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• 15 February 2025
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appointment of Bishop of Bubanza Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Ntakarutimana, O.P., until now Coordinator of the Council for the creation of the Catholic University of Burundi, as Bishop of the Diocese of Bu ...
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  15 February 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholic priest killed in the Archdiocese of Mandalay Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) – Father Donald Martin, 44, a diocesan priest of the Archdiocese of Mandalay, is the first Burmese Catholic priest killed in the civil conflict that is bloodying the country. His lifeless body, ...
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  15 February 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Salesians celebrate the 25th anniversary of missions in Pakistan with a special focus on Akash Bashir Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In the rural areas of Punjab, Pakistan, there are many peasant families who live off what they produce, who have only an agricultural income and many children. These families, including Christian ...
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  14 February 2025
  ASIA/SYRIA - Christian Professor in the Preparatory Committee for the National Conference by Gianni Valente Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Her name is Hind Aboud Kabawat, she teaches at American universities and is the only Christian in the seven-member committee (five men and two women) tasked with preparing ...
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  14 February 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Prime Minister of Manipur resigns: Archbishop Neli wants "a clear orientation towards peace" Imphal (Agenzia Fides) - "With the resignation of the Prime Minister, we find ourselves in a political stalemate and we must wait and see. The situation in which Manipur finds itself today is very complex and it is not e ...
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  14 February 2025
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “People are forced to travel almost 8 miles every Sunday to go to Mass”: new mission stations in the diocese of Kenema Buedu (Agenzia Fides) – “Our mission in Sierra Leone is gradually growing, as is the number of Christians and small communities. People continue to come and live their faith with great enthusiasm and participation,� ...
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  14 February 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest: “Caution in the application of Sharia in religiously mixed areas” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The extension of the application of Islamic law (Sharia) in the States of Nigeria where there are religiously mixed families was the warning expressed by Fr. Lawrence Chukwunweike Emehel, Director ...
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  14 February 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Father Vincenzo and the wounds of Christ on the outskirts of Seoul by Pascale Rizk Seongnam (Agenzia Fides) - Free love is disarming and it endures over time. This is what his father Angelo said on the day his son Vincenzo became a Catholic priest in April 1987: "Just as gold does n ...
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  13 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Meeting of the Catholic and Protestant delegation in Goma with the M23 rebels Catholic and Protestant delegation: "Armed struggle is not a solution" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The aim was to convince them that armed struggle is not a solution and that we come with a proposal that can contribute to building a lasting peace, hence the so-called 'Social Pact for Peace ...
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  13 February 2025
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Diocese of La Rioja celebrates the Tinkunaco festival as part of the 90th anniversary of its foundation La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of La Rioja celebrated the 90th anniversary of its foundation and the beginning of the Jubilee Year. Bishop Dante Braida presided over the numerous masses and participated in most o ...
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  13 February 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Parish priest: May the new government of the capital Delhi "give more attention for the poor and the marginalized" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The priorities in a city of millions like New Delhi are to ensure education and health care for all 32 million inhabitants. Our hope is that the new city government, now led by the Baraytya J ...
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  12 February 2025
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: “God does not dismantle the structures of the world, but wants to recreate them from within” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - When the Evangelist Luke tells us about the birth of Jesus, he shows us “the humility of a God who comes into history, does not dismantle the structures of the world, but wants to illumin ...
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  12 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - M23 advances in South Kivu; airport serving Bukavu is in its sights Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The ceasefire declared in recent days has been broken. In reality, it has only served to supply the M23 rebel movement and the Rwandan army with weapons, ammunition and provisions to their tro ...
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  12 February 2025
  AFRICA/EGYPT - In the small village of Kom Ghareeb, the Church is a refuge for the young and the most needy Kom Ghareeb (Agenzia Fides) - These days, the Coptic Church celebrates the feast of the prophet Jonah, a deeply felt commemoration, marked by three days of prayer and fasting that prepare the faithful for the time of Len ...
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  11 February 2025
  AMERICA/USA - Pope Francis shares with the US bishops the concern about migration policy and mass deportations Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I have followed closely the major crisis that is taking place in the United States with the initiation of a program of mass deportations. The rightly formed conscience cannot fail to make ...