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  6 December 2024
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - "Church of Discretion": Interview with the Archbishop of Algiers and future Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco by Gianni Valente “I have not lost any of those you gave me,” this quote from the Gospel of John is the title of the last pastoral letter of the French Dominican Father Jean-Paul Vesco, who took office as Archbis ...
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  6 December 2024
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - SWAPO candidate wins presidential election Windhoek (Agenzia Fides) - Outgoing Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won the presidential election in Namibia on November 27 (see Fides, 27/11/2024). The candidate of SWAPO (South West Africa People's Organization), ...
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  6 December 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - At the feet of the Immaculate Conception: "Mother of hope and reconciliation" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Today we remember our nation and pray for peace in the Adoration of the first Friday of the month. We entrust Myanmar, which has been in great distress for some time, to the Virgin Mary, her mat ...
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  6 December 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Spiritan Father kidnapped on November 30 has been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Gerald Ohaeri, who was kidnapped on the evening of November 30th, is free again and in good health," says a statement from the South-East Nigeria Province of the Missionary Society of the ...
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  5 December 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - During Advent, testimony of unity and interreligious cooperation to promote peaceful coexistence Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – An interreligious delegation recently visited the Kahna Nau area, near Lahore, with the aim of fostering harmony and understanding between communities affected by violence and fear, after the e ...
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  5 December 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Keep praying for Sudan so that this senseless and tragic war comes to an end”: missionaries evacuated from Dar Mariam by Antonella Prenna Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “On the day the war began in Khartoum, on April 15, 2023, we had the last exams of the school year. Around 11 am, we noticed that there were many people at the school gat ...
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  4 December 2024
  VATICAN - Wednesday Papal Audiences also in Chinese. The importance of a new gift
  by Gianni Valente Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “With great pleasure.” With these words, Pope Francis announced today the addition of Chinese among the languages in which ...
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  4 December 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Korean Church after the imposition of martial law: "President Yoon must apologize and take responsibility" by Pascale Rizk Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "The behavior of President Yoon, a man who denies what exists and asserts what does not exist, no longer surprises us. We ask ourselves: how can someone behave like this?". ...
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  4 December 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - Presidential election: Bishops hope for a peaceful outcome Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "If any party were to stand out and say I don’t want peace, then, they do not deserve to be voted for in the country, so it is their own interest that they put their signatures and accept this p ...
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  4 December 2024
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - New Apostolic Vicar of Soddo: “The strength of our people is faith” by Antonella Prenna Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Our strength, the strength of our people, our vicariate and our diocese is faith. We have a very deep-rooted faith, people trust in God, they place their hope in God that ...
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  4 December 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Member of the Missionary Society of the Holy Spirit kidnapped in south-east Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A member of the Missionary Society of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) has been kidnapped in Nigeria. Father Gerald Ohaeri was kidnapped on the evening of November 30. According to the information prov ...
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  3 December 2024
  ASIA/SYRIA - Jacques Mourad, Archbishop of Homs: “This is the end of the great history of Christians in Aleppo” by Gianni Valente Homs (Agenzia Fides) - “We are really tired. We are really exhausted, and we are also finished, in every sense”. Father Jacques' words, as always, resonate with his faith and his story. Jacques ...
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  3 December 2024
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The "mutilated Christ" of Battambang takes on the pain of people with disabilities Battambang (Agenzia Fides) - "There are many disabled people in Cambodia: many are victims of the civil war and of landmines scattered throughout Cambodian territory. During my journey I had an inspiration from the Lord: ...
• 3 December 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Pyay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Pyay, Myanmar, presented by Bishop Alexander Pyone Cho. The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Pet ...
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  3 December 2024
  ASIA/IRAN - Franciscan, astronomer and, Cardinal quite by chance. Who is Dominique Joseph Mathieu, the first cardinal on Iranian soil? by Gianni Valente Pope Francis called him to head the old episcopal see of Ispahan, erected in 1629 after changing its name to the Archdiocese of Tehran – Ispahan of the Latins. And he decided to create him Cardina ...