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  13 March 2023
  Pope Francis, 10 years of journey in the Mystery of Peter by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the pilgrimage of the Church through History, the tenth anniversary of the beginning of a Pontificate is not a big deal. Pope Francis, who also read and consulted extensivel ...
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  11 March 2023
  Pope Francis, 10 years of Pontificate with "missionary restlessness" by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - There is a revealing detail that marks the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Pontificate of Pope Francis, elected Bishop of Rome on March 13, ten years ago. Last January ...
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  10 March 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The Maasai people forced to leave their homes in the protected area of Ngorongoro Malambo (Agenzia Fides) - The Tanzanian authorities are pushing the Maasai people to move away from the protected area of Ngorongoro, where most of the population resides, proposing financial 'aid' which is not sufficien ...
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  10 March 2023
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Let's break the silence that kills": live with dignity in working-class neighborhoods, fight against drug addiction and its consequences Rosario (Agenzia Fides) - "We are creating a para-state which does not change every four years and which, over time, consolidates its power and its financial structure, offering weapons, lawyers, protections and many oth ...
• 10 March 2023
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 2, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle appointed Rev. Paul Lithebe Tjokosela, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Maseru, as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societie ...
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  10 March 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Catholic Church asks Parliament to abolish the death penalty Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The "Justice and Peace" Commission of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of South Korea will officially present to the Korean Parliament, on March 13, a petition for the abolition of the death penal ...
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  10 March 2023
  AFRICA/RUANDA - "Forgiveness comes from listening to the other". Interview with Cardinal Kambanda, Archbishop of Kigali by Luca Mainoldi Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that conflicts arise from the fact that we do not want to listen to the other. Listening to the other involves us, it asks us to change", says Cardinal Antoine Kamban ...
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  9 March 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Catholic Bishop of Obala offers his condolences for the murder of the priest of the so-called Gallican “Church” Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "We learned with pain of the heinous murder in Obala of Father Olivier Ntsa Ebodé, priest of a separated Christian community", says Msgr. Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei, bishop of Obala, in ...
• 9 March 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Durban, Elias Kwenzakufani Zondi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Elias Kwenzakufani Zondi, of the clergy of the metropolitan archdiocese of Durban, until now vicar general and parish priest of Saint James in Lam ...
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  9 March 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Hazing and student abuse in universities: an evil to eradicate Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The recent death of John Matthew Salilig, a Catholic student at Adamson University in Manila, has raised the issue of hazing and all those practices such as "initiation rites" to associations, cl ...
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  9 March 2023
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Indigenous peoples are called to become co-responsible for the evangelization of their brothers Ciudad Bolivar (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite all the limitations that the environment imposes on the evangelizing mission among indigenous communities, there is great pastoral vitality and significant efforts to continue on ...
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  9 March 2023
  The 2013 Conclave and the "Mystery of the Moon" by Gianni Valente Rome (Agence Fides) - On the morning of March 9, 2013, precisely 10 years ago, Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio entered the Aula Nervi in the Vatican holding in his light bag a small page wi ...
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  8 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Eleven representatives of the Catholic Church take part in the People's Congress in Beijing Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 69 representatives from “religious circles” are taking part in the sessions of the 14th National People's Congress which opened in Beijing on March 4th in the presence of President ...
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  8 March 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Proclaiming the Gospel is transmitting "what one has received", not one's own ideas Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian faith is a "treasure" that "is received" and "transmitted" to others as it has been received, without wanting to add more, nor to rely on the "strength of one's ideas, programs, struc ...
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  8 March 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - March 8: Women in Goma call for more security and an end to the scourge of kidnappings Goma (Agenzia Fides) - "In addition to security, we demand the eradication of all "negative forces" and armed groups that collaborate with foreigners". "We demand more security and the closure of the communication networ ...