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  28 July 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Coup: Situation in Niamey still uncertain Niamey (Fides News Agency) - The situation is still uncertain in Niamey, Niger's capital city, where a military coup is taking place (see Fides 27/7/2023). President Mohamed Bazoum is still being held in his residence, s ...
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  28 July 2023
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - The Pontifical Mission Societies at World Youth Day, as from today an online web page dedicated to the event Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) will be present at the XXXVII World Youth Day in the City of Joy, within the Vocational Fair, where young people will come into contact with different movem ...
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  28 July 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - "Stop the show of contempt towards Christians in Jerusalem and Haifa". Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "In recent months, attacks on Christian clergy, churches and holy places have roused the anxiety of many of our Christian faithful, particularly in Jerusalem and Haifa", says a statement sent ...
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  28 July 2023
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - So much suffering, but also deep humanity due to the dramatic situation of the population of Las Anod Las Anod (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Las Anod, in the Somali region of Sool, is always more dramatic. Efforts to reach a ceasefire have failed. The local authorities of the Dhulbahante clan demand the withdrawal o ...
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  27 July 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Works of charity in Hebei: St. Anne's Association celebrates the patronal feast Shijiazhuang (Agenzia Fides) - In the Chinese province of Hebei, several Catholic associations dedicated to Saint Anne celebrated their patronal feast yesterday, Wednesday July 26, witnessing to their faith and devotion ...
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  27 July 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - A missionary to Fides: Coup d'état - "In Niamey the situation is calm at the moment" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "Following the announcement of the "coup" during the night, everything is calm in the streets. Some wounded have been transferred to the national hospital, probably as a result of the shots fired ...
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  27 July 2023
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - There is a lack of financial resources to welcome the many candidates for priestly life Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - On August 15, the Catholic Church in Burundi will celebrate the final events of the Jubilee for 125 years of Evangelization, which began on October 1, 2022 (see Fides, 17/3/2023). Despite th ...
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  27 July 2023
  EUROPE/FRANCE: From Lyon to the heart of Asia, discovering the little flock of Christ Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - Anne Robesson and Diane Angleys, aged 26 and 27 respectively, recently returned to Lyon, the city where they live, after a pilgrimage in Central Asia which lasted about nine months, which began in ...
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  26 July 2023
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "You choose the future": 50 years of the Association of Catholic Women in Malawi Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "You have to choose the Malawi you want. Currently, things are not okay and we cannot continue with the way things are. You have that responsibility and power to choose the future", exhorted Ms ...
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  26 July 2023
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The family is the main formation center for young people: Bishop Wanok urges unity in the fight against corruption Lira (Agenzia Fides) - The bishop of the diocese of Lira, Sanctus Lino Wanok said "corruption in the current world is becoming a setback to human progress and is destroying the society and its values". The bishop implore ...
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  25 July 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - 100 days of fighting in Sudan and no peace in sight Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - As the Sudanese conflict enters its 100th day, one of the two parties involved, the regular army (Sudanese Armed Forces - SAF) rejects the mediation initiated by IGAD (Intergovernmental Authori ...
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  25 July 2023
  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 Psal ...
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  25 July 2023
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - "Not every day a Pope comes to visit us". The Shrine of Fatima ready to welcome the young people of the World Youth Day Fatima (Agenzia Fides) - Fatima is one of the most visited Marian shrines in the world and is ready to welcome thousands of young people who will participate in World Youth Day from August 1 to 6, before the main appoint ...
• 24 July 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Erection of the Diocese of Wote and appointment of first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father erected the Diocese of Wote (Kenya) with dismembered territories of the Diocese of Machakos, making it a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi. The Holy Fathe ...
• 24 July 2023
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Resignation and appointment of Metropolitan Archbishop of Toliara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 22, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toliara (Madagascar) presented by His Exc. Msgr. Fulgence Rabeony, S.I. The Ho ...