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  24 January 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Timkat, one of the holiest days in the Ethiopian Orthodox calendar Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) – The celebrations of the Orthodox Epiphany, locally known as Timkat, began on Wednesday afternoon, January 19. Following tradition, worshipers set out on Lake Ziway in canoes, motorboats an ...
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  24 January 2023
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The synodal path is not just "walking together", but with Jesus, in Jesus, from Jesus and toward Jesus Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - "We live in a time characterized by individualism, indifference and the search for personal fulfillment, without taking others into account. Walking together forces us to become aware that ...
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  24 January 2023
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Catechesis week: The focus is on passing on the faith in families Kuala Lumpur (Agenzi Fides) - The renewal of the Church and the transmission of the faith in Catholic families are the focus of the 2023 Catechetical Week, celebrated in the Catholic communities and culminating in "Catec ...
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  23 January 2023
  AFRICA/RD CONGO - The good seed and the fruits. The long path of Christian proclamation in the Land of the "Mighty River" By Crispin Kimbeni, Bishop of Kisantu Kisantu (Agenzia Fides) - The upcoming visit of Pope Francis to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) offers an opportunity to retrace one of the most interesting adventures rela ...
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  23 January 2023
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops propose to mediate and build bridges:"Violence extinguishes hope of finding just solutions to problems" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, the number of victims of the anti-government demonstrations that have been bloodying Peru since December 7, when President Pedro Castillo was deposed and then arrested for attempted coup ...
• 23 January 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Migrants: the story of those who did not make it and cross the Sahel again to return home Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Niger, since the 1990s, has been an important transit area for migration from West and Central Africa to Libya and Algeria and in some cases to Europe. All must face the desert before reaching th ...
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  23 January 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Mission with the deaf, thanks to sign language videos Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The proclamation of the Word of God and catechesis to deaf children and adults makes use of new media tools such as videos, in which sign language is used: this is the initiative of the "Korean Ca ...
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  21 January 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The community of Bataan rejects the plan to activate the nuclear power plant: life is more important than cheap electricity Balangas (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the energy crisis and the high cost of electricity, the solution is not to resort to nuclear energy, but to develop renewable energies: this is the position of a large community forum in ...
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  21 January 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - First mass kidnappings of women in the north of the country and anti-French demonstrations in the capital Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The news of the release of 27 of the approximately 50 women kidnapped between January 12 and 13, 2023 together with their children in the northern province of Soum dates back to a few days a ...
• 21 January 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Bible and machete". "ora et labora" of the catechists of the diocese of Lolo Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We await with joy the visit of Pope Francis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In all the churches the prayer composed for this occasion is recited", says to Fides Msgr. Jean-Bertin Nadonye Ndon ...
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  21 January 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Religious leaders: "Peace is possible, peace is the only way" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Religious leaders in Myanmar issue a "passionate appeal for peace", insisting that "all of us need to undertake the pilgrimage of peace". "The last few months have seen great threats to the sacre ...
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  21 January 2023
  VATICAN - "Evangelii Gaudium 2023", a 'missionary formation journey' inspired by the Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A Missionaries and all those interested are invited to a "missionary formation journey" in 10 stages, inspired by the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium and whose aim is "the proclamation of t ...
• 20 January 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A catechist kidnapped instead of a priest already kidnapped last year Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A catechist was kidnapped by bandits who probably intended to kidnap the priest of the Catholic church of Santa Monica, Ikulu-Pari, in Chawai Chiefdom of the local government of Kauru, Kaduna stat ...
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  20 January 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Any attack against life is also an attack against the democratic rule of law, dignity and social welfare Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "We must remember that any attack on life is also an attack on the democratic rule of law and constitutes an attack on dignity and social well-being". This is underlined by the Brazilian bishop ...
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  20 January 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese New Year. Christian hope embraces the expectations and sorrows of the "great army of ChunYun" by Marta Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - After three years of closures and impediments due to the pandemic, the great "army of ChunYun" has finally returned, the endless crowds of people who travel through China to spend ...