care for Our Common Home coincides with the Jubilee Year of Hope: therefore, the pastoral letter p ...
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  21 March 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Home of the Missionary Sisters of Santo Domingo in the municipality of Kimbanseke, in Kinshasa, attacked Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The home of the Missionary Sisters of Santo Domingo in the municipality of Kimbanseke in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was attacked. The events date back to the nig ...