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  22 January 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - State University honors Thomas Aquinas on his 800th birthday Wuhan (Agenzia Fides) - The School of Philosophy of the Chinese State University "Huazhong University of Science and Technology" (HUST) in the city of Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province, will hold an academic ceremony in J ...
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  22 January 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - Which of the 300 Haitian gangs kidnapped the 6 nuns? Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - There is still no news about the total of eight people (including six religious sisters) who were kidnapped in Haiti on January 19. The sisters, who belong to the Congrégation des Sœurs ...
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  20 January 2024
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - From "island of peace" to one of the most violent countries in the world Quito (Agenzia Fides) - From "island of peace" to the eleventh most violent country in the world, on a par with Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, accor ...
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  20 January 2024
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The diocesan phase of the cause of beatification opens for two missionary bishops Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The testimony of the two bishops François Pallu (MEP) (1626-1684) and Pierre Lambert de La Motte (MEP) (1624 - 1679), the first missionaries sent to the Far East, is precious for Vietnamese Catho ...
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  19 January 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - More and more civilians are caught up in the “war between the generals” Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The war in Sudan has now transformed from a clash between the regular army (SAF) led by General Abdul Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) under the command of Mohamed Hamdan Da ...
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  19 January 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Presidential election: Ash Wednesday rite postponed to Thursday Ruteng (Agenzia Fides) - So that the faithful can experience the important moment of the elections with full attention and with a conscience enlightened by faith and the search for the common good and charity, and on the ...
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  19 January 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - "The Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia is a symbol of freedom and religious coexistence" Awali (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia, in Awali, also known as the Cathedral in the Desert, in addition to its predominantly religious nature, is a place of welcome and sharing for thousands of peop ...
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  18 January 2024
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako calls for withdrawal of sectarian militias from the Nineveh Plain Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Iraqi Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, calls on the government in Baghdad "to assume its national and legal responsibilities by adopting practical and clear measures ...
• 18 January 2024
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, José María Calderón Castro Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 19, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, confirmed for a another five years the Reverend Father José María Calderón Castro ...
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  18 January 2024
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Prosecutor investigating links between narcos and corrupt officials killed Quito (Agenzia Fides) - César Suárez, the Ecuadorian prosecutor assassinated yesterday, January 17, was carrying out delicate investigations. The prosecutor was murdered with at least 20 gunshots last night in Guayaqui ...
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  18 January 2024
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - 16 non-governmental organizations dissolved, including some Catholic organizations Managua (Agenzia Fides) - A few days after the release of 19 Catholic Bishops, priests and seminarians (see Fides, 15/1/2024) detained in the prisons of Managua, it became known that sixteen non-governmental organization ...
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  18 January 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: “No matter how hard and long the struggle, the time of reconciliation will come” Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The texts of the meditations, prayers and celebrations to be used by Christians around the world during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2024 (January 18-25, 2024) were published this ...
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  18 January 2024
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - New Russian edition of Pope Benedict XVI "Jesus of Nazareth" presented in Moscow by Chiara Dommarco Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday evening, January 17, the new Russian-language edition of the book "Jesus of Nazareth" was presented in Moscow at the Biblioteca dello Spirito cultural center. The ...
• 17 January 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Wamba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Wamba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, presented by Bishop Janvier Kataka Luvete. The Holy Father ha ...
• 17 January 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Désiré Lenge Mukwenye as bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Msgr. Désiré Lenge Mukwenye has hitherto served as diocesa ...