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  27 March 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Displaced families and the urban poor: the solidarity commitment of Catholic communities Manila (Agenzia Fides) - About 300 displaced families have lost their homes because, in recent days, the Department of Public Works of MetroManila has started the demolition of illegally built housing structures in the c ...
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  27 March 2023
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Father Konteh (Caritas): the electoral process must be more inclusive and accessible to all Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - The electoral period promises to be particularly hot for the 8.6 million Sierra Leoneans who will be called to vote on June 24th. "As our country prepares itself, it is important to recognize t ...
• 27 March 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Cân Tho, Peter Le Tan Loi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 25, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed the Reverend Peter Le Tan Loi, of the clergy of Cân Tho, Viêt Nam, until now professor and dean of studies in the Saint Pierre Doan Co ...
• 27 March 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of bishop of Phât Diêm, Peter Kieu Cong Tung Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 25, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed the Reverend Peter Kieu Cong Tung, of the clergy of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Hôchiminh Ville, until now chancellor and lecturer at Sa ...
• 27 March 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of bishop of Hà Tinh, Louis Nguyên Anh Tuán Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 25, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed Bishop Louis Nguyên Anh Tuán, until now titular of Catrum and auxiliary of the archdiocese of Thành-Phô Hô Chi Minh, Hôchiminh Vil ...
• 27 March 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Poona Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 25, 2023, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Poona, India, presented by Bishop Thomas Dabre. The Holy Father has appointed Bishop J ...
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  25 March 2023
  ASIA/LEBANON - Annunciation, national holiday. Lebanese Christians and Muslims together invoke Mary in the country besieged by the crisis Kornet Chehwan (Agenzia Fides) - In a Lebanon shaken by a devastating economic crisis and yet another paralysis of the political system, on the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord Christians and Muslims are once again ...
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  25 March 2023
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Sisters on a Lenten "pilgrimage/retreat". To give thanks for Creation and remember their founder Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - A pilgrimage is like "a spiritual retreat in motion". For this reason, the Taiwanese community of the Missionary Sisters of the Congregation of the Sacred Side and of Our Lady of Sorrows has chos ...
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  25 March 2023
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Laid the first foundations of the health center in Yoro for thousands of refugees: a work illuminated by the hope that comes from the Cross Yoro (Agenzia Fides) - "We finally have the foundations of the new health center in Yoro in which we are involved in assisting refugees in this northwestern part of the country", reports to Fides Sister Laura Gemignani, ...
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  24 March 2023
  The beatitude of martyrs, friends in Paradise by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today, March 24, 2023, marks the 31st Day of Missionary Martyrs. In 1992, the then Youth Movement of the Italian Pontifical Mission Societies (today Missio Giovani) proposed for ...
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  24 March 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - 100 years of the parish of Pabré, a sign of grace and hope in a country plagued by insecurity Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "All believers must unite for a world more worthy of God, a world where everyone is happy", urged Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo, Archbishop of Ouagadougou, in his homily delivered during of t ...
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  24 March 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In the state of Piauí, 80% of the population suffers from lack of food Teresina (Agenzia Fides) - 80% of the inhabitants of Piauí, a Brazilian state located in the northeast of the country, in the arid region of Sertão, suffer from hunger. According to the report of the "Rede Brasileira d ...
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  24 March 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - A "penitential celebration of reparation" after the massacre of Cutro Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - The "Pro Civitate Christiana" of Assisi organizes and invites to live, today, March 24, a Penitential Celebration of Reparation in the form that will be deemed most appropriate, after the massacr ...
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  24 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Free medical care and scholarships for children from poor families: Charity Lent led by Chinese Catholic communities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Throughout the world, prayer, fasting and almsgiving are the good works that the Catholic Church recommends and offers to her sons and daughters during Lent, the time of penance that precedes th ...
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  23 March 2023
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Parliamentary elections, the ruling party reduces its membership Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "Starting from the downsizing of the Party that has always been in power, there are signs of great movements in the political field in Kazakhstan. There remains, in society, the question of the l ...