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  20 September 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The last "seven words" of Christ, inspiration for Kachin Christians, in the midst of violence Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian faithful of the Kachin ethnic group, in the diocese of Myitkyina, in northern Myanmar, have only one source of inspiration in a time of suffering and trial marked by civil war: C ...
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  20 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - 'Never again' in the Sahara desert by Mauro Armanino Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - On September 24, 2023, the 109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees will be celebrated. World Migrant and Refugee Day was established by the Catholic Church in 1914 and tak ...
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  19 September 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - "New wine in new wineskins". The first congregation of Chinese sisters in Shaanxi province celebrates its 100th anniversary Xi'an (Agenzia Fides) - A celebration lived under the sign of gratitude, asking Christ himself to renew the missionary impulse of the beginnings, to announce the Gospel in the vast horizon of China today : it is in this ...
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  19 September 2023
  ASIAVIETNAM - From Evangelii Gaudium to the experience of “mission stations” in Ho Chi Minh Ville Ho Chi Minh Ville (Agenzia Fides) - "Evangelii Gaudium is a fundamental document for the universal Church and it is also a fundamental document for the Church in Vietnam. It was soon translated into Vietnamese, then shar ...
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  19 September 2023
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - “ALHAMDULILLAH”: Christians and Muslims work side by side, together for the same cause” Marrakech (Agenzia Fides) - "On Sunday, September 10, in the parish of the Holy Martyrs in Marrakech, during the Mass celebrated by Archbishop Cristobal Lopez Romero, the Lord's Prayer was recited in Arabic as a sign of ...
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  19 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest kidnapped along with six other people Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic priest Marcellinus Obioma Okide was kidnapped in Udi (Enugu State), in the southeast of Nigeria. The kidnapping occurred last Sunday, September 17, at 5pm along Eke-Affa-Egede Road in ...
• 18 September 2023
  ASIA/JAPAN - Appointment of Father Andrea Lembo as auxiliary bishop of Tokyo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Father Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E., currently Regional Superior of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions for East Asia, as Auxiliary Bishop of the ...
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  18 September 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - A Directory on the identity, formation and role of lay catechists, who bring the first proclamation of the faith New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Their favorite means of transport is often the bicycle. Sometimes, when it is possible, and when the distances are too large, they travel by motorcycle, if the parish has one available. These ...
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  18 September 2023
  AFRICA/CONGO - "The alleged coup is fake news" confirm Fides sources Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "This is unfounded news". This i show local sources heard by Fides in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, deny rumors of an alleged military coup that deposed President Denis Sass ...
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  18 September 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Four Chinese Bishops in Europe to reactivate after the covid fraternal cooperation between the Churches Leuven (Agenzia Fides) - In Europe (Belgium, Holland and France) to reactivate the path of fraternal cooperation between the Churches after the difficult parenthesis marked by the pandemic. This is the reason for the one ...
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  18 September 2023
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Ten days after the earthquake: rescue and search operations continue Marrakech (Agenzia Fides) - Ten days after the earthquake that devastated the province of Al Haouz, southwest of Marrakech, there are villages in the mountainous areas that have been completely razed to the ground. Th ...
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  16 September 2023
  VATICAN - Pope's message for World Mission Day is the subject of third webinar in Vietnamese Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pope's message for the upcoming World Mission Sunday is the focus of a cycle of three webinars organized by the International Secretariat of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU), in co ...
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  16 September 2023
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - The Catholic Bishops in Moscow: the mission does not complain about "difficult times" Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not our pastoral plans, not our personal projects that make the Church grow, but our humble but persistent witness to God. Let us remember the words of Pope Benedict XVI: The Church does n ...
• 15 September 2023
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Appointment of the Bishop of Masvingo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Raymond Tapiwa Mupa, C.Ss.R., hitherto of Chinhoyi, as bishop of the diocese of Masvingo, Zimbabwe. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 15/9/2023) ...
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  15 September 2023
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Season of Creation 2023: Looking at God in nature Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the "Season of Creation" 2023 (September 1st to October 4th), the Catholic community in Singapore wants to accompany Catholics and non-Christians and especially young people when it ...