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  8 March 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Women and consecrated women, alongside the poor for a hundred years Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - For a hundred years the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary have been present in Myanmar, proclaiming the Gospel with word, life and deeds, always and in all cases close to the people, especi ...
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  8 March 2023
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The evangelizing mission of the Catholic school: towards the Global Educational Pact Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Paraguayan education system is faced with problematic situations such as lack of free education, limited access to technology and social inequality, among others. In this context, the commitm ...
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  7 March 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - A priest of the so-called Gallican "Church" kidnapped and murdered Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - A priest of the so-called Gallican "Church" in Cameroon was kidnapped and murdered. Father Olivier Ntsa Ebode was found dead on March 1 in Obala, a municipality in the department of Lékié in ...
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  7 March 2023
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Our society needs to transform, to change, we cannot wait for someone to start doing it Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - "This season of Lent must be a time to transform our existence, our way of life more than anything else", urged Msgr. René Leigue, Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in his Sunday homily ...
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  7 March 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - The "road map" of Father Jacques Mourad, Archbishop of Homs by Father Jihad Youssef monk of the Community of Deir Mar Musa Homs (Agenzia Fides) - These are peculiar days for Christians in Syria and also for us of the monastic community of Deir Mar Musa. Our brother, the monk ...
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  7 March 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "Solidarity race" among the Korean faithful: "Let us not forget the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A month after the disaster of February 6, while the spotlights of the mass media are shifting and international attention is diminishing, it is necessary not to forget the victims of the severe e ...
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  7 March 2023
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Armed conflicts continue in the north of the country, thousands of people are fleeing Cabo Delgado (Agenzia Fides) - Abductions, disappearances, sexual violence, destruction of property, including schools, health centers and places of worship, are the main causes of the flight of thousands of people in se ...
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  7 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - 11 Catholics at the XIV National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Sixty-nine representatives of the "religious world" have been selected to participate in the sessions of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, wh ...
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  6 March 2023
  VATICAN - Prof. Zhang tells Urbaniana about the mission of Maillard de Tournon, the first papal legate in China Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Oh how many monsters are in this New World, coming from Europe!". So said Charles Thomas Maillard de Tournon (1668-1710), the first papal legate in China. His figure is closely linked to the well- ...
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  6 March 2023
  AFRICA/GHANA - Independence day is celebrated, amidst international restrictions due to foreign debt and security concerns Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Today, March 6, Ghana celebrates its national independence, obtained from the United Kingdom in 1957, albeit still with Queen Elizabeth as Head of State. On July 1, 1960, the Republic was proclaim ...
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  6 March 2023
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Peace talks for the serious humanitarian crisis in Las Anod Las Anod (Agenzia Fides) - Peace talks are underway to put an end to the fighting that does not seem to have subsided around the town of Las Anod, capital of the Sool region in southeastern Somaliland, about 1000 km nort ...
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  6 March 2023
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - 95 young catechumens in the community of Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - They symbolically knocked on the doors of the Church to ask to be admitted to the last stage of their preparation for Baptism. They are 95 young Cambodian catechumens who, in the Apostolic Vi ...
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  6 March 2023
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Indigenous Peoples Commission demands the truth about the murder of leader Eduardo Mendua Dureno (Agenzia Fides) - Eduardo Mendúa, indigenous leader in the Amazon territory, was assassinated on Sunday afternoon, February 26, in Dureno, in the province of Sucumbios, in the northern region of the Ecuadorian Am ...
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  6 March 2023
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - The Assembly of Catholic Bishops looks at the suffering of peoples: "There is no healing without listening to the other" Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "The bishops once again draw the attention of the faithful to the reality of our world, to the suffering caused by war, violence and natural disasters". This is what emerges from the statement is ...
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  4 March 2023
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The parishes accompany the journey of faith of 1,700 catechumens Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - After the official examination of candidates for baptism in the parishes, the communities of the Diocese of Hong Kong accompany the journey of faith of the 1,700 catechumens to the diocesan ex ...