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  8 February 2024
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako, message for Lent: in the time of fasting, may the Holy Spirit heal and protect our hearts from the darkness of the world Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - In the world that appears more and more "shrouded in darkness", this year again, the time of fasting and penance that the Church proposes before Easter comes to show our lives "a new horizon", and ...
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  8 February 2024
  AFRICA/MALI - The “sabbatical year” of Father Ha-Jo in the hands of the kidnappers: “They asked me for forgiveness, and I had already forgiven them" by Antonella Prenna Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Germany is waging war against us, has soldiers in Gao (Mali) and, together with the European Union, is training the Malian army in Kulikoro, on the banks of the Niger river ...
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  7 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Manipur, torn by conflict, tries to reconnect the threads of dialogue Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Gratitude for the humanitarian and spiritual aid provided by Indian Catholic communities and NGOs to the people of Manipur, torn by conflict; waiting and patience because "the peace process is ...
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  7 February 2024
  EUROPE/HUNGARY - European Meeting of National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies: “The proclamation of the Gospel constitutes the Church” Budapest (Agenzia Fides) - Mission and concrete synodality for a new proclamation of the Gospel on the European continent, said the President of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Archbishop Emilio Nappa, on Tuesday Febru ...
• 7 February 2024
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 27, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the Rev. Fr. Juvenal Nzohabonayo of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Gitega ...
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  7 February 2024
  AFRICA/BENIN - Seminar on violent extremism and the proliferation of weapons in West Africa Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "Prevention of violent extremism, radicalization and the proliferation of small arms in the Sahel and coastal countries of West Africa". These are the objectives of the training course launched ...
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  7 February 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - A Christian look at the "Chinese New Year". The Lenten message of Bishop Joseph Gan Guangzhou (Agenzia Fides) - This year again, as happens from time to time, the beginning of Lent coincides with the festive days of the Chinese New Year. A coincidence linked to the fact that the two events are fixed in ...
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  6 February 2024
  AMERICA/CHILE - Archbishop of Santiago on forest fires: “It is a disaster” Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The number of people who died in the devastating fire in the coastal area of Valparaíso last Friday, February 2, continues to rise: "The situation is really tragic, it is a catastrophe", said ...
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  6 February 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Parliamentary elections marked by economic crisis and political tensions Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Next February 8, the federal parliament, the so-called National Assembly, and the legislative assemblies of four provinces will be elected in Pakistan. The voters include 128 million eligible ...
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  6 February 2024
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle at the Conference for the ongoing formation of priests: "In order not to become ‘wolves’ " Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In order not to become ‘wolves’, pastors "must keep watch over themselves or must take care of themselves and their faith. This is ongoing formation". With these words, echoing the Apos ...
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  6 February 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Cardinal Czerny: "We are close to the people of South Sudan" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Free and credible elections were promised by South Sudanese President Salva Kiir to Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development, on the occasion ...
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  6 February 2024
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Archbishop Nappa during the visit to Missio Aachen: "It feels good to do good" Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Germany and Europe should see international church solidarity even more strongly as a personal, meaningful mission. Archbishop Emilio Nappa, President of the Pontifical Mission Soci ...
• 5 February 2024
  VATICAN - Appointment of under-secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for Fundamental Questions regarding Evangelization in the World Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Msgr. Graziano Borgonovo, until now official of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, as under-secretary for the Dicastery for Evangelizati ...
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  5 February 2024
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Archbishop of Dakar: “Like many of our fellow citizens, I am disturbed by what is happening” Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "Like many of our fellow citizens I am disturbed by what is happening", Archbishop Benjamin Ndiaye, Archbishop of Dakar, the capital of Senegal, told the press after President Macky Sall announced ...
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  5 February 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Signature campaign to change the constitution: Bishops call for comprehensive public debate Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A confrontation, a reflection, a deeper and broader discernment on the proposals for revising the Constitutional Charter, in order to prevent the country from embarking on a dangerous slope towar ...