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  3 May 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Solemn closing of the Year dedicated to the Catechism in Xiamen, looking towards the Jubilee Xiamen (Agenzia Fides) – More than two thousand Catholic priests, religious and lay people took part in the solemn celebration of the closing of the Year of Catechism announced in the diocese of Xiamen. On Wednesday, M ...
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  2 May 2024
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Archbishop of Addis Ababa: "peace is the only way out of the problems for the Ethiopian people" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Behold, the King of the world has risen, let us welcome him, honor and praise him as an instrument of peace for our country and our people in the light of his Resurrection". With these word ...
• 2 May 2024
  OCEANIA/KIRIBATI AND NAURU - Appointment of bishop of Tarawa and Nauru Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Father Simon Mani, M.S.C., until now rector of the Pacific Regional Seminary of Suva. Msgr. Simone Mani, M.S.C., was born on 27 March 1969 in Lab ...
• 2 May 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of bishop of Maintirano (Madagascar) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Clément Herizo Rakotoasimbola, M.S., until now parish priest of the district of Antsalova and vicar delegate of the apostolic administrator o ...
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  2 May 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Flood disaster: Catholic Church collects donations for those affected Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - At least 188 people have died in the floods that have hit various areas of Kenya since March, according to official figures presented by the government in Nairobi. Another 125 people were injure ...
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  2 May 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Statistics of the Catholic Church in Korea: Catholics make up 11.3% of the total population Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The number of Catholics in Korea totals 5,970,675 baptized, according to data from December 31, 2023, 0.3% more than in 2022. However, the growth rate of the faithful had slowed down over the peri ...
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  30 April 2024
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Bishops call for voter participation and provide 4,000 "election observers" Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - In a political and social context marked by challenges and opportunities, the Episcopal Conference of Panama has made an urgent appeal to citizens to make a conscious and responsible choice ...
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  30 April 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Father Paul Tatu, Stigmatine religious of Lesotho, murdered Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - Father Paul Tatu of the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Stigmatine) from the Province of the Most Holy Redeemer was murdered on April 27 in Pretoria. "We have no ...
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  29 April 2024
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - Interreligious education: investing in a future of hope by Paolo Martinelli ofmCap* We publish the full text of Bishop Paolo Martinelli's speech at the conference "Convening of Champions. Ethics Education to Contribute to Global Citizenship and Build Inclusive and Peaceful ...
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  29 April 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Islamic-Christian "Silsilah" movement celebrates its 40th anniversary: a path at the service of peace and fraternity Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - 40 years have passed since the beginning of a journey that was not always easy, but also marked by moments of joy: the movement for Islamic-Christian dialogue "Silsilah" (which means "chain"), ...
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  27 April 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Marian Month at the Shrine of Sheshan: online bookings for pilgrimages Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the beginning of the Marian Month of May, online bookings are now available for the organization of pilgrimages to the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Sheshan in the Diocese of Shanghai ...
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  27 April 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The "patriots" of the Wazalendo militias become a danger to the population Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Among the more than 100 different armed groups active in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (including mercenaries from Eastern Europe), the "Wazalendo" have acquired a special import ...
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  26 April 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Lara and all the others: The young lives sacrificed in the massacre in Gaza by Father Ibrahim Faltas ofm* Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - It is a duty to remember with sadness and respect every human life lost due to the violence of war. These are losses that could have been avoided. But humanit ...
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  26 April 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Catechist murdered in the east of the Country Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The catechist Edouard Zoetyenga Yougbare was kidnapped and killed near Saatenga, in the diocese of Fada N'Gourma, in eastern Burkina Faso. According to a diocesan priest quoted by the Aci Af ...
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  26 April 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Beatification process for the Filipino girl Niña Ruiz Abad begins: "God first of all" Laoag (Agenzia Fides) - This is a figure that the Philippine Church presents to the world and that will be particularly highlighted on the occasion of World Children's Day, proclaimed by the Pope for 25 and 26 May: the d ...