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  20 October 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Shanghai: Young priests pray for peace in the Holy Land Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us pray for a ceasefire between Palestinians and Israelis and ask that peace return to the Holy Land as soon as possible" was the focus of the Holy Mass celebrated by the Bishop of Shanghai ...
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  20 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Three monks kidnapped in a Benedictine monastery Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – A novice and two postulants of the Benedictine order were kidnapped from a monastery in the Nigerian state of Kwara. At one o'clock on the night of October 17, an armed group, believed to be Ful ...
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  20 October 2023
  ASIA/BARHAIN - Bishop Berardi: “The Holy Year of the Arab Martyrs is a year of grace for the Christians of the Arabian Peninsula” By Antonella Prenna Manama (Agenzia Fides) - "We consider this year to be a year of grace for the entire Vicariate and for all Christian communities in the Arabian Gulf. We celebrate with faith the memory of our Chri ...
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  20 October 2023
  VATICAN - CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2023 Vatican City - (Agenzia Fides) - As every year, in view of World Mission Sunday, which this year celebrates its 97th anniversary on Sunday, October 22, 2023, Fides News Agency offers some statistics chosen to give a pano ...
• 19 October 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of Bishop of Njombe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 19, 2023, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Eusebio Samwel Kyando, of the clergy of Njombe, until now member of the Finance and Development Committee and representative of t ...
• 19 October 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Rev. Jovitus Francis Mwijage as Bishop of Bukoba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 19, 2023, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Jovitus Francis Mwijage, of the clergy of Bukoba, until now National Executive Director of UMAWATA and member of the Regional Cou ...
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  19 October 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Citizens imprisoned for blasphemy and abuse of rights: the Senate takes action Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Standing Committee on Human Rights of the Pakistani Senate announced that 179 Pakistani citizens are currently in detention and awaiting trial for blasphemy. In addition, 17 people have al ...
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  19 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - "We are under embargo", trapped by our limitations and our poverty, trapped by our security and freedom Dosso (Agenzia Fides) – "We are under embargo, in my opinion constantly; trapped by our limitations and our poverty, trapped by our security and freedom..." writes Father Rafael Casamayor, missionary in the small commu ...
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  19 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The 3 kidnapped nuns together with the seminarian and their driver have been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "With gratitude to our great God, the superior general, and the entire members of the Missionary Daughters of Mater Ecclesiae, joyfully announce the safe release of our three kidnapped nuns, a sem ...
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  18 October 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Saint Charles de Foucauld, a witness of Christ before the tabernacle Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I have lost my heart to Jesus of Nazareth", is how the young Charles de Foucauld, who lived as a monk in the desert and was canonized by Pope Francis on May 15, 2022, describes to a friend ...
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  18 October 2023
  VATICAN - The Pontifical Mission Societies on the "path" towards World Mission Day with "burning" hearts Vatican (Agenzia Fides) - There are many different World Mission Month initiatives that the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) around the world have launched in these mo ...
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  18 October 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - The apostolic exhortation "Laudate Deum", platform for ecumenical commitment and interreligious dialogue New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Conference of Bishops of the Latin Rite in India (CCBI) draws attention to the contents of Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation "Laudate Deum". The document was presented to the dioceses by ...
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  18 October 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic parishes in Beijing pray for peace in the Holy Land in communion with the Pope and the universal Church Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - With Eucharistic adoration, common recitation of the Rosary, fasting and prayer for peace in the world and in the Holy Land, the land of Jesus, the Catholic parishes of Beijing joined Pope Franc ...
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  18 October 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - SABC on the conflict in the Holy Land: Bishops appeal for ceasefire Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We appeal for a ceasefire and that a humane way of dealing with the present situation be found to eliminate further suffering and deaths", says the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Confe ...
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  18 October 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - The missionary Maccalli: While in captivity I understood that peace is not made with weapons Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I am very saddened by what I hear and see in the news. Now the conflict between Israel and Hamas has overshadowed that between Russia and Ukraine, while Sudan hasn't been mentioned for a long time ...