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  28 February 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Bishop Berardi: "Easter is the center of our spiritual life and Christian life" Awali (Agenzia Fides) - "Lent is the time of conversion in which we prepare to return to God. Forty days to change our lives, to return to Christ, God the Father, to receive the Holy Spirit. Forty days during which Jesus ...
• 28 February 2024
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Appointment of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Monrovia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Monsignor Gabriel Blamo Jubwe, of the clergy of Monrovia, Diocesan Administrator and Parish Priest of St. Pius X, as Metropolitan Archbishop of Monrov ...
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  28 February 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - First steps of the new Bishop Peter Wu in the province of Fujian, in the sign of episcopal communion and synodality Mindong (Agenzia Fides) - In recent weeks, coinciding with the Chinese New Year holiday, the ecclesial life of the Catholic community of the Chinese coastal province of Fujian has been marked by the beginning of the epis ...
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  28 February 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - Shootings in the night in N'Djamena: an opposition leader accused of having attacked the headquarters of the secret services; is the presidential clan tearing itself apart? N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "We heard gunshots in the night but we do not yet know what is happening", local sources tell Fides from N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, who woke up today, February 28, in a state of siege. "N ...
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  28 February 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Catholic elected Deputy President of the Sindh Provincial Assembly Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic politician Anthony Naveed has been elected deputy president of the provincial parliament of Sindh, a province in southern Pakistan. It is the first time that a Christian politician has ...
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  28 February 2024
  VATICAN - Year of Prayer: Pontifical Missionary Union organizes online conferences on prayer and mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday February 29, a series of videoconferences for missionaries with a focus on prayer begins, organized by the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) and led by its Secretary General, Fa ...
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  27 February 2024
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Investigation continue into the murder of 4 Orthodox monks of the historic Ziquala monastery in Oromia Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Investigations continue to identify the culprits of the tragic attack on the historic monastery of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) in Ziquala, Oromia, last Tuesday, February 2 ...
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  27 February 2024
  AFRICA MALI - Father Maccalli: "We rejoice at the release of the Italian family kidnapped in Mali on May 19, 2022" Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Italian family, consisting of Giovanni and Rocco and Donatella Langone, who were kidnapped in Mali on May 19, 2022, are doing well. "They are expected in Rome at the Foreign Mi ...
• 27 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Bishop of Kurnool Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Fr. Johannes Gorantla, O.C.D., currently Rector of the Seminarium Missionum at the Pontifical Theological Faculty and Pontifical Institute of Spiritua ...
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  27 February 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Cardinal Ambongo: "Sustainable" mining agreement between Rwanda and the EU focuses on resources plundered in our Country" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The European Union signs an agreement with Rwanda for sustainable cooperation in the mining sector because of the plundered resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Isn't this to be unde ...
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  27 February 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - One year after the environmental disaster: The "Verde Island Passage" is to become a marine protected area Calapan (Agenzia Fides) - The expansion of polluting industries in the area of the "Verde Island Passage" (VIP), off the coast of the Philippine island of Mindoro must be restricted and the area declared a "protected mar ...
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  27 February 2024
  BRICS+ Is A Polyhedron, Pope Francis’s Favorite Image by Victor Gaetan* Numerous multilateral organizations sprang up after World War II, all with one center—the United States. The World Bank and International Fund were created in 1944 to stabilize the postwar global e ...
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  26 February 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - Sister Marcella: “The gang affiliated with the G9 intends to take over our orphanage to defend itself from attacks from the sea by a rival gang” Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "They want to take over our orphanage to defend themselves from assaults from the sea by a rival gang", says to Fides Marcella Catozza, a Franciscan nun, who manages kay Pè Giuss, in the ...
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  26 February 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Escalation is feared after tribal conflict: The only way to avoid it is on-site dialogue Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - After the serious massacre in which a total of 64 people fell victim in the last few days in the province of Enga, near the town of Wabag, 600 kilometers northwest of the capital Port Mores ...
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  26 February 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - 'Drops of life': blood donation campaign, among Lent initiatives Manama (Agenzia Fides) - Saving human lives and promoting the noble cause of blood donation in the Catholic community of Bahrain is the objective of the Campaign recently held in the capital, Manama. The launch of "Dro ...