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10 November 2022
AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Director of Justice and Peace of Butembo-Beni: "Is the population being massacred to clear out the territory in order to exploit its riches?"
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - This massacre reflects what has been happening in our diocese from October 2014 until today: the ADF attack and kill the populations, burning houses, means of transport on the roads and goods", ...
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10 November 2022
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The forgotten victims of the Tigray war: the fate of 100,000 Eritrean refugees
Shire (Agenzia Fides) - In the last two years of the ongoing conflict in the northern region of Ethiopia, very little has been said about Eritreans. While 60,000 Tigrayans have been displaced from their homes to refugee ...
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9 November 2022
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - In one of the poorest Countries in the world, the parish remains a refuge for all
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In Madagascar we know that we are objectively among the poorest Countries in the world. But there is no war, the worst and most repugnant of the evils that men inflict on their fellow men. And at ...
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9 November 2022
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Kaduna: Kidnapping of a Catholic priest and 9 other people in a village attacked by bandits
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Abraham Kunat has been kidnapped by armed men in the local government area of Kachia, in the state of Kaduna, in northern Nigeria. The kidnapping took place around midnight yesterday, November ...
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9 November 2022
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Care of the 'Common Home' in eastern Davao: make it a "zone free of mining exploitation"
Davao (Agenzia Fides) - "Every Catholic, in conscience, recalling the Encyclical Laudato Sì of Pope Francis, which promotes 'the care of the Common Home', cannot approve this operation of destruction of our territory by ...
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9 November 2022
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - Participate in the national census for the benefit of everyone's quality of life
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of the Dominican Republic (CED) calls on the entire Dominican people to participate in the X National Population and Housing Census, which the State will carry out ...
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8 November 2022
ASIA/CHINA - Celso Costantini's “prophecy”, 100 years after his arrival in Beijing
Pordenone (Agenzia Fides) - One hundred years ago, Cardinal Celso Costantini, from the Friuli region of northern Italy, arrived in Beijing after a long journey, sent to China by Pope Pius XI as the first Apostolic Delega ...
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8 November 2022
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Peace talks: negotiating partners discuss implementation of the agreement
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, November 7, 2022, a new round of talks began in Nairobi between the Federal Government of Ethiopia and the rebels of the Tigray region: representatives of the military command of ...
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8 November 2022
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Ecosystem damage continues as the country is engulfed in flames, just days after an incident on Lake Victoria
Dodoma (Agenzia Fides) – Tanzania, overwhelmed by an active fire since October 21, deployed the army to respond to the fire that broke out on Kilimanjaro. On Tuesday, November 1, the country mobilized a military contin ...
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8 November 2022
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Appointment of Bishop of Torit, Emmanuel Bernardino Lowi Napeta
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Emmanuel Bernardino Lowi Napeta, of the clergy of Khartoum, until now parish priest of the Cathedral of Saint Matthew of the archdiocese of Kharto ...
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8 November 2022
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Imran Khan's "long march": in the post-flood phase, "the country needs stability"
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "The country lives in a situation of uncertainty and precariousness. Society is deeply polarized. The party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan enjoys some popular support, even among the most e ...
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8 November 2022
AMERICA - Social reality, evangelization, synodal journey: the Bishops of Argentina, Mexico and Bolivia meet
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The plenary assemblies of the Bishops of Argentina, Mexico and Bolivia are being held this week, while that of the Episcopate of Paraguay has just concluded (see Fides, 5/11/2022).
The ce ...
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7 November 2022
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Between poverty and discontent, the nation struggles to recover from the economic and social crisis
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Sri Lanka is struggling in economic and social recovery, while it is going through the systemic crisis that has shocked the nation since the first months of the year 2022.
As analysts say, mul ...
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7 November 2022
AFRICA/UGANDA - Fighting pride and selfish interests and living a life full of humility, forgiveness and mutual love
Kasanga (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Francis Aquirinus Kibira Kambale of the diocese of Kasese appeals to the country's Catholic politicians, whom he urges to "stand up for the demands of the community" in order to achieve r ...
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7 November 2022
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Cautious hope for a return of peace in South Kivu, but the situation in North Kivu and Ituri remains worrying
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "If this situation of pacification were to extend to the entire province of South Kivu, there would be space and hope for continuous socio-economic development for farmers and ranchers", states ...
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