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  6 September 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The baptized do not want Christianity as a "state religion" Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The country has a 95% Christian population, but is not based on a "state religion": this is the concept of state in Papua New Guinea, which has been independent since 1975 after Australian ...
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  6 September 2024
  VATICAN - Jubilee 2025: The Pontifical Missionary Union offers an online itinerary of prayer and reflection Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The prayer journey of Christ's missionary disciples" is the title of the itinerary of four online meetings in English on prayer, organized and promoted by the Pontifical Missionary Union ( ...
• 6 September 2024
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - Father Agustin Margjoni CM, appointed first National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Albania Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 31, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G.Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Father Agustin Mar ...
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  6 September 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Missionaries in Vanimo wait for the Pope: “In the jungle, people stop us and ask for the sacraments” by Fabio Beretta Vanimo (Agenzia Fides) - The blue ocean on one side, jungle and forests on the other. This is how the northern part of Papua New Guinea, the second stop on Pope Francis' long journey through Asia and ...
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  5 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Indonesia: excerpts from the homily during the Holy Mass at Jakarta Stadium Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The first stage of Pope Francis' long Apostolic Journey to Asia and Oceania ended with a Mass at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta. At 4:00 p.m. local time (11:00 a.m. Rome time), the Pope l ...
• 5 September 2024
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Appointment of bishop of Kaga-Bandoro Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Victor Hugo Castillo Matarrita, M.C.C.J., until now provincial of the Comboni Missionaries in Central Africa, as bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central A ...
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  5 September 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Preparation for WYD on the theme of artificial intelligence and ethics Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Artificial intelligence and ethics are a topic of discussion for young Catholics preparing for World Youth Day, which will take place in Korea in 2027. In the Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul, an a ...
• 5 September 2024
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Father Roger J. Landry appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 23, 2024 Cardinal Luis Antonio G.Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Father Roger J. Lan ...
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  5 September 2024
  AFRICA/GAMBIA - The presence of missionary pioneers: "The charism of Don Bosco in a new context" Kunkujang (Agenzia Fides) – The parish of Kunkujang, run by the Salesians, includes 25 villages and 13 Catholic communities. Having arrived in the country just six years ago, in October 2018, at the invitation of t ...
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  5 September 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The history of Catholic Missions in the Indonesian Archipelago Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - In the history of the mission of the Catholic Church in Indonesia, for two centuries (1605-1807) there was no Catholic priest or missionary on the thousands of islands of the archipelago, where ...
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  5 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Indonesia: excerpts from the speech in the mosque Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of today’s many challenges, we respond with the sign of fraternity." The third and final day of Pope Francis' stay in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia and the first stop on his A ...
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  4 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Indonesia: excerpts from the address to bishops, priests, religious and catechists Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Faith, fraternity, compassion". These three words, which are the motto of this Apostolic Visit, are the focus of Pope Francis' entire speech in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Ja ...
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  4 September 2024
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Religious tolerance characterizes peaceful Islamic-Christian relations Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The diversity of different peoples and cultures, which has led to a mixture of ethnic groups and families, has characterized the history of Senegal from the beginning. The Country is today an ...
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  4 September 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Rebellion or attempted escape: at least 129 dead in the overcrowded prison in Makala Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Makala central prison in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been described as a "time bomb", where at least 129 prisoners were killed during an escape attempt ...
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  4 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope in Indonesia: excerpts from the address to the civil authorities and the Diplomatic Corps Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Journey of Pope Francis to Asia and Oceania is now in full swing. After a "rest day" at the Nunciature, the Pope celebrated a private Mass this morning. He then drove to the Presid ...