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• 8 January 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Pointe-Noire Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 6, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Pointe-Noire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, presented by Archbishop Miguel Ángel Ola ...
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  8 January 2024
  VATICAN -The Pope: “The ‘third world war in pieces’ is increasingly turning into a real global conflict” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The "third world war in pieces" is turning into a "real global conflict", warns Pope Francis in his address to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See. Referring to his oft-stated c ...
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  8 January 2024
  Diplomacy and mission of the Church: This is why the Pope speaks to the Ambassadors by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The speech that the Bishop of Rome addresses every year to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See is not just an expression of the current Pope's "personal opinion" o ...
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  5 January 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - "The secular politics of the Awami League is the key to popular consensus", notes a priest on the eve of the vote Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her party, the Awami League, seem to enjoy broad popular support." This is what Father Redon Robert Hadima, a Bangladeshi priest, involved in the field of ...
• 5 January 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Aurangabad Vatican City (Agenzi Fides) - The Holy Father appointed the Reverend Bernard Lancy Pinto, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Bombay, until now parish priest of Saint Michael and dean of the deanery of North Mumbai in In ...
• 5 January 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Jhabua Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 30, 2023, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Peter Rumal Kharadi, of the clergy of the diocese of Jhabua, India, until now diocesan administrator, as bishop of the same dioc ...
• 5 January 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Nashik Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 30, 2023, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nashik, India, presented by Bishop Lourdnada Daniel. The Holy Father has appointed B ...
• 5 January 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Ranchi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 30, 2023, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Ranchi, India, presented by Archbishop Felix Toppo, S.J. The Holy Father has app ...
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  5 January 2024
  VATICAN - “Christus in martyre est”. The light of hope lit by the martyrs continues to illuminate the path of the Church by Stefano Lodigiani Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From the earliest times, Christian communities buried with due honor those who had borne witness to the faith to the point of giving their lives. Christians very so ...
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  5 January 2024
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The unknown plague of kidnappings in northern Cameroon Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) – Farmers, breeders, merchants and humanitarian workers. These are the preferred victims of kidnappings in northern Cameroon, where a true kidnapping economy has developed. Victims are selected ...
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  4 January 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis to the Fraternité missionnaire des Cités: revive the missionary zeal of the early Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Gospel of Christ is announced to the poor first, and the Nativity scene itself is the sign of this predilection. Pope Francis recalled this in the speech prepared for the meeting with a ...
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  4 January 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Manifesto" in view of the elections: Christians and Muslims for a society without discrimination Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - To promote and build a society in which cultural, ethnic and religious discrimination is eliminated both in the general mentality and - as is still the case - in the legislation and practice of s ...
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  4 January 2024
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Failed coup: After being indicted, former President Koroma receives political asylum in Nigeria Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - The former President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, was indicted yesterday, January 3, on four counts, including treason, in connection with the failed coup of November 26 (see Fides, 28/1 ...
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  4 January 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite bishops sound the alarm: escalation of war has already affected Lebanon Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The escalation of the war in the Middle East has hit Lebanon, exacerbating the risks of worsening a situation that has already become a kind of "time bomb" due to the presence of more than a mill ...
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  4 January 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Is the regional tour of the leader of the Rapid Support Forces a hope for peace? Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (known as Hemeti or Hemedti), commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said he is ready for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire through talks with the Sudanese arm ...