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  24 April 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Sand identity and Ramadan in Niamey Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no traffic in the city because the celebration of the conclusion of the holy month of Islam, Ramadan, the name of the ninth month of the Muslim calendar which means ‘burning heat’ i ...
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  24 April 2023
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Builders of peace, sowers of hope" in the context of the security crisis and rampant violence Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "We believe that the paths of peace must be built by all of us, with determination and unity, with a global approach. We reject any form of violence to achieve political, social or economic obj ...
• 24 April 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Jaipur Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 22, 2023, the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Jaipur, India, presented by Bishop Oswald Lewis. The Holy Father has appointed ...
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  22 April 2023
  EUROPE/CYPRUS - "Rooted in hope". The future of Christians in the Middle East as seen from Nicosia Nicosia (Agenzia Fides) - The Symposium of Churches in the Middle East, "Rooted in Hope," is nearing its conclusion. The initiative is promoted by R.O.A.C.O. (Reunion of Aid Agencies to the Oriental Churches),and welcome ...
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  22 April 2023
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Commemoration ceremony for the victims of the 2019 attacks Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - A 40 km human chain to remember the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that hit two Catholic churches and a Protestant one in Sri Lanka (see Fides, 22/4/2019). The commemoration ceremony ...
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  22 April 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The regional risks of the conflict in Sudan by Luca Mainoldi Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The conflict between the two military factions in Sudan risks having repercussions on neighboring countries, partly because both contenders have connections with neighboring s ...
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  22 April 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Day for Vocations: masses, prayers and many initiatives to ask for "new workers for the Lord's vineyard" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Show the beauty of vocations and promote them": is the appeal of Joseph Li Shan Bishop of the Diocese of Beijing addressed to priests, nuns, seminarians and all baptized Catholics on the occasi ...
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  21 April 2023
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A mine explodes as a mission car passes by in Niem: 4 dead, including two children; The Italian missionary unharmed Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, April 16, a mine exploded near the car of the Catholic mission of Niem, between the villages of Ndongue Douane and Sokorta, 115 km from Bouar, in the Central African Republic. The prov ...
• 21 April 2023
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Father José Orlando Camacho Torres Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 18, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev. Father José Orlando Camacho Torres, of the Congregation of the Holy Spiri ...
• 21 April 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 15, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, confirmed the position of rev. Fr. Bonaventure Luchidio, of the diocesan clergy of Ka ...
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  21 April 2023
  ASIA - Synodal and ecumenical journey in Central Asia Karaganda (Agenzia Fides) - "We shared our impressions and the legacy that Pope Francis left us after visiting this land, during his trip to Kazakhstan in September 2022, through a sincere account of this apostolic journ ...
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  21 April 2023
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Let us not be discouraged, let us not minimize the signs of hope, the risen Christ walks with us Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Although it is impossible to ignore the multiple scenarios, in which there seem to be signs of death everywhere, we cannot fall into pessimistic discouragements that could infect us with fe ...
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  21 April 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The risk of bombs on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, the celebration of the end of Ramadan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The country has been at war for a week. The population of the capital Khartoum woke up on the first day of Eid el Fitr, the feast of the end of Ramadan, to the sound of shelling and anti-aircra ...
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  20 April 2023
  AMERICA/PERU - Joint Guidelines for Indigenous Pastoral Care in the Apostolic Vicariates of the Peruvian Amazon Iquitos (Agenzia Fides) - "To strengthen and articulate the Indigenous Pastoral Care of the vicariates of the Peruvian Amazon, through joint pastoral guidelines, according to social, cultural, ecological and ecclesial re ...
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  20 April 2023
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Freeing slaves, yesterday and today: the Trinitarian Family returns to the routes of its first vocation Fèz (Agenzia Fides) - For two days the parish of St. Francis of Assisi in Fèz welcomed the visit of 170 pilgrims from the Trinitarian Family who came to retrace the route of the ancient 'redeemers' who, from 1200 onwar ...