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  20 November 2023
  AFRICA/CONGO - President of the Bishops' Conference: "To climb the social ladder, you must join Freemasonry" Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "We are poor people living in a rich country," says the President of the Episcopal Conference of the Republic of Congo and Archbishop of Brazzaville, Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou, in an i ...
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  20 November 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - New Archbishop of Tabora, Rugambwa, thanks and honors outgoing Pastor in special ceremony Tabora (Agenzia Fides) - "We thank the good God for His Providence and ask Him to keep us strong and faithful to the mission entrusted to us. May the Holy Spirit continue to guide and enlighten us in everything we plan t ...
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  18 November 2023
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Bishop of Kandy: "Our Catholics are poor in material means but rich in faith" Kandy (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of the difficulties that people are experiencing and the challenges that our country is facing, the strength that comes from above, the only one that gives true hope, sustains us and ...
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  18 November 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - National Missionary Congress calls for the canonization of those killed in odium fidei" and protection strategies from the violence affecting the ecclesial community Owerri (Agenzia Fides) - More than 300 bishops, priests, religious and lay faithful from the nine Ecclesiastical Provinces of the Nigerian Church took part in the V National Missionary Congress (NAMICON V) organized by t ...
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  17 November 2023
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Archbishop of Beijing Li Shan: "Grateful to the Lord" for the visit to the Catholic community of Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Beijing, Joseph Li Shan, thanks the Lord for the intense days of meetings in the Diocese of Hong Kong, which he visited together with a delegation of collaborators from the ...
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  17 November 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Supreme Court returns historic college to Christian owners Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The historic Gordon College in Rawalpindi, a prestigious and originally Christian educational institution founded in 1893, returns to the Presbyterian Church of Pakistan. The Supreme Court of ...
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  17 November 2023
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Low voter turnout in the presidential election: “The population no longer knows what to do” Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Low voter turnout is the first important aspect of the first round of presidential elections that took place yesterday, November 16, in Madagascar. And there has also been controversy betwe ...
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  17 November 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Maccalli: “The World Day of the Poor reminds us of the presence of Christ in the victims of wars” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The World Day of the Poor 2023 is framed today by a truly disturbing scenario of wars. From my missionary vision, the relationship between war and poverty appears immediate," emphasizes Father Pi ...
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  17 November 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Celebration of the sacraments and blessings of couples: missionaries keep going despite the war Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The war in Ukraine and the serious conflicts currently taking place in Gaza have overshadowed in all international media the equally bloody crisis that has devastated Sudan since April 15 (see ...
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  16 November 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Joseph Yang, "honored" to have participated in the Synod, quotes Confucius: "It is a pleasure to have friends coming from afar" by Gianni Valente and Marta Zhao Rome (Agenzia Fides) - He feels "truly honored" to have been invited to take part in the October meeting of the Synod of Bishops in Rome and to have had "the opportunity to speak about ...
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  16 November 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Presidential Elections: Towards a peaceful Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The presidential election race in Indonesia is in full swing. The Indonesian Election Commission has announced the three candidates to succeed current president Joko Widodo at the helm of the wo ...
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  16 November 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop (and Synod Father) Antonio Yao Shun: The agreement between China and the Holy See facilitates pastoral work and the proclamation of the Gospel by Gianni Valente and Marta Zhao Jining (Agenzia Fides) - The prevailing opinion among Chinese Catholics is that the current provisional Agreement between the government in Beijing and the Holy See on the appointment ...
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  16 November 2023
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - President of the Bishops' Conference: "On October 3, a further step was taken in relations between church and State" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "This is a further step with which the State recognizes the importance of the Church", says the Archbishop of Gitega and President of the Episcopal Conference of Burundi, Bonaventure Nahimana, ...
• 16 November 2023
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Reverend Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - On November 15, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa, of the clergy of Lilongwe, until now vicar general of the archdiocese of Lilongwe and national director of th ...
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  15 November 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis relaunches the message of Evangelii gaudium: “This is the right moment for the proclamation of Jesus”. Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Jesus is "a Person", not an idea; a "traveling companion", not "a program". An encounter with Jesus always brings you joy, and if this does not happen to you, it is not a true encounter with Jesus" ...