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  20 March 2025
  AFRICA/EGYPT - On a mission between Ramadan and Lent Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – "Ramadan Karim" and "Som Mubarak": these are the two expressions used to wish a good fast, the first for Muslims, the second for Christians. "March 1st marked the beginning of the Muslim fast of ...
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  20 March 2025
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “To have come out of hell, and to proclaim that Christ is risen”. The Familia Grande Hogar de Cristo network and the new mission of Father Charly
  by Monica Poletto Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - A great celebration accompanied the seventeenth ‘anniversary’ of the Familia Grande Hogar de Cristo in Buenos Aires, which ...
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  20 March 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - In the war zone, among the Kachin, a life of suffering, displacement and faith Banmaw (Agenzia Fides) - "There is crying and despair in the diocese of Banmaw folloowing the destruction of St. Patrick's Cathedral, set on fire by the Myanmar army (see Fides, 17/3/2025). I have seen many faithful cry ...
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  20 March 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Despite peace declarations, the war continues in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Although a possible peace negotiation has been initiated, the war continues in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where yesterday, March 19, the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels captured ...
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  19 March 2025
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle consecrates Bishops Sangalli and Sarrió Cucarella: Like Saint Joseph, be 'silent' heralds of the Word of God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Bishops are called to be "silent" heralds of the Word of God. They do their work well when, without being protagonists, they become humble "guardians of the active presence of God in his Ch ...
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  19 March 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - A network of paths for human and economic development in Pourcine Pic Makaya Pourcine (Agenzia Fides) - In Pourcine Pic Makaya, the sowing season is coming to an end. The next two months will be difficult for the people awaiting the harvest. They have "put everything they have in the form of mone ...
• 18 March 2025
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Resignation and succession of metropolitan archbishop of Mount Hagen Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, presented by Archbishop Douglas William Young, S.V.D. ...
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  18 March 2025
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Appeal by Butembo university students: “Enough 30 years of war imposed on us to plunder our country's resources” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “We have been living in war for more than 30 years. The war was born before our generation. It has produced misery, millions of internally displaced people, millions of dead” say the univ ...
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  18 March 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A ‘common vision’ for humanity and peace: Interview with the Indonesian Ambassador to the Holy See on the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations by Paolo Affatato Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “Pope Francis' visit to Indonesia and the signing of the Istiqlal Declaration last September were a crowning achievement of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and the ...
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  17 March 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Two churches dedicated to Saint Joseph reconsecrated and reopened in the diocese of Shanghai Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) – “Since the visible temple has been rebuilt, we must now also make the interior temple of our heart more spiritually alive”. This is the exhortation addressed by Joseph Shen Bin, Bishop of ...
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  17 March 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Banmaw, fire destroys St Patrick's Cathedral Banmaw (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of Banmaw, a town in the state of Kachin, in Myanmar, was destroyed by fire on Sunday 16 March, on the eve of the feast of St Patrick, the Saint to whom it is dedicated. The Cath ...
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  17 March 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - After the March 3 kidnapping: Seminarian murdered, while the priest kidnapped with him is released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The seminarian who was kidnapped along with a priest on March 3 in southern Nigeria (see Fides, 5/3/2025) has been murdered, while the priest was released. According to the Diocese of Auchi, "Fr. ...
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  17 March 2025
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - "Closely connected to the community": Catholic University in Beira inaugurates academic year and celebrates its 30th anniversary Beira (Agenzia Fides) - "Since its founding in 1995, the Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM) has responded to educational challenges with seriousness and innovation, with the firm desire to educate citizens of integr ...
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  16 March 2025
  Angelus - Pope Francis from the Gemelli Hospital: "I join with so many brothers and sisters who are sick: Our bodies are weak but, even like this, nothing can prevent us from loving and praying" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the Transfiguration, "Jesus shows the disciples what is hidden behind the gestures He performs in their midst: the light of His infinite love," reads Pope Francis's text for the Angelus prayer, ...
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  15 March 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Way of the Cross of the Catholic schools in Jerusalem, praying for peace and for the Pope's health by Dietrich Bäumer* Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "God, our Father in Heaven, to you we raise our prayers for all the sick, especially for Pope Francis," read the placards carried by the boys and girls of the Catholic ...