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  1 September 2023
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Outgoing President confirmed in office: opposition complains about election fraud and calls for new elections Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Zimbabwe's main opposition party has called for nationwide protests today, September 1st, demanding a repeat of the recent elections which they believe allowed President Emmerson Mnangagwa to be ...
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  1 September 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Mongolia, Mary leading the way by Gianni Valente Darkhan (Agenzia Fides) - In the Cathedral of Ulaanbaatar there is a statue of the Virgin Mary that suggestively crosses the path of the small Mongolian Catholic community. She w ...
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  1 September 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The richness of Faiths: working together for the good of all di Gianni Valente by Gianni Valente Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "I met the Mongolian rulers and they assured me that the new Constitution guarantees religious pluralism and that all religio ...
• 31 August 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of Oriens Theological College Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 22, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev. Sac. Stanislaus Chinliankhup, as Rector of Oriens Theological College (OTC) ...
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  31 August 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Missionary reports on the current situation and the everyday life of the people Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "Father, please do not think about leaving with what is happening in the country. - No, my son, I am staying". Father Rafael Casamayor, missionary living and working in Dosso since 2021 and active ...
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  31 August 2023
  AFRICA/GABON - Is there an internal clash within Bongo family's power system behind the coup? Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - "This is a crucial moment in the history of Gabon. We must wait and see how events will unfold in the coming days and, above all, what the coup plotters intend to do", local sources tell Fide ...
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  31 August 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - The Bishop of Beijing prays for diplomatic ties between China and the Holy See to be established "as soon as possible" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Joseph Li Shan of Beijing said a prayer for the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the Holy See "as soon as possible" during the solemn Eucha ...
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  31 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Korean Fidei Donum Priest: "May God's will be done in Mongolia". by Paolo Affatato Ulaan Baatar (Agenzia Fides) - "The Mongolian Church is a very young and small Church. This is an absolutely necessary condition for God's will to be done here. I believe that this is a condition in ...
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  31 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - On mission in Arvajhėėr: the strategies of men, the surprises of God by Gianni Valente Arvajhėėr (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest census, there are fewer than 20,000 inhabitants in Arvajhėėr. In was in this small town in Mongolia, 400 kilometers south ...
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  31 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - «Taking root to flourish». The faith, works, days of a small missionary Church by Gianni Valente Ulaanbaatar (Fides News Agency) - Putting down roots in the space and time of present and future Mongolia, to ask the Lord to continue flourishing. This is the unparalleled mo ...
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  30 August 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: The "holiness of everyday life" attracts hearts Rome (Agenzia Fides) - God calls us "through attraction", and attraction "is proper to holiness". Also the "holiness of every day", the "holiness of the common Christian life, which is witnessed by those who bear the cro ...
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  30 August 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The humanitarian situation of the Rohingya is getting worse: calls for justice are becoming louder Cox's bazar (Agenzia Fides) - "It has been six years since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya were forced to flee their homes in Myanmar and seek refuge in neighboring Bangladesh, where they have faced an escalation of vi ...
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  30 August 2023
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Indigenous peoples: Catholic Church strives for inculturation Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "In almost every Latin American Episcopal Conference there is a commission dedicated to the promotion and protection of indigenous peoples", says Cardinal Felipe Arizmendi, Bishop Emeritus o ...
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  30 August 2023
  AFRICA/GABON - After coup in the night: “Libreville is a ghost town” Libreville (Agenzia Fides) – "Libreville is a ghost town. There are no people or vehicles on the streets, but the situation is calm", local sources tell Fides in the capital of Gabon, where the military announced they ...
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  30 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Father Marengo's "most beautiful joy". "Look to Him and you will be radiant" It is possible to listen to the interview in English by activating the subtitle mode by Gianni Valente Ulanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "Look to Him and you will be radiant". The verse from Psalm 3 ...