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• 20 December 2023
  AFRICA/MAURITIUS - Fr. Michel Moura, Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, appointed Apostolic Vicar of Rodrigues Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 20 December, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Sac Michel Moura, of the clergy of the Diocese of Port-Louis, currently Director of the PP.OO.MM. for the territories of the C.E.D.O.I. and E ...
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  20 December 2023
  AFRICA/GUINEA - The number of victims following the explosion in Conakry is increasing Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - The number of victims from the explosion following a fire in the Conakry fuel depot has increased. With the death of four hospitalized people, the death toll has increased from 14 to 18, accordi ...
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  20 December 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - A world in motion: "Migrate to exist"! Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "We know that the history of humanity is a history of migrations. Any social transformation also occurs through migrations. In fact, migration is one of the mirrors of our society." This is the r ...
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  20 December 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Before the Nativity scene what counts is amazement Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Before the Nativity scene, which remembers the mystery of the birth of Jesus, what counts is amazement. It is not enough to look at the Nativity scene as a "beautiful thing" or as a histori ...
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  20 December 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Bangladeshi Catholics among those in need Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - In the heart of Dhaka, the Catholic parish of Tejgaon radiates the true spirit of Advent, highlighting the importance of solidarity with those in need. In the metropolitan bustle of Dhaka, where d ...
• 20 December 2023
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Rev. Fr. Peter Ephraim Madeya Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 26 September 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the Rev. Fr. Peter Ephraim Madeya of the clergy of Dezda as National Directo ...
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  19 December 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops urge vigilance on the eve of the election Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us not leave the polling stations until the results are published". This is the appeal that the Congolese Bishops' Conference (CENCO) made back in June to the voters who, tomorrow, Decembe ...
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  19 December 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - The historical archive of Propaganda Fide is being presented to professors and students in the People’s Republic of China for the first time Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - More than one hundred professors, researchers and students from the People's Republic of China took part in an unprecedented seminar conference on the Historical Archives of Propaganda Fide led ...
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  19 December 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop among refugees: "Like sheep among wolves, we trust in the Good Shepherd" Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - These are heartfelt and moving words, words full of faith and a source of consolation, that Bishop Celso Ba Shwe of Loikaw, in the Burmese state of Kayah, in the north of Myanmar, addresses to th ...
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  19 December 2023
  AFRICA/GUINEA - The church of St. Joseph the Worker destroyed after fuel depot fire Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - "The church of St. Joseph the Worker, located 500 meters from the fuel depot that caught fire on the night of December 17 to 18 has been completely destroyed" local Church sources report to Fide ...
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  19 December 2023
  ASIA/BARHAIN - "If we always put God first, He will bless us more than we deserve": a young Filipina talks about the life of the Bahraini Catholic community Awali (Agenzia Fides) - Grace Omit is one of the many young people who took part in the National Youth Day at the Cathedral of Awali on Friday December 8, 2023, where some of the participants also spok ...
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  18 December 2023
  AFRICA/GUINEA - At least 8 dead after fuel depot explodes in residential area Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - At least eight people were killed and just over eighty injured and a residential area was completely devastated. This is the sad conclusion of the major fire that broke out on the night of Decem ...
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  18 December 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Ten years of civil war: Sexual violence as a weapon of war Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Victims of sexual violence are the invisible victims of the civil war that broke out in South Sudan 10 years ago in December 2013 (see Fides, 16 and 18 December 2013). Sexual violence is a real wea ...
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  18 December 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - From a ceasefire to true peace: Christmas marked by reconciliation with the people of North Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of Christmas, the Korean Catholic community extends its thoughts, prayers and a deep desire for peace and reconciliation to its compatriots in the North: in the year of the 70th an ...
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  18 December 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Diocese of Yei publishes five-year plan: evangelization, social development, economy Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "This is a very important event, both for the faith and for the holistic development of the Church," said the Bishop of Yei, Alex Lodiong Sakor, on the occasion of the presentation of the five-year ...