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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 ...
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  27 February 2025
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Ethiopian Prime Minister visits Mogadishu Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrived in Mogadishu today, February 27, where he was received at the airport by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohammed. This is an important step towards ...
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  27 February 2025
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Puja ritual in a Buddhist temple dedicated to Pope Francis Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Buddhist monks of a temple in the capital Colombo spontaneously gathered for a special "Puja" ritual to pray for the health of Pope Francis and his speedy recovery. During the Puja ritual, t ...
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  26 February 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Let us learn to "detect" the presence of God in smallness Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Learn to "detect" the presence of God in smallness, as did the two elders of the Temple, Simeon and Anna, who thanks to their "clear eyes" were "capable of seeing beyond appearances" and re ...
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  26 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - M23 rebels loot 10 tons of strategic minerals from a plant in South Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 10 tons of strategic minerals were taken by M23 militiamen from a plant in the Congolese province of South Kivu. This is what was reported by the "Thematic Working Group on Mining and ...
• 26 February 2025
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Tabora Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Josaphat Jackson Bududu, of the metropolitan archdiocese of Tabora, Tanzania, until now vicar for consecrated life and parish priest of Saint Jose ...
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  26 February 2025
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cost of living and fight against crime: the population's expectations from the new government Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The people of Sri Lanka are waiting for a change in the new government, especially on the economic level, with measures that reduce the cost of living and lower taxes on essential goods such as ...
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  26 February 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - War in Sudan continues: use of the air force, including drones, is becoming increasingly important Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest information from the authorities, 46 people were killed in the crash of a military transport plane in Omdurman, the "sister city" of the Sudanese capital Khartoum. Among ...
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  25 February 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Missionaries appeal for ceasefire, humanitarian aid and arms embargo in the ongoing war Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Twelve million displaced people and tens of thousands of victims have been reported since the conflict broke out in April 2022 between the army on the one hand and the paramilitaries on the oth ...
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  25 February 2025
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "May the abolition of the death penalty be a first step towards promoting the culture of life in prisons" Harare (Agenzia Fides) - With the abolition of the death penalty, Zimbabwe has taken a fundamental step towards aligning its laws with the fundamental Christian principle of "love your neighbour as yourself" (Mark 12:31) ...
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  25 February 2025
  VATICAN - Archbishop Nappa appointed Secretary General of the Governorate of the Vatican City State Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Emilio Nappa as the new Secretary General of the Governorate of the Vatican City State, with effect from 1 March 2025. This was announced today by the ...