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  10 October 2024
  ASIA - ASEAN calls for "concrete actions" to stop the civil war in Myanmar Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - "Concrete measures" to end the civil war in Myanmar and to resume diplomatic efforts to resolve it are what the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is calling on the Myanmar militar ...
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  10 October 2024
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Togolese religious priest murdered in Yaoundé Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - The "Fidei Donum" priest Christophe Komla Badjougou, originally from Togo, was murdered on the evening of October 7 in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. The priest was shot dead in front of t ...
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  9 October 2024
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: the Holy Spirit is He who ensures the universality and unity of the Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the Acts of the Apostles "we see the Spirit work for unity in two ways": He teaches her to expand in universality, and consolidate in unity. Universal and one: this is the mystery of the ...
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  9 October 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - North Korea has cut off road and rail access to South Korea: Catholics continue to keep alive the hope of peace and reconciliation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - North Korea has cut off road and rail access to South Korea with the aim of "completely separating" the two countries. The North Korean army has announced that it is proceeding to "permanently iso ...
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  9 October 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - President of the Episcopal Conference: “I hope that the elections will be free, fair and peaceful” Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope that the elections will be free and fair and, above all, peaceful," said the President of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique and Archbishop of Nampula, Inacio Saure, in an interview ...
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  9 October 2024
  EUROPE/FRANCE - The famous French choir "Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois" joins World Mission Day Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - Music that lifts the soul and touches the heart, will be the protagonist this year of a prestigious initiative organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in France on the occasion of World ...
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  9 October 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - Environmental Prayer Walk: against illegal mining Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The fight against illegal mining “Galamsey”, which pollutes waterways, destroys forests and livelihoods and causes serious health and environmental risks for communities, is the aim of the “ ...
• 8 October 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of bishop of Sindhudurg Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Sindhudurg, India, presented by Bishop Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 8/10/2024) ...
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  8 October 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Through Mary to Jesus: the "matriarchal" Church in the State of Meghalaya Nongstoin (Agenzia Fides) - "In our territory, where women are at the center of family and social life, the Church also has a feminine face. And devotion to the Virgin Mary is strong and deep-rooted," says to Fides Wilbe ...
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  8 October 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - President of the Bishops' Conference: "No to political divisions that undermine the country's development" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The division of political leaders is a scandal. They claim to be Christians but promote the disunity of the country," said the President of the Kenyan Bishops' Conference and Archbishop of Kisu ...
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  8 October 2024
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Saint Therese of the Child Jesus at the center of a novena for World Mission Sunday New York (Agenzia Fides) - "I do not want to be a missionary for just a few years, but I would like to have been one since the creation of the world and to be one until the end of time", said Saint Therese of the Child J ...
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  7 October 2024
  VATICAN - Pope writes to the Catholics in the Middle East: Do not let yourselves be swallowed up by the darkness that surrounds you, and console the heart of God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Thank you for wanting to stay in your country, thank you for knowing how to pray and love despite everything. You are a seed loved by God," a year after the renewed conflict between Israel ...
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  7 October 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A mission of compassion and mercy towards the terminally ill Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Mission is an immense work of mercy, both spiritual and material," said the doctors and nurses of St. Elizabeth Hospital, a Catholic hospital in Hyderabad (southern Pakistan), quoting Pope Fr ...
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  7 October 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - Archbishop of Port-au-Prince after massacre: "The people are exhausted" Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The people are exhausted. They are asking the State for help," said the President of the Haitian Bishops' Conference and Archbishop of Port-au-Prince Max Leroy Mésidor, in his condolenc ...
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  7 October 2024
  AFRICA/NIGER - Father Pier Luigi Maccalli: "I return home after 6 years between tears of joy and sadness" Bomoanga (Agenzia F ides) - "The thread of my presence in Niger (of 11 uninterrupted years) was broken on September 17, 2018 with the kidnapping. Exactly six years later, I have finally returned to Niger", begins the mov ...