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• 25 January 2025
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nouna, Burkina Faso, presented by Bishop Joseph Sama. The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Guy M ...
• 25 January 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Erection of the diocese of Mindat, Myanmar, and appointment of first bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has erected the new diocese of Mindat, Myanmar, with territory taken from the diocese of Hakha, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan archdiocese of Mandalay. The Holy ...
• 25 January 2025
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Laghouat Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Laghouat (Algeria) presented by His Exc. Msgr. John Gordon MacWilliam, M. Afr. At the same time the ...
• 25 January 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and succession of metropolitan archbishop of Bombay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bombay, India, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Oswald Gracias. He is succeeded by ...
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  25 January 2025
  AMERICA/CHILE - First National Youth Day: “Jesus calls you, do not say no” La Serena (Agenzia Fides) - “Let us all open our hearts. You, especially young people, open your hearts to Jesus. Do it, do not be afraid, because the Lord needs you today, he needs all of us today”. With these words ...
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  25 January 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Negotiations to end the violence: dialogue and humanitarian aid are a priority Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The priority in Myanmar is dialogue with the aim of building peace. This is what the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United Nations have confirmed, in ligh ...
• 24 January 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - The Jubilee Year in Tamil Nadu: giving new hope to the Dalits Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - “For the Dalits, the Jubilee means hoping for the recognition of their human dignity; it means breaking the spiral of discrimination and exclusion. The Jubilee period is a time of hope for t ...
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  24 January 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Escalation of violence in North Kivu: M23 rebels advance towards Goma Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The North Kivu region, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is facing a serious escalation of violence, with intense fighting between the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and th ...
• 24 January 2025
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - People in Barquisimeto do not lose hope: the poor help the poor Barquisimeto (Agenzia Fides) - After the elections held in July last year (see Fides, 30/7/2024), there is an impression that an air of sadness, frustration and disappointment is hanging over Venezuela. Father Miguel Ang ...
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  24 January 2025
  AFRICA/GABON - The intention to establish a Catholic University in Gabon confirmed Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - “The Holy See is interested in offering young Gabonese people an educational alternative for professional and university studies,” said Msgr. Javier Herrera Corona, Apostolic Nuncio in th ...
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  23 January 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Joseph Cai Bingrui transferred from the diocese of Xiamen to the episcopal see of Fuzhou by Gianni Valente and Marta Zhao Fuzhou (Agenzia Fides) – The episcopal see of Fuzhou has a new bishop: Joseph Cai Bingrui, currently Bishop of the diocese of Xiamen. Pope Francis - reports the Daily Bulletin of ...
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  23 January 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Archdiocese of Seoul will have 1,000 priests in the future: Overall, there is a decline in vocations Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - With the ordination of 26 deacons, which will take place on February 7 in the Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul, the number of priests in the Archdiocese of Seoul will increase from the current 974 to ...
• 23 January 2025
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Erection of the diocese of Alto Molócuè and appointment of first bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has erected the diocese of Alto Molócuè, Mozambique, with territory taken from the dioceses of Gurúè and Quelimane, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan archdiocese ...
• 23 January 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Appointment of bishop of Fuzhou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -Today, Thursday 23 January 2025, Bishop Joseph Cai Bingrui took canonical possession of Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China, appointed by the Holy Father, having approved his candidature in the f ...
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  23 January 2025
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The publication of two new Bible editions in the local language in the Jubilee Year Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - Founding faith on the Word of God: with this spirit the Christian community of Sarawak, the region on the island of Malaysian Borneo, celebrates the launch and publication of two new Bible editi ...