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  20 January 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A pact for peace in the east of the DRC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Social pact for peace and coexistence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes Region". This is the name of the agreement signed by the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (C ...
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  19 January 2025
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - Pope Francis on the ceasefire in Gaza: "I hope that with the help of the international community the right solution will be reached for the two States" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Lord responds to our shortcomings with His superabundance," said Pope Francis during the Sunday Angelus prayer with the pilgrims and believers gathered in St. Peter's Square. The Pope ...
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  18 January 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - In Nnewi, the last farewell to Father Tobias, the priest-pharmacist shot dead in the street Nnewi (Agenzia Fides) - Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo, a priest-pharmacist shot dead in the street by a group of men on the evening of December 26, 2024, had just finished his internship. Killed while driving on the ...
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  18 January 2025
  Jubilee 2025: a people who walk through the world in the light of hope by Stefano Lodigiani Rome (Agenzia Fides) - What, or rather who, was the long procession of people looking for who, on the evening of December 29, in communion with the Bishop of Rome and the whole Church, walked the ...
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  17 January 2025
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops’ commitment for the Jubilee: “Country, person, truth, justice, rule of law, freedom and peace” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Venezuela continues to be in one of the worst economic and social crises in history. Currently, 82% of Venezuelans live in poverty and 53% in extreme poverty. According to the United Nations Hig ...
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  17 January 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Militarization in West Papua: the disrupted life of indigenous peoples Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - The sudden occupation of forest areas and villages of indigenous peoples by the massive deployment of military units in the Indonesian region of Papua is becoming a constant that marks the life ...
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  17 January 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Parish priest Romanelli: the ceasefire in Gaza is a breath of fresh air. But the post-war period will be terrible Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - "The news of the ceasefire has sparked joy. Now we are all waiting for Sunday, when the ceasefire could begin, even if here in Gaza we know that it will be a difficult road," said the parish priest ...
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  17 January 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Tensions between Juba and Khartoum after the massacres of South Sudanese in Wad Madani Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, January 16, riots broke out in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, where demonstrators took to the streets to protest against the massacre of South Sudanese in neighboring Sudan. Some cr ...
• 17 January 2025
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Diocesan Mission in San Roque: "God fixes everything, it is the experience of being missionaries" San Roque (Agenzia Fides) - More than 70 missionaries, including entire families, are participating in the Diocesan Mission 2025 of the Diocese of San Roque of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, which is taking place in the ...
• 16 January 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Devotion and pilgrimages: Holy Year for tea pickers on the hills of West Bengal Darjeeling (Agenzia Fides) - They are the farmers in the plantations that produce one of the most appreciated black teas in the world: in the hilly district of Darjeeling, a strip of land that is part of the Indian state ...
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  16 January 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Jubilee and 420 years of history: the church founded by Matteo Ricci celebrates its "Year of Grace" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Supported by the light of faith lit 420 years ago by the Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci, the church of Beijing dedicated to the Immaculate Conception has inaugurated a special "Year of Grace". ...
• 16 January 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Meru Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Jackson Murugara, I.M.C, until now parish priest and rector of the Consolata Shrine in the archdiocese of Nairobi, as coadjutor bishop of Meru ...
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  16 January 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - At least 600 militiamen lay down their arms in Ituri Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In a significant step towards peace, at least 600 militiamen have decided to lay down their arms and join the Disarmament, Demobilization, Community Reintegration and Stabilization Program (P-D ...
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  16 January 2025
  VATICAN - Meeting on Blessed Paolo Manna at the Pontifical Urban College: "Go out of yourself" and follow and bear witness to Christ Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - He was a missionary in Burma (Myanmar), Superior General of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) and founder of the current Pontifical Missionary Union. These are the main b ...
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  16 January 2025
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Christmas in the Catholic community of Robe: “Recognizing the flesh of Christ in the most vulnerable brothers and sisters” Robe (Agenzia Fides) - “The Christmas season here in Ethiopia ends with the Feast of Timkat, the Ethiopian Orthodox Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, which in the theology and ecclesial practice of the Orthodox Church ...