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  25 February 2025
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "May the abolition of the death penalty be a first step towards promoting the culture of life in prisons" Harare (Agenzia Fides) - With the abolition of the death penalty, Zimbabwe has taken a fundamental step towards aligning its laws with the fundamental Christian principle of "love your neighbour as yourself" (Mark 12:31) ...
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  25 February 2025
  VATICAN - Archbishop Nappa appointed Secretary General of the Governorate of the Vatican City State Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Emilio Nappa as the new Secretary General of the Governorate of the Vatican City State, with effect from 1 March 2025. This was announced today by the ...
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  25 February 2025
  Theology, geopolitics and economics come together in an innovative course of studies on Asia at the Urbaniana University Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The close links between the cultures, religions and societies of Asia and how they relate to the rest of the planet will be the focus of a new course called "Transregional Asian Studies" created at ...
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  25 February 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - United in prayer and hope: meeting and prayer in Taizé style for the Pope Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic faithful of Phnom Penh are gathering in the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in the Cambodian capital for prayer and Eucharistic adoration in the style of the Taizé community, to ...
• 25 February 2025
  VATICAN - Appointment of secretaries-general of the Governorate of Vatican City State Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, modifying the Fundamental Law of Vatican City State, of 13 May 2023, and Law no. CCLXXIV on the Governance of Vatican City State, of 25 November 2018, has appointed the fol ...
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  25 February 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Sister Ana, a missionary among young Filipinos: this is how we help them discover their talents by Pascale Rizk San Carlos (Agenzia Fides) - A few days ago the seventh edition of the "Asian Mission" initiative ended, which this year had the motto "Made for a mission. Made for peace". The event brought together 5 ...
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  24 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “We are grateful that we are still alive”: Witnesses report from Bukavu one week after the conquest by the M23 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are grateful to be alive", this is the prevailing mood in Bukavu, the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which was taken by th ...
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  24 February 2025
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Sudanese and South Sudanese gathered for the anniversary of the founding of the Arbaa wNus centre in Cairo, dedicated to Saint Bakhita Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - This year the parish of Sakakini in Cairo has reason to celebrate: it is celebrating the centenary of its foundation (until the 1980s the parish was entrusted to the Society of African Missions) a ...
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  24 February 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - New bishop consecrated in Rakhine State as fighting continues Pyay (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic faithful of the Rakhine State (or Arakan), in western Myanmar, have welcomed their new Bishop, Peter Tin Wai, a "Good Shepherd" called to lead the Catholic faithful in a situation of c ...
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  24 February 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two Catholic priests kidnapped in the north-east of Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Two priests were kidnapped in the early hours of Saturday, February 22. Father Matthew David Dutsemi, of the diocese of Yola, and Father Abraham Saummam, of the diocese of Jalingo, were captured b ...
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  23 February 2025
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - The Pope hospitalized at the Gemelli Hospital asks for prayers and carries the pain of the world in his heart Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis is hospitalized at the Gemelli hospital in Rome with the diagnosis of bilateral pneumonia. The medical bulletin released yesterday evening, Saturday 22 February, spoke of a "re ...
• 22 February 2025
  AFRICA/NIGER - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Maradi Maradi (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Maradi, Niger, presented by Bishop Ambroise Ouédraogo. The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Ignat ...
• 22 February 2025
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Dakar Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dakar, Senegal, presented by Archbishop Benjamin Ndiaye. The Holy Father has appointed Bisho ...
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  22 February 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - In the Jubilee Year, Catholics entrust themselves to the intercession of Cardinal Stephen Kim, Servant of God Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of people - up to 800 a day - come every day to the Catholic cemetery of Yogin, a city south of Seoul, to visit the tomb of Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (1922-2009), "Servant of God" and ...
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  22 February 2025
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The first intercontinental meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Asia and Oceania is currently taking place in Sydney Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time, representatives of the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Asia and Oceania are meeting for an intercontinental meeting. The meeting, which is currently ...