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  9 November 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Year of the Laity” in Islamabad: The mission of believers in church and society Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The pastoral year 2023-2024, which begins next November 26 with the Feast of Christ the King, will be the "Year of the Laity" in the Archdiocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi. Archbishop Joseph Arsh ...
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  9 November 2023
  AMERICA/CUBA - "The Church is where the Christian is and the Lord is there": Jubilee Year for the fifth centenary of the first diocese on Cuban soil Santiago de Cuba (Agenzia Fides) - Last October 22 marked a historical milestone for the Cuban population with the opening of the Jubilee Year for the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Diocese of Santiago de Cuba, ...
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  8 November 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Madeleine Delbrêl. The joy of faith among non-believers Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The witnesses and confessors of the faith in Christ are always called to live in their time, to "share life with others, to mingle with the joys and sorrows of the world". And also to be in contact ...
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  8 November 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Massacre in southwest Cameroon on the anniversary of President Biya's rise to power Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - At least 25 people were killed in western Cameroon on November 6, the day President Paul Biya celebrated the 41st anniversary of his rise to power. Paul Biya took control of Cameroon on Novembe ...
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  8 November 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Head of the “Catholic Immaculate Conception” clinic in Njmafor in Bamenda murdered Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - A member of the Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception was killed in a road attack in Cameroon. Brother Cyprian Ngeh was stabbed to death in the Ndamukong district of Bamenda o ...
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  8 November 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Ten years after typhoon Yolanda, commemoration, prayer and a warning for climate change Borongan (Agenzia Fides) - Ten years after tropical cyclone Yolanda (or Typhoon Haiyan) which devastated the east and central Philippines on November 8, 2013, killing more than 7,000 people and affecting more than 16 mi ...
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  7 November 2023
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Between persecution and “salvation”: The Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia on the history of the Trinitarians Manama (Agenzia Fides) - "I am the first Trinitarian to arrive in Bahrain. Only after me did the others come and we founded a community," said Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia Aldo Berardi, first bishop of the Order of ...
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  7 November 2023
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga: “Recent clashes in northern Ghana must be clarified” Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "The Upper East Regional Peace Council and the Catholic Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga view with great concern the recent events in Garu involving the military and residents and condemn the brutal ...
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  7 November 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Conflict between Tiv and Jukun in Wukari: Church efforts for peace Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A cross intended to give hope to peoples marked by centuries of conflict was created for this purpose by Father Anthony Odey of his parish "St. James" in Taraba State (eastern Nigeria), which is p ...
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  7 November 2023
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - "Austria On Mission": missionaries and their commitment at the center of the initiative now in its fourth edition Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - For the fourth time in a row, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Austria awarded the bronze donkey “EMIL” last Friday evening to missionary personalities during the annual Austria On M ...
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  6 November 2023
  ASIA/JORDAN - Church leaders: Christmas without festivities as a sign of respect and closeness to the victims of Gaza Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In the Kingdom of Jordan, Christian communities will live next Christmas renouncing the convivial and festive moments that usually precede and accompany Christmas celebrations, as a sign of respec ...
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  6 November 2023
  VATICAN - “Missionary Seed”: Children from the village of Zazriva in Slovakia pray together with others Rome (Agenzia Fides) - 'Missionary Seed' is the name of the representation of the children of the Missionary Childhood of Slovakia, who visited the International Secretariat of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhoo ...
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  6 November 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Historic court decision against discrimination: Christians should in future be referred to as "Masihi", the people of the Messiah by Paolo Affatato Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Words have weight. Words are sometimes like bullets that kill. On the other hand, words can also give life, hope and comfort. Words have power, and in a community or a natio ...
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  6 November 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Sister Elena Balatti: “Paride Taban testified that hatred is not the right way” Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "My first thought when I heard about the death of Bishop Paride Taban on the evening of All Saints was 'he has gone to the saints'; I was not the only one, I heard other people make the same remark ...
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  6 November 2023
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Purges in the army after the assault on the Conakry prison and the failed escape of former President Camara Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Conakry, capital of the Republic of Guinea, is tense. At least nine people died in an attack on the central prison where former President Moussa Dadis Camara is imprisoned. The ...