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  25 April 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The M23 rebel movement takes up arms again: Congolese fear “balkanization” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Balkanization". The Congolese use this term to describe the attempt by neighboring countries to divide the Democratic Republic of Congo by dividing it into numerous territories controlled by d ...
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  25 April 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - World Day of Prayer for Priestly Vocations in Catholic Communities: Between hope and crisis Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The care and support of priestly and religious vocations are signs that shape the daily horizon of every baptized person. In this spirit, Catholic communities in China celebrated the 61st World ...
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  24 April 2024
  ASIA/JAPAN - Catholics in Nagasaki witness the Resurrection Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The faithful of Nagasaki have had the strength to overcome many difficult difficulties throughout their history. They persevered first in the period of persecution and then, in the 20th ce ...
• 24 April 2024
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 18, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev. Father Joseph Cheong Yong-jin of the clergy of Cheonju, as National Direct ...
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  24 April 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Land rights conflicts: An often overlooked factor in the wars in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The war in North Kivu, in which the M23 is involved, is perceived by the Congolese as a war of aggression carried out by neighboring Rwanda with the help of this armed group. The M23 is known t ...
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  22 April 2024
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - Blessing of the chapel of the the Pontifical Mission Societies in Romania, dedicated to Blessed Pauline Jaricot by Cristina Grigore Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - Father Tadeusz Nowak, Secretary General of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith (POPF), describes as a "historic moment" the inauguration of the chapel ...
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  22 April 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Commemoration of the victims of the Easter attacks: Catholic Church wants to initiate the beatification process of their martyrdom Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, April 21, in the Archdiocese of Colombo - but also in the other dioceses of Sri Lanka - with Eucharistic celebrations, ringing of bells and two minutes of silence, the country's Catho ...
• 22 April 2024
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Father Gebremariam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 19, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev. Father Abraham Gebremariama as National Director of the Pontifical Miss ...
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  22 April 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Update after the reactions sparked by a publication by Fides Agency on Cardinal Ambongo Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The latest publication of our Agency on Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (see Fides, 18/4/2024) has sparked strong and partly negative reactions. In certain cases, the Cardinal has been attributed ...
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  20 April 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - A theatre, a swimming pool, a football field to educate about peace by Father Ibrahim Faltas ofm * Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscans opened their first school in the Middle East in 1598, in Bethlehem, in the Holy Land. Since then, many more schools have opened, providing ed ...
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  20 April 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The journey towards World Youth Day 2027 in Seoul: Opportunity for fruitful cooperation under the sign of synodality Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The preparation for World Youth Day 2027 is an opportunity for fruitful collaboration between bishops, priests, religious and laity on a path of communion and synodality. The Organizing Committee ...
• 19 April 2024
  EUROPE/LUXEMBOURG - Appointment of the new director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Father Claude Bache Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 19, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, , appointed the Rev. Father Claude Bache as National Director of the Pontifical Missio ...
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  19 April 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - World Day of Prayer for Spiritual Vocations: “Mission means following Christ” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - A cloth bag with the "Our Father" printed on it and an invitation to everyone to always carry the Word of God with them "to be nourished by it every day". This is the unique gift distributed at ...
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  19 April 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - After the release of the main suspect, Bishops call for a “thorough investigation” into the attack on Bishop Carlassare Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask the authorities to ensure a thorough investigation into this incident and to bring those responsible to justice", say the Catholic Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan, who have jointly called ...
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  19 April 2024
  VATICAN - The Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization to the diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies: “'The mission is mine, not yours,' said the Lord to Saint Francis” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "If we do not have a deep awareness of the meaning and importance of mission in the Church, we would reduce the Pontifical Mission Societies to an organization for collecting and distributi ...