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  15 September 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - The 'flying bishop': "The Earth is like a sister and is beautiful like a mother who welcomes us in her arms" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, listening to the cry of the poor and the earth, the degradation of nature, of rivers, the growing disappearance of diversity, the unbridled consumption of fossil fuels, the destruction of f ...
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  15 September 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Archbishop of Bamenda and President of the Bishops' Conference: "Despite the violence, I did not close any parish and I stayed on site" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Cameroon, Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda, spoke in an interview with Fides about the situation of the Church in Cameroon. How is ...
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  14 September 2023
  VATICAN - The Pope appoints Vincenzo Buonomo as Pontifical Delegate to the Pontifical Urbanian University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Professor Vincenzo Buonomo, Counsellor of Vatican City State and Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical Lateran University, has been appointed Pontifical Delegate to the Pontifical Urbaniana Uni ...
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  14 September 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Prayer and solidarity of the Korean faithful for the victims of the earthquake in Morocco Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - We entrust the survivors, rescuers and volunteers working in earthquake-stricken Morocco "to the special protection of the Virgin Mary, to her maternal intercession", said Archbishop Peter Soon-Ta ...
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  14 September 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - A new academic year begins in Catholic seminaries. Walk and grow in the faith of the Apostles Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The formation of new and "passionate workers" for the proclamation of the Gospel, at the service of the future of the Church, which in China continues to walk in the faith of the Apostles, is th ...
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  14 September 2023
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - "20 years after the agreements that put an end to the civil war, Liberians must remember the value of peace as they prepare to vote" Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace is one of the components we need in this country", said Rev. Fr. Dennis Cephas Nimene, secretary general of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Liberia (CABICOL) regarding the presidentia ...
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  14 September 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Eparch of Adigrat: "let us remain firm in our faith, in the grace and mercy of God" Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the peace agreement, signed in Pretoria, South Africa, in November 2022, media access to Tigray remains limited and it is impossible to verify the situation on the ground. On the occasio ...
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  13 September 2023
  VATICAN - The Pope once again proposes the figure of Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, "Doctor of the poor": "But the good are good with the help of God" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The good are good only with the help of God", wrote the Venezuelan doctor José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, proclaimed blessed by the Church, a figure that Pope Francis wanted to repropose in th ...
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  13 September 2023
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Archbishop of Monterrey: the Catholic Church has the task of convincing that the path of peace is the path of God Monterrey (Agenzia Fides) - "What is the role that we all have as citizens in this fight so that there is peace in Mexico?", asks Rogelio Cabrera López, President of the Episcopal Conference of Mexico (CEM) speaking abo ...
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  13 September 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A "personal Prelature" for the "migrants of the Gospel" is being studied Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The idea of establishing a "personal Prelature" for Filipino migrants would allow the Church to carry out its pastoral care and missionary work effectively, says Bishop Narciso Abellana, chairman ...
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  13 September 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - A seminar to promote the role of girls organized by young Catholics Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time to promote the contribution of women in African society and in the Church of Jesus Christ in Africa", emphasizes Msgr. Gabriel Sayaogo, Archbishop of Koupéla, President of the C ...
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  13 September 2023
  ASIA CHINA - Cardinal Zuppi in Beijing: Previous visits by cardinals to the People's Republic of China by Marta Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The visit of Cardinal Matteo Zuppi to Beijing, sent on a mission on the official mandate of Pope Francis to try and help find ways of peace in the face of the ongoing war in Uk ...
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  12 September 2023
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - "There is no need to understand an earthquake, there is a need to live": the great lesson of the victims of the earthquake Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - "I have decided to write these lines to report what has happened and is happening these days after the earthquake in Morocco. I know it doesn't sound easy and it isn't! It is not easy to report fr ...
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  12 September 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholic parishes welcome and provide education to displaced children: "Help with prudence, charity and patience, in silence", says the Bishop of Mawlamyine Mawlamyine (Agenzia Fides) - In the parish of Saint Mary of the Assumption in Mawlamyine, southern Myanmar, more than 700 children receive humanitarian assistance and education daily. In other of the 14 parishes of the d ...
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  12 September 2023
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The Taratra project: an initiative of the Episcopal Conference to promote responsible mining exploitation Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The Taratra project, an initiative of the Conference of Bishops of the Catholic Church of Madagascar, aims at the socio-economic improvement of mining projects in the Atsimo-Andrefana regio ...