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  2 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Shanghai, 230 participants in the seminar to strengthen pastoral activities in the diocese Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - "The love of Christ for the Church" and "the fidelity of the Church to Christ". These were the words of the Bishop of Shanghai, Joseph Shen Bin, in his homily at the opening of the Seminar orga ...
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  2 November 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Seoul launches measures to combat increasing loneliness Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - In a metropolis like the South Korean capital Seoul, where life is hectic and everything revolves around individual success, loneliness is an issue that affects thousands of people, often the elde ...
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  1 November 2024
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - All Saints Day: “How much hidden saintliness there is in the Church!” VATICAN/ANGELUS - All Saints Day: “How much hidden saintliness there is in the Church!” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Beatitudes are “the Christian's identity card” and “the way to holiness”. This was s ...
• 1 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - New church inaugurated in the diocese of Ningbo: the church dedicated to Saint Paul was built with the support of the parishioners Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith," writes Saint Paul in his second letter to Timothy. The parishioners of the newly inaugurated church in the diocese ...
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  1 November 2024
  ASIA/LAOS - President of the Bishops of Laos and Cambodia: The life of the Church in Laos ‘is a small miracle’ Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In Laos there are great difficulties in communicating with the outside world. Even for me, as President of the Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia (CELAC), it is very complicated to get in t ...
• 31 October 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Farafangana Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Farafangana, Madagascar, presented by Bishop Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I. The Holy Father has appointed B ...
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  31 October 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two people arrested in connection with the kidnapping of Father Thomas Ayode Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The police in Edo State have announced the arrest of two people suspected of being involved in the kidnapping of Father Thomas Ayode, head of the Imaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Ivanokpodi. ...
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  31 October 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - More violence on the Caribbean island: Convent of the Missionary sisters of Charity in Sanfil set on fire Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Last Saturday evening, October 26, 2024, armed gangs under the command of Jimmy Chérizier, alias Barbecue, entered the compound of the Missionary sisters of Charity in Sanfil, looted the ...
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  31 October 2024
  AMERICA/USA - Electoral campaign between Harris and Trump is challenged on foreign policy and ‘World War in pieces’ Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The war in the Middle East has entered the race for the White House especially in those States like Michigan where there is a large percentage of the population of Arab origin (Palestinian, L ...
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  31 October 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - The shared spiritual retreat of 15 Chinese bishops, an experience of communion and synodality Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Immersed in the Mystery of the Word of God, to perceive the infinite Love and salvation of the Lord: this is the experience shared by 15 Chinese Catholic bishops who lived together the annual sp ...
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  30 October 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Protection of indigenous peoples: the work of the Catholic Church in the face of exploitation and expropriation Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In October, the month dedicated to the protection of indigenous peoples in the Philippines, the Catholic Church organized various events, meetings and local celebrations aimed at calling institut ...
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  30 October 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - After 40 soldiers died in a jihadist attack, the Chadian government promises a harsh response N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - Three days of national mourning in Chad in memory of the victims of the jihadist attack on a military base near Lake Chad were declared by Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby, who personall ...
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  30 October 2024
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: Confirmation must not become the sacrament of “departure” from the Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The problem is how to ensure that the Sacrament of Confirmation is not reduced, in practice, to “last rites”, that is the Sacrament of “departure” from the Church, but is rather th ...
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  30 October 2024
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - On the eve of the local elections and before the parliamentary elections, the future of the country remains uncertain Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "They will not silence us, Tanzania belongs to all of us and we will fight for our right to be heard," said opposition politician John Mnyika, referring to the current government led by Sa ...
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  30 October 2024
  ASIA/JAPAN - Archbishop Kikuchi: "Abolition of nuclear weapons for a lasting peace" Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Japan, whatever it may be, "should be the first to approve the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons", says the Archbishop of Tokyo, Isao Kikuchi (SVD), recently appointed ...