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  2 December 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Testimony of faith of young people at the exhibition of the relics of St. Francis Xavier in Goa Goa (Agenzia Fides) - "The motivation is faith. The faithful come here to pray and touch the remains of Saint Francis Xavier, not out of curiosity or for a tourist visit," said Father Fermino Savio D'Souza, parish priest ...
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  2 December 2024
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Pope writes to the people of God in Nicaragua: "Faith and hope work miracles" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Be assured that faith and hope work miracles," writes Pope Francis in a letter to the people of God in Nicaragua, on the occasion of the novena for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception o ...
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  2 December 2024
  ASIA/THAILAND - Buddhists and Catholics commemorate Cardinal Ayuso Guixot together in Bangkok Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – In an emotional gesture of interreligious fraternity, Buddhists and Catholics gathered this December 1 at the Temple of the Reclining Buddha (Wat Phra Chetuphon Wimonmangklararm Ratchaworamah ...
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  2 December 2024
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Dozens of people killed after a stampede at a football stadium Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - "There is still no precise information on the number of dead (the government says 56, ed.) and wounded in yesterday's drama at the stadium," said the President of the Episcopal Conference of Gui ...
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  2 December 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Father Lawrence J. Lewis dies: Chinese students remember the Maryknoll missionary "with great gratitude" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - His many Chinese students - priests, religious and lay people - have expressed "great gratitude and affection" on the death of the Maryknoll missionary Father Lawrence J. Lewis, who died on Nove ...
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  2 December 2024
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Arbitrary arrests and disappearances of opposition figures are worrying Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Arbitrary arrests, political opponents who disappear without a trace or are brutally murdered by mysterious assassins. Worrying incidents are occurring in Tanzania. The case of Deusdedith ...
• 30 November 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Bombay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop John Rodrigues as coadjutor archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bombay, India, transferring him from the diocese of Poona. Archbishop-elect J ...
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  30 November 2024
  ASIA/SYRIA- Churches in the rebel-held city of Aleppo remain open for services: “City in limbo” Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "After three days of attacks, the so-called opposition militias have taken over the city. Now everything is quiet. The city is in limbo. And nobody tells us anything," said the Maronite Archbisho ...
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  30 November 2024
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Pope remembers the hidden Christians: “They have passed on the precious treasure of the faith as a legacy from generation to generation” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The Japanese people are a noble people”, and their history is also marked by the “living testimony to the fidelity of so many Japanese Christians who passed on the precious treasur ...
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  30 November 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi: "Let's work together to end gender-based violence and femicide in our society" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "In recent months, Kenya has witnessed a troubling pattern of women losing their lives in gruesome murders and under unclear circumstances," said Simon Peter Kamomoe, one of the two auxiliary bi ...
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  30 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic communities study and spread the Papal Bull “Spes non confundit” in preparation for the Jubilee Sanyuan (Agenzia Fides) – Sharing and spreading the message of faith, hope and charity condensed by the Pope in the Bull “Spes non confundit” to begin together the synodal journey towards the Jubilee. With this spi ...
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  30 November 2024
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Jubilee Year in the company of Mary and the Cambodian martyrs Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Cambodia is preparing for the Jubilee Year 2025, which will be accompanied in particular by the Virgin Mary in Cambodian communities. As part of the Holy Year celebrati ...
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  29 November 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - Chad unexpectedly ends military cooperation agreements with France N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "A move yet to be interpreted that in any case has taken everyone by surprise" local sources in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, told Fides after the announcement that the local government inte ...
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  29 November 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Record number of landmine victims: children and civilians among the most affected Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Myanmar has become the country with the highest mortality rate in the world from landmines and unexploded ordnance, with more than 1,000 victims recorded in 2023 alone. According to studies carri ...
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  29 November 2024
  ASIA/SYRIA - The humanitarian crisis in Aleppo worsens, once again under siege by jihadists Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Aleppo is facing a new and fierce offensive that is plunging its population into an alarming humanitarian crisis. A jihadist attack of rare intensity, which began in recent days, h ...