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  11 March 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - The 3 nuns of the Madeleine community and 4 of the 6 religious of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart have been released Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The three nuns of the Saint Joseph of Cluny congregation kidnapped on Tuesday, March 5 from the La Madeleine orphanage have been released. According to the Conference of Haitian Religious ...
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  9 March 2024
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The gift of music, "spiritual food" for orphaned children Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - Dominic Nguyen Van Lam, a 39-year-old priest from the diocese of Bui Chu, in southern Vietnam, was convinced from the start. He firmly believed and advocated for a very special form of ...
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  9 March 2024
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - The 'small domestic church' in Bengo: "Lent began with the washing of feet" Terreiro (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite all the rain, there is no shortage of people attending church services. And with the invitation to the path of prayer and meditation on the Word of God, the creation of a 'small domest ...
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  9 March 2024
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY- Paraguay at the center of an arms trafficking network for Brazilian organized crime Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - "The group was very well organized, had assault rifles and military pistols, but also machine guns and anti-aircraft ammunition, armored vehicles, hand grenades and bulletproof vests; everythi ...
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  8 March 2024
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Apostolic Vicariate of Caronì hosts Missionary Week Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Venezuela organized Missionary Week, a series of initiatives dedicated to missionary animation and formation that the PMS are carryi ...
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  8 March 2024
  AFRICA/RWANDA - No to the "sustainable mining" agreement between the EU and Rwanda Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - How can the European Union sign an agreement on the sustainability and traceability of strategic minerals with a country that does not produce them itself, but obtains them illegally from a neigh ...
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  8 March 2024
  ASIA/JAPAN - Catholic Tokyo International Center promotes "multicultural coexistence" Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - The Japanese call it "tabunka kyōsei", that is, "multicultural coexistence". It is lived daily in the premises of the Catholic Church of Meguro in Tokyo, where the "Catholic Tokyo International C ...
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  8 March 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - Redemptorists report the kidnapping of three Catholic women religious Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Pray for peace and for an end to violence in the country where criminal groups spread fear and terror among the population" is the request of Father Renold Antoine, missionary of the Red ...
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  8 March 2024
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - The Russian edition of the "Spiritual Exercises" of Ignatius of Loyola presented in Moscow by Chiara Dommarco Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "Warning: this is not a book to read", Father Stephan Lipke, director of the Saint Thomas Institute of Moscow, began with irony when opening the evening organized at the Inst ...
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  7 March 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - More than 200 pupils kidnapped from a primary school in northern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - More than 200 pupils (some sources say 232) were kidnapped this morning, March 7, in Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State, in northern Nigeria. The hostages are pupils from the LEA ...
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  7 March 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - "Year of Catechism" in the Diocese of Xiamen: doctrine and sacraments preserve the faith of those who follow Jesus Xiamen (Agenzia Fides) - In Xiamen, in the Chinese province of Fujian, the “Year of the Catechism”, inaugurated by Bishop Joseph Cai Bingrui on May 1, 2023, the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker, is coming to an end. ...
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  7 March 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - More than 67,000 people fleeing jihadist violence in the north of the country Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 67,321 people have been displaced in recent weeks by armed attacks in the province of Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique. This was announced by Filimão Suaze, spokesman for the gove ...
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  7 March 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Constitutional referendum and mid-term elections: Catholics express doubts Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. confirms that his government intends to hold a referendum to ratify the constitutional amendments - after possible approval by Parliament - at the same t ...
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  7 March 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - Missionaries at the service of the needy: “We must remain on the side of the people” Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The country is in ruins, the entire region is isolated since gangs control access to the capital, so that people and goods can only enter the country through complicated air bridges or at ...
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  6 March 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Martial law in 61 municipalities; Radio Veritas, source of hope Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The ruling military junta in Myanmar has imposed martial law in a total of 61 municipalities, bringing a total of 8.2 million people under this measure. The figure of 61 municipalities was reache ...