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  4 April 2025
  AMERICA/USA - Kansas: Priest shot in rectory Seneca (Agenzia Fides) – Father Arul Carasala, parish priest of the church of Saints Peter and Paul in Seneca, a city in the north east of Kansas, was shot dead by a man on Thursday, April 3, while in his rectory. Acc ...
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  4 April 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "The Pope's prayer is a balm of consolation for us" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The earthquake has increased the tears and wounds of our people. Thousands of people have no food. Thousands have no drinking water. Fear has forced them to sleep in the streets, exposed to the ...
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  4 April 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops after President Yoon's impeachment: "Now the time for politics begins" by Pascale Rizk Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - After 111 days since his indictment on December 14, 2024, South Korea's 20th President, Yoon Suk Yeol, was definitively removed from office today, April 4, at 11:22 a.m. (local ...
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  3 April 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - South Sudanese soldiers attack a Catholic church, killing a person whose body was carried away Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Soldiers of the South Sudanese army attacked a church, killing a parishioner and carrying away his body. This happened in Our Lady of Assumption Parish Loa, in Magwi County, in the State of Eastern ...
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  3 April 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - Mirebalais: Two nuns killed by armed gangs Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Two nuns of the "Little Sisters of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus" were murdered in Mirebalais, in central Haiti, by members of armed gangs who infiltrated the area since last Monday. T ...
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  3 April 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - "Foyer Saint Camille" inaugurates ward for premature babies Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Providing modern care environments that are better adapted to the needs of the population and adequate for staff is one of the key elements of our health plan to make the network of heal ...
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  3 April 2025
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Catholic University: Law Faculty students to provide free legal aid Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "This year, the Church is celebrating a Jubilee Year with the theme: Pilgrims of Hope. As a falculty, can we not go to our prisons and help liberate those who do not belong there?" asked Father ...
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  3 April 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Archbishop of Mandalay among the homeless: "The tragedy has not extinguished hope, we will rise with Christ" by Paolo Affatato Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - "The more we suffer, the more we hope in God. Today, our people have hope in God's mercy, in the certainty of his love. There is a divine message that transcends our human ...
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  2 April 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Ecumenical Group: “To expel the Palestinians from their homeland is sacrilege” Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Land “"will not be overtaken by darkness," with this quote from the Gospel of John, concludes the short document of the ecumenical group "A Jerusalem Voice for Justice," addressin ...
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  2 April 2025
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: "God does not pass by without looking for those who are lost" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "God does not pass by without looking for those who are lost", Pope Francis writes in the text of the catechesis prepared for today's general audience and released only in written form. The ...
• 2 April 2025
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Appointment of bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Augustin Simmel Ndiaye, of the clergy of Dakar, until now rector of the Catholic University of West Africa (UCAO) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, as ...
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  2 April 2025
  ASIA/THAILAND - Immediate intervention of the Camillian Missionaries in response to the populations affected by the earthquake in Myanmar Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "At the moment, the biggest obstacle is reaching the affected areas. In addition, many volunteers and foreign organizations have not yet received authorization to enter the country, in accordanc ...
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  2 April 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Earthquake ends international isolation of ruling military junta Naypyidaw (Agenzia Fides) - The severe earthquake in Myanmar has broken the international political isolation that had surrounded the country's ruling military junta following the 2021 coup. This has given new strength t ...
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  2 April 2025
  AFRICA/RWANDA - The Bishops of Rwanda and Burundi call for peace in the region Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - "The closure of borders hinders economic growth, social cohesion, and cultural exchange," declared the Bishops of Rwanda and Burundi at the conclusion of the first Ordinary Plenary Assembly of th ...
• 1 April 2025
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Resignation and appointment of the bishop of Mzuzu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the dicoese of Mzuzu, Malawi, presented by Bishop John Alphonsus Ryan, S.P.S., and has appointed Bishop Yohane Suzgo N ...