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  3 March 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Bangalore, the Eucharist chapel desecrated: monstrance with the consecrated host stolen Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Last weekend, numerous Catholic faithful took part in prayers of reparation in the churches of Bangalore, the capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka, after the desecration of the Eu ...
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  3 March 2025
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Popular religiosity: distinctive feature of the City of All Saints of Nueva Rioja La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) – La Rioja is known for its rich popular religiosity, which reflects a combination of indigenous beliefs, colonial traditions and Christian elements. In other words, religious celebrations are ...
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  3 March 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Rebel movement M23 is said to be responsible for the attack in Bukavu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "According to credible witnesses, the two explosions that hit the crowd in Bukavu are attributable to the M23," a local source from the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu tells Fid ...
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  3 March 2025
  ASIA/THAILAND - Apostles among Burmese refugees, the Capuchin Friars bring food and spiritual comfort Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - In the Thai parish of Mae Teng, in the diocese of Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand, 350 Burmese Catholics belonging to the Kayaw, Kayah and Kayan tribes have found refuge. In recent days, the ...
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  2 March 2025
  ANGELUS - Pope Francis from Gemelli Hospital: I am learning even more to trust in the Lord, from here, war appears even more absurd Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Sisters and brothers, I am still sending you these thoughts from the hospital, where as you know I have been for several days, accompanied by doctors and healthcare professionals, whom I thank for ...
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  1 March 2025
  EUROPE/POLOND - European Meeting of National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies on the new mission emergencies Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - Reflection, prayer, sharing and dialogue on the challenges of evangelization were the focus of the Meeting of European National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies, held in Warsaw from ...
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  1 March 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Three priests go on a mission and the Pope's blessing for the "Korea Mission Society" on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its foundation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The work of missionaries is an action that "touches hearts and leads to a deeper encounter with Jesus Christ". This is the wish that Pope Francis, hospitalized at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome for ...
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  1 March 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Contemplation and apostolate in Kalimantan: the Jubilee of the Augustinian Sisters of Divine Mercy Ketapang (Agenzia Fides) - Their monastery is a place of prayer and spirituality, immersed in the green lungs of the rainforest. The Augustinian Sisters in the province of West Kalimantan have always considered prayer as ...
• 1 March 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Ajmer Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend John Carvalho, of the clergy of the diocese of Ajmer, India, until now head of Saint Paul’s Sr. Sec. School in Ajmer, as bishop of the same dioc ...
• 28 February 2025
  ASIA/LESOTHO - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Leribe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Leribe, Lesotho, presented by Bishop Augustinus Tumaole Bane, O.M.I. The Holy Father has appointed the ...
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  28 February 2025
  AFRICA - Eight former African presidents launch initiative to tackle debt crisis that is strangling economies of poorer countries Cape Town (Agenzia Fides) – “The debt crisis has been aggravated by rising interest rates and the strength of the dollar, making it increasingly difficult for African countries to manage dollar-denominated debt. A gl ...
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  28 February 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Fertility rate reverses trend: Church community works to restore hope Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The number of newborns and the fertility rate in South Korea are bucking the trend and rising for the first time in nine years of steady decline. According to the 2024 demographic trends, data rel ...
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  27 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - There are three versions of attack in Bukavu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We know that there are several dead, but we do not know how many," confirm church sources in Bukavu to Fides. There, today, February 27, an explosion occurred during a rally organized by the " ...
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  27 February 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The life of Matteo Ricci is being studied in the Beijing parish he founded 420 years ago Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Diocese of Beijing (known as Nan Tang, the "church of the South") continues the communal reading of the biography of Matteo Ricci, ...
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  27 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference detained at Lubumbashi airport without reason Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly condemn this serious attempt to violate the freedom of movement of a prelate of this rank," said the Congolese Episcopal Conference (CENCO) in a note of protest against the arrest ...