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  17 April 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Coup in Khartoum: the situation continues to worsen in the country under armed attack for three days Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - After days of ever-increasing tensions between the Sudanese army and the paramilitaries of the Rapid Intervention Forces (RSF), the capital of Sudan is under siege amid bombs. Fighting broke ou ...
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  17 April 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholics in Adoration before the Eucharist to invoke, with the Pope, the gift of peace Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic faithful in Myanmar express emotion and gratitude to Pope Francis who has launched a new universal appeal to prayer for Myanmar and, at a time of extreme suffering, they place themse ...
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  17 April 2023
  AMERICA/MEXICO - For a dignified job: transforming precariousness and injustice, recognizing workers' rights Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Three out of ten Mexicans, according to the Encuesta Nacional de Ocupación y Empleo, work in the informal sector, that is, without having access to any type of social or work benefit. Job i ...
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  15 April 2023
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - "Ecumenical Day for the Abducted" promoted ten years after the kidnapping of the two Metropolitan Bishops of Aleppo Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) – As of next year, Churches in the Middle East will celebrate the "Ecumenical Day for the Abducted and the Forcibly Absented" every April 22. The initiative, promoted by the Middle East Council o ...
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  15 April 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholics invoke Divine mercy, "in a mixture of joy and sorrow" Pekhon (Agenzia Fides) - "We live in the midst of a mixture of joy and sorrow. We were able to celebrate Easter in the city, and this is a source of joy, but with concern and fear. Few of the faithful have the opportunit ...
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  15 April 2023
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Father Lorenzo Snider: "Our mission in Foya together with you" Foya (Agenzia Fides) - "Since returning to Foya this year I have been able to personally meet almost all the children, as many as 102, who have been able to attend school thanks to the support of so many friends and bene ...
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  14 April 2023
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - First gathering for a group of teenagers ready for Confirmation through 4 islets in the archipelago of the Leeward Islands Raiatea (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in the Leeward Islands, the Raromatai, a gathering was held that brought together in Taha'a, one of the 4 that welcomed the other three: Huahine, Raiatea and Bora Bora, all th ...
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  14 April 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The proclamation of Easter to the indigenous peoples of Indonesian Papua Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - The proclamation of the Resurrection reached the indigenous peoples of Indonesian Papua (also called Irian Jaya) who celebrated the Passion of Christ and Easter thanks to the presence of a miss ...
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  14 April 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Farewell to Peter Lin Jiashan, Archbishop of Fuzhou Fuzhou (Agenzia Fides) - Peter Lin Jiashan, Archbishop of Fuzhou (mainland China) died today, April 14, 2023, at the age of 88 after a long illness. According to the statement of the Funeral Committee, reported by xinde. ...
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  14 April 2023
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The "District of Mercy": proclamation of the Gospel and promotion of human dignity in the center of the capital Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The District of Mercy" was founded in one of the most vulnerable areas of the Colombian capital, promoted and supported by the Catholic Church, in a coordinated work between the Archdiocese and ...
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  14 April 2023
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Political instability, poverty and expectations of the people in the story of a missionary Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "After the dissolution of parliament in May 2022, President Umaro Sissoco Embalò appointed ministers and in one way or another the situation continued", says Father Celso Corbioli, of the Missio ...
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  13 April 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Jerusalem churches: the “unreasonable restrictions” by Israeli police for the Holy Fire ceremony Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The "Holy Fire ceremony", a key moment of the Easter liturgies celebrated at the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem by the Orthodox Church, this year risks being disrupted by "unreasonable restrictiv ...
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  13 April 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Faith and charity of Vietnamese Catholics at Easter time Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Easter liturgies were solemnly celebrated with great participation of people in all dioceses of the Vietnamese Church. Easter time in Vietnamese communities is accompanied by fervent works of cha ...
• 13 April 2023
  AMERICA/PERU - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, José Hipolito Purizaca Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 30, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev. José Hipolito Purizaca Sernaque, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Truj ...
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  13 April 2023
  VATICAN - Appointment of Coadjutor Archbishop of Tabora, Msgr. Protase Rugambwa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, former secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, in the Section for First Evangelization and the new particular Churches, as ...