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• 15 March 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Hung Hoá Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Paul Nguyen Quang Dinh, until now vicar general of the diocese of Hung Hoá, Vietnam, responsible for Son Loc Cathedral and the diocesan liturgica ...
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  14 March 2025
  ASIA/JAPAN - Manga comics bring the stories of hidden Christians to life Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - How can the treasure of a testimony of faith that took place centuries ago, of which only a few traces remain in historical documents, be passed on to new generations? Manga comics were used for t ...
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  13 March 2025
  The fragile Pope and the Mystery of Peter   by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis is spending the 12th anniversary of his election as Successor of Peter and Bishop of Rome in a room at the Gemelli Hospital. Doctors announced his prognosis just a ...
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  12 March 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - A new "Rosary Group" is formed in Huangzhou to pray for the Pope's intentions Wenzhou (Agenzia Fides) - Pray according to the intentions indicated each month by the Pope, the diocese, and the parish community, following each day the path indicated by the humility of Mary. This was the intention wi ...
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  12 March 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - New violence in Manipur: a “comprehensive dialogue plan” is needed to address it Imphal (Agenzia Fides) – New episodes of violence have broken four months of relative calm in the Indian state of Manipur, rekindling tensions in this northeastern region. Clashes broke out on March 8, leaving one Kuki ...
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  12 March 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Angola announces it will mediate in the crisis in eastern DRC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Angola will host negotiations in Luanda between the Kinshasa government and the M23 with the aim of resolving the crisis affecting the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
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  12 March 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 145 priests kidnapped in 10 years, 11 of whom have been killed and 4 still missing Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In the last 10 years, 145 priests have been kidnapped in Nigeria. This is evident from the analysis carried out by the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), which collected data on the kidnapping ...
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  11 March 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President Tinubu responds to Archbishop Ugorji's remarks on the state of Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The description of the state of the nation made by Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, Archbishop of Owerri and President of the Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), during the opening of the first Plenary A ...
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  11 March 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Rodrigo Duterte arrested as country prepares for mid-term vote Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Executing an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Philippine police arrested former President Rodrigo Duterte, 79, today, March 11, at Manila airport, immediately afte ...
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  11 March 2025
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Bishops: "We must roll away the stones that are oppressing us" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "We order all our priests not to take sides or favour any candidate or political party. Any such action on the part of our priests using church structures for political purpose will not be tole ...
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  10 March 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The intense beginning of Lent for Chinese Catholic communities: Pilgrimages, catechism courses, works of charity Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Pilgrimages, Lenten catechism courses, liturgies to confer the “missionary mandate” to catechists and extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist, works of charity of social importance such a ...
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  10 March 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Moratorium on mining in Palawan, to protect indigenous people and territory Puerto Princesa (Agenzia Fides) – The provincial government of the island of Palawan, in the western part of the Philippine archipelago, has approved a decree imposing a 50-year moratorium on mining on the island, both ...
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  10 March 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference: “Youth unemployment is a time bomb” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “Food inflation has hit 39.84 percent, making it nearly impossible for families to afford three meals a day”. This is the alarm raised by Lucius Ugorji, Archbishop of Owerri and President of t ...
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  10 March 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Between suffering and war, the special prayer of the Rosary for the Pope Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – “In their homes, at 5 p.m. every evening, Catholic families, women, children and the elderly, gather to pray the Rosary for the health of Pope Francis. Others do it in the camps for displaced ...
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  10 March 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The two priests kidnapped on February 22 were released unharmed thanks to a police operation Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The two priests kidnapped in Nigeria on February 22 (see Fides, 24/02/2025) have been released. Father Matthew David Dutsemi of the diocese of Yola and Father Abraham Saummam of the diocese of J ...