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  1 February 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The "3Ts" that exemplify the exploitation of Congolese resources Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The "3T" - cassiterite ("Tin" in English), wolframite (tungsten), coltan (tantalum) are the main minerals mined in eastern DRC. This comes from reports from the various UN organizations that ha ...
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  1 February 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The situation of indigenous peoples arouses "holy indignation" in the hearts of all, especially Christians Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB) asks the authorities for "adequate treatment dedicated to the Yanomami people and to all indigenous communities present in Brazilian territory. Given th ...
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  31 January 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Pope Francis speaks about people's suffering and hope: 'Hands off Africa' Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Hands off the Democratic Republic of the Congo, hands off Africa". The words of Pope Francis, shortly after his arrival in Kinshasa "in the name of Jesus as a pilgrim of reconciliation and pea ...
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  31 January 2023
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - New students at the Catholic College, which deals with the integral formation of young people Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The "Catholic Church Student Center" in Phnom Penh, a college of the Cambodian Church, welcomed 18 new students, presented yesterday, January 30, at the opening ceremony of the new academic y ...
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  31 January 2023
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - On May 6 the Beatification of the first Bishop of Montevideo, born on a boat of emigrants Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Brasilia, Cardinal Paulo Cezar Costa, will preside over the rite of Beatification, as Papal Legate, representative of the Holy Father Francis, of Monsignor Jacinto Vera, fir ...
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  31 January 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "In eastern Congo the situation is unbearable," says Fr. Luis Arcos, explaining why the Pope has given up on going there Goma (Agenzia Fides) - "Why is the Pope not going to the east? Because it is an unbearable situation. There is a risk that they will throw a bomb and kill innocent people," says Father Luis Arcos, a White Father of Spani ...
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  31 January 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Farewell to missionary Tommy Murphy, friend of the Church and the Chinese people Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Everyone in China called him Chen Fa-yi. He, like the great Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci, had also wanted to take a Chinese name. Father Tommy Murphy, a good-natured Irish missionary who had b ...
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  30 January 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Three newly ordained deacons for the Diocese of Zhouzhi Zhouzhi (Agenzia Fides) - On the day when the Catholic Church celebrates the liturgical memory of Saint Thomas Aquinas, great theologian and Doctor of the Church, the Catholics of the diocese of Zhouzhi, in the Chinese p ...
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  30 January 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Interreligious dialogue as a path to peace: may it be included in school study Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "There is great need for dialogue between religions in Pakistan in order to build a culture of peace in society and public life. Interreligious dialogue is the key to peace in Pakistan and in the ...
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  30 January 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Indigenous Yanomami: "the Church is always for the defense of life, land and the rights of peoples" Roraima (Agenzia Fides) - The Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) and the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM), in union with the Church of Brazil, reaffirmed their commitment to be allies of the Amazonian peop ...
• 30 January 2023
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Badulla Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Badulla, Sri Lanka, presented by Bishop Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S. The Holy Father has ...
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  30 January 2023
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - New massacre in Ituri two days before the papal visit, while M23 advances in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - As Pope Francis prepares to visit Kinshasa, dramatic news continues to arrive from the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. At least 15 people have died in a triple assault on three villag ...
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  30 January 2023
  VATICAN - "The Lord does great things through the little ones". Cardinal Tagle consecrates Father Emilio Nappa, Assistant Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, as Bishop Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "God's love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us". The words of the Apostle Saint Paul in the fifth chapter of the Letter to the Romans was the theme o ...
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  28 January 2023
  ASIA/BAHREIN - Father Aldo Berardi appointed Vicar Apostolic of North Arabia. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Aldo Berardi, O.SS.T., until now vicar general of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives, as vicar apostolic of Nor ...
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  28 January 2023
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The harsh reality of migrants, social and democratic deterioration: it is necessary to "keep Christian hope alive" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of migrants and the new State regulations that put at risk the reception centers run by the Church, the problems highlighted by the pandemic, social and political deteriorat ...