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  6 March 2024
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Camillians proclaim “Laudato Si'” year: conversion, environmental awareness and change in personal and community lifestyle Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) – "It is extremely important to pay special attention to the environment in which people find themselves. It is impossible to talk about holistic health and healthy living without taking into ...
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  6 March 2024
  AFRICA/GABON - President of the Bishops' Conference: "People can breathe a sigh of relief, but we remain cautious" Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - "The leaden cloak that hung over the country seems to have dissolved," says the President of the Bishops' Conference of Gabon, Bishop Jean-Vincent Ondo Eyene of Oyem, in an interview with Fid ...
• 5 March 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Resignation and appointment of Bishop of Ratnapura Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, presented by Bishop Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B. Silv. The Holy Father has ...
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  5 March 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - Appeal on behalf of the people of Haiti: "The international community must intervene immediately to stop this horrible situation of violence" by Antonella Prenna Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The intervention of the international community is urgent, otherwise a point of no return will be reached and the dead will be counted in the thousands - Father Ma ...
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  5 March 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - "Terrifying situation"; a Catholic hospital was also attacked Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is terrifying" Marcella Catozza, a Franciscan, who for years has been dedicated to pastoral and charitable activities in Haiti, tells Fides (see Fides, 26/2/2024). "The gan ...
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  5 March 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - One week after the death of an opposition figure: calm appears to have been restored in N'Djamena N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - In N'Djamena, capital of Chad, there is apparent calm a few days after the assassination of Yaya Dillo, leader of the opposition party PSF (Socialist Party Without Borders). Dillo was killed o ...
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  5 March 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Lent in the sign of mercy: “Silsilah” movement visits prison inmates Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - The "Silsilah" dialogue movement, founded in the south of the Philippines by the PIME missionary Father Sebastiano D'Ambra, accompanies prisoners on a path of inner liberation, carrying o ...
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  4 March 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - A beacon of light and hope: sacred journey through the Holy Door of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia Awali (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia (OLA) in Bahrain is a beacon of spiritual light and hope for Catholics. It is not only a place of worship but also a symbol of peace and unity. In a statemen ...
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  4 March 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Pankahin: “We must enable displaced people to return to their homes” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The government must intervene to help displaced people return to their homes", said Bishop Michael Gobal Gokum of Pankshin, in the central Nigerian state of Plateau, in his homily on Sunday March ...
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  4 March 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Easter attacks: the Catholic community prays and is committed to recognizing its "martyrs" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The faithful who lost their lives as innocents, in the moment of adoration of God, in the terrorist attacks of Easter 2019, while participating in the Eucharist on Sunday in church, are for us ...
• 4 March 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of Bishop of Cochin Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 2, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Cochin (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Kariyil. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 4/3/2024) ...
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  2 March 2024
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Lent, a time to be with Christ and help others Penang (Agenzia Fides) - To make Lent "a fruitful and significant time", "the Holy Spirit invites us to be where Jesus is, that is, to be with him in the desert, to pray with him "to face the temptation with him," said t ...
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  29 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - A commercial and strategic hub in the Indian Ocean: a project that threatens indigenous peoples Port Blair (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous peoples of the Indian Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean are at risk of disappearing in the name of a development project promoted by the Indian government in favor of commerc ...
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  29 February 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Salesian missionaries in Sunyani: Protecting the childhood of the most fragile children Sunyani (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of street children in the extremely poor area of Sunyani represents a major challenge. It threatens the survival and future of hundreds of thousands of minors who come from diffic ...
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  29 February 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - After clashes: fate of opposition politician Yaya Dillo uncertain N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "Rumors are circulating about the assassination of Yaya Dillo, but at the moment there is no confirmation", report to Fides local sources from N'Djamena, capital of Chad, where the armed force ...