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  12 October 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Catholic Patriarchs of the Middle East Invite for Prayer and Call for Implementation of the International Resolutions of the United Nations Rome (Fides News Agency) - The Catholic Patriarchs of the Middle East call on the sons and daughters of their Churches to "intensify prayers" to implore the Lord Jesus Christ to restore peace to the land where he himself ...
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  12 October 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Christians stand with the suffering people in the Holy Land Aleppo (Fides News Agency) - "We are close to the people who suffer from the violence and war in the Holy Land. We can only pray for peace. We unite ourselves spiritually and concretely with all the faithful who will cel ...
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  12 October 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - After landslide in Mbankolo: Archbishop of Yaoundé mourns victims Yaoundé (Fides News Agency ) - "We decided to come here to comfort these people and let them know that together we are in the same situation. We will give them more help, spiritually and socially. We will come back to l ...
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  11 October 2023
  VATICAN - "Forgiveness liberated her" Pope's Catechesis on Josephine Bakhita, the slave proclaimed a saint Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The "vocation" of the oppressed, he said, is to liberate also their oppressors through the miracle of forgiveness, "opening paths of hope and making change possible". Pope Francis stres ...
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  11 October 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Death penalty is always a loss: civil society calls for abolition Seoul (Fides News Agency) - While the Korean Ministry of Justice has transferred two death row inmates to Seoul Detention Center, where executions could be carried out for the first time in 26 years, numerous voices and ...
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  11 October 2023
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The plight of Malawi's 15,000 children who live on the streets Lilongwe (Fides News Agency) - There are 15,000 children living on the streets in Malawi. A tragedy caused by poverty, family breakdown or HIV/AIDS. It is estimated that there are 1.2 million AIDS orphans in the country ...
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  11 October 2023
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - University as a place of peace: enrollment open for new "Laudato Sì" University in the diocese of Bururi Bururi (Fides News Agency) - After two years of opening the University of the Diocese of Bururi, the official state approval of the Ministry of Education and Scientific Research has taken place in these days. The name of ...
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  11 October 2023
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - The seed of the Pontifical Mission Societies among the priests of the Apostolic Vicariate of North Arabia Manama (Fides News Agency) - To promote the missionary spirit of priests who pastorally accompany the communities of foreign workers in the Arabian Peninsula was the main objective of a talk given by the Secretary Genera ...
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  10 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Concern over rising fuel prices caused by war in Middle East Abuja (Fides News Agency) - The fear of a possible fuel shortage spread yesterday, 9 October, in the Federal District of Abuja, where motorists made panic purchases when they learned that some gas stations were not dispe ...
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  10 October 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic Communities Pray for Peace in Israel and Palestine Manila (Fides News Agency) - Peace is the greatest good and a wound to peace, in the "body" that is humanity, causes pain and apprehension not only at the local level, but in the whole body, in the entire international c ...
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  10 October 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Religions for Peace, Rabbis for Human Rights and Order of Malta Call for End to Escalation Jerusalem (Fides News Agency) - "After the unprecedented terrorist attacks and the taking of hostages by Hamas, a military operation by the Israeli army is underway to fight terrorism and free the hostages. While we pray ...
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  10 October 2023
  VATICAN - The missionary charism of the New Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The appointment of Sister Simona Brambilla as Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life is an appointment with a missionary touch. Si ...
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  9 October 2023
  AFRICA/UGANDA -Young people celebrate anniversary of independence from British colonialism Terego (Fides News Agency) - "We are in the district of Terego, in northern Uganda, and it is a day of great celebration. The people are celebrating their independence from British colonialism that took place 62 years ag ...
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  9 October 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Rosary and the Magnificat, "weapons" of the Burmese faithful in the midst of conflict Mandalay ( Fides News Agency) - In churches in Mandalay, a city in north-central Myanmar, the Catholic faithful gather daily for the recitation of the Rosary prayer, thus celebrating the month of October, dedicated to Ou ...
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  9 October 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - Education, food, health care, faith formation: glimmers of light and hope for a small rural community Cap-Haïtien ( Fides News Agency) - Despite years of political upheaval, the earthquake in 2010 and the COVID-19 pandemic, children in a rural community 10 miles south of Cap-Haïtien are not losing faith, and thanks to ...