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  4 November 2023
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Evangelii gaudium inspires the Christian message and spiritual accompaniment of young Cambodians Kompong Cham (Agenzia Fides) - "The Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium of Pope Francis is in our hearts and inspires our steps as a small Catholic community in Cambodia. Although the text is not available in Khmer ( ...
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  4 November 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Carlassare: "South Sudan is on the right path, but the path is long" by Luca Attanasio Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) – Christian Carlassare, a Comboni missionary, is the youngest bishop in Africa. He was born in Schio (Vicenza) in 1977 and immediately after his ordination in 2004 went to Sou ...
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  4 November 2023
  EVANGELII GAUDIUM, 10 years (part 2). Baptism is sufficient to proclaim the Gospel by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We have found the Messiah". The first disciples of Christ, after encountering the gaze of Jesus, immediately went forth to proclaim their encounter with these words to those aro ...
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  3 November 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - In the month of November: Catholics focus on the “Four Last Things” and pray for peace in the world Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the commemoration of the dead, the Bishop of Beijing Joseph Li Shan, called on all Catholics to reflect on the bond of communion that unites the "triumphant Church" in heaven ...
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  3 November 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest from the archdiocese of Abuja has been missing for a month Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Since October 1, there has been no news of a Nigerian priest living and working in the Archdiocese of Abuja. The news of Father Sampson Emokhidi's disappearance was made public by the Chancellor o ...
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  3 November 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The tireless peacemaker Paris Taban, first bishop of Torit Juba (Agenzia Fides) - He was a bishop who placed peace and reconciliation at the center of his life at the service of the people of God. This is how one can describe the figure of Paride Taban, the first bishop of the D ...
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  3 November 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Three months after the military coup: "Close to the poorest without fuss" Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "After three months of military government there is no way out. We continue to experience a complicated situation throughout the country. And the situation seems to be getting worse because so far ...
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  2 November 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - “The art of listening”: The church of a diverse country is inspired by the “fides romana” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The pursuit of unity in the diverse Catholic community of India and full communion with the universal Church, as experienced at the just concluded Synod, are among the priorities of the C ...
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  2 November 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The missionary team of the small community in Gode, 'channel of God's goodness' Gode (Agenzia Fides) – “We live on the 'frontiers of the Gospel' in Gode, a place where the vast majority of the population is Muslim; there is a small presence of Orthodox and Evangelical communities, and a tiny pre ...
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  1 November 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The "forgotten" war in Sudan and its external sponsors Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - There are recent developments in one of the many "forgotten conflicts" in Sudan between the Regular Armed Forces (SAF) led by General Abdel-Fattah Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) unde ...
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  31 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Auxiliary Bishop of Minna: "We live in difficult times, but we remain strong in prayer. Nobody wants a bloody revolution" Minna (Agenzia Fides) - "Our country continues to experience situations of conflict, both in the Church and in society in general", writes the Auxiliary Bishop of Minna, Luka Sylvester Gopep, to Fides regarding the escal ...
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  31 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest kidnapped on Sunday, October 29 released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Father Thaddeus Tarhembe, the priest kidnapped in the rectory of the parish of Saint Anne in the State of Taraba (north-eastern Nigeria) in the early hours of Sunday 29 October (see Fides, 30/10/2 ...
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  31 October 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Hamas and the Christians by Gianni Valente Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - In the Gaza Strip, before the atrocities committed by Hamas and Islamic Jihad on October 7 and before the Israeli bombing began, there were just over a thousand Christians liv ...
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  31 October 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Political unrest and blockades: Catholic cathedral damaged Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Government and opposition politicians should engage in dialogue and not fuel political instability. Conflict and violence are not good for the country. We want peace. Our people have the right to ...
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  30 October 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - "The importance to recognize and see the other as a human being": Neve Shalom-Wahat al Salam, where Israelis and Palestinians live together Tel Aviv (Agenzia Fides) - "We are living in traumatic times of war. Everyone at our School for Peace is shocked and saddened by the incomprehensible atrocities committed by Hamas and the lethal and vengeful response tha ...