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  5 March 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Peace agreement at risk after arrest of two people linked to Vice President Machar Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The peace agreement in South Sudan is at risk following the arrest of Lieutenant General Gabriel Doup Lam, a senior military officer linked to First Vice President Riek Machar, whose home has been ...
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  5 March 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - In Kachin State: Catholic pastoral center bombed Banmaw (Agenzia Fides) - The pastoral center on the grounds of the Catholic Church of St. Michael in Nan Hlaing, in a rural area of the diocese of Banmaw (northern Myanmar), was hit and destroyed by a bombing raid by the ...
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  5 March 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Killings, kidnappings and forced labor are taking place in the areas occupied by the M23 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Killings, kidnappings and forced labor are taking place in Kamanyola, the village in the Ruzizi Plain (in the province of South Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo) that is on ...
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  4 March 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Dramatic kidnapping of a priest and a seminarian Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A dramatic kidnapping of a priest and a seminarian took place in Nigeria. Father Philip Ekeli and seminarian Peter Andrew were captured by armed men who entered the Catholic Church of St. Peter in ...
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  4 March 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Apostolic Prefect Figaredo: a border wall is not the solution to the fight against human trafficking Battambang (Agenzia Fides) - The Thai government has announced that it will study the feasibility of building a wall along the border with Cambodia to prevent illegal border crossings. According to the Bangkok government ...
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  4 March 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - South Kivu: Front lines between the M23 and the "Wazalendo" militias run through the Ruzizi plain Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The front line between the M23 guerrillas and the "Wazalendo" militiamen runs through the Ruzizi plain (in the province of South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo). Accordin ...
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  4 March 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The Bishops of Shanghai and Hong Kong pray together for the Pope's health at the Marian Shrine of Sheshan Sheshan (Agenzia Fides) – “I was here with Bishop Joseph Shen Bin to pray for Pope Francis.” With these words, Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan, Bishop of Hong Kong, describes the central moment of his recent visit to ...
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  4 March 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: “Do not close schools for five weeks during the Ramadan period” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria have expressed concern about the maintenance of the secular nature of the country in relation to the proposal of some northern states of the Federation ...
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  4 March 2025
  ASIA/KUWAIT - Workshops and Seminars in the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia: "Women Pilgrims of Hope in a Synodal Church" Kuwait City (Agenzia Fides) – The AVONA Women's Program (AWP) in the Vicariate of Northern Arabia continues its mission in Kuwait with a conference and workshop held in four parishes: Our Lady of Arabia in Ahmadi, St ...
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  3 March 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Lent in the Catholic community in Beijing: a daily work of charity Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of the Cathedral of the Diocese of Beijing invites the Catholic faithful, as "pilgrims of hope" in the Holy Year, to a "daily work of charity for the entire Lent (from March 5 to Apri ...
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  3 March 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Bangalore, the Eucharist chapel desecrated: monstrance with the consecrated host stolen Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Last weekend, numerous Catholic faithful took part in prayers of reparation in the churches of Bangalore, the capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka, after the desecration of the Eu ...
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  3 March 2025
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Popular religiosity: distinctive feature of the City of All Saints of Nueva Rioja La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) – La Rioja is known for its rich popular religiosity, which reflects a combination of indigenous beliefs, colonial traditions and Christian elements. In other words, religious celebrations are ...
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  3 March 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Rebel movement M23 is said to be responsible for the attack in Bukavu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "According to credible witnesses, the two explosions that hit the crowd in Bukavu are attributable to the M23," a local source from the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu tells Fid ...
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  3 March 2025
  ASIA/THAILAND - Apostles among Burmese refugees, the Capuchin Friars bring food and spiritual comfort Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - In the Thai parish of Mae Teng, in the diocese of Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand, 350 Burmese Catholics belonging to the Kayaw, Kayah and Kayan tribes have found refuge. In recent days, the ...
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  2 March 2025
  ANGELUS - Pope Francis from Gemelli Hospital: I am learning even more to trust in the Lord, from here, war appears even more absurd Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Sisters and brothers, I am still sending you these thoughts from the hospital, where as you know I have been for several days, accompanied by doctors and healthcare professionals, whom I thank for ...