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  23 December 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - The readiness of Charity: at Christmas Time, Chinese Catholic communities help earthquake-affected people by Marta Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - In the days leading up to the celebration of Holy Christmas, marked in China by the effects of a devastating earthquake, Chinese Catholics promptly put into practice the commandm ...
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  22 December 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christmas Message of the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem: may the light of Jesus overcome the darkness of death that envelops the Holy Land Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The celebration of the birth of Jesus arrives this year during a new time of calamity "in the land of our Lord’s birth". A time in which the horrors of war sow "inconsolable misery and sorro ...
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  22 December 2023
  AFRICA/BENIN - Christmas is the night of joy and liberation from slavery: missionaries urge the faithful to build the internal nativity scene Calavi (Agenzia Fides) - "Instead of working only on setting up the physical nativity scene, we insisted on building the interior nativity scene, the nativity scene of our hearts". This is what the parish priest of the G ...
• 22 December 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Voting extended for another day due to organizational difficulties Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, December 21, voting ended in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Voting operations that were to take place on December 20 were extended by one more day due to delays and interrupti ...
• 22 December 2023
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Appointment of the new director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 24, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev. Michael Cheng Chai Pui of the clergy of Christchurch, as National Direct ...
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  22 December 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christmas for Christians freed from "slave labor" in Punjab Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - It is a Christmas full of praise and thanksgiving to God experienced by Catholic families who, in Pakistani Punjab, were freed from the condition of slavery to which they were forced, working ...
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  22 December 2023
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The Star Singers visit the Federal Palace: Justice, peace and protection of Creation Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - "Our house is not just made of bricks, it is the whole world, we must protect and preserve it for future generations". This is what Elisa says, one of the children who was part of the delegation ...
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  21 December 2023
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdullah II receives Christian and Muslim Leaders. Bishop Atallah: a new massacre of innocent people in Gaza Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Christians and Muslims must "stand united" in defending Holy Sites in Jerusalem, while the Hashemite Monarchy of Jordan will carry on with its role in safeguarding Islamic and Christian holy sites ...
• 21 December 2023
  AMERICA/CUBA - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 13, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the Rev. Fr. Víctor López Latore as National Director of the Pontifical Mis ...
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  21 December 2023
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - El Tren de Aragua: the transnational gang that exploits Venezuelan migrants Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Among the transnational gangs of Latin American origin, El Tren de Aragua is the only one born in Venezuela that also operates in several countries of the Southern Cone. The group, which emerged ...
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  21 December 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Eucharist and poverty: the Franciscans celebrate Christmas at Greccio Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - In the Philippines there is a vestige of the Rieti Valley, the "third homeland" of Saint Francis of Assisi (after Assisi and La Verna). The friars of the "Rieti House" in Quezon City, who manage th ...
• 21 December 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Almost 30 years after the end of apartheid, social inequalities threaten the national reconciliation process Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Almost 30 years after the end of apartheid and the establishment of democracy, the process of national reconciliation is threatened by the growth of social inequalities and persistent pover ...
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  21 December 2023
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - The Apostolic Vicar of North Arabia: "Christmas gift of love for the Catholic community" Awali (Agenzia Fides) - "Christmas is a celebration of joy, of peace. It is a time in which we recognize Jesus as the Son of God. It is essential for all of us to understand that Christmas is a gift of love, a gift that ...
• 20 December 2023
  AFRICA/MAURITIUS - Fr. Michel Moura, Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, appointed Apostolic Vicar of Rodrigues Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 20 December, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Sac Michel Moura, of the clergy of the Diocese of Port-Louis, currently Director of the PP.OO.MM. for the territories of the C.E.D.O.I. and E ...
• 20 December 2023
  AFRICA/GUINEA - The number of victims following the explosion in Conakry is increasing Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - The number of victims from the explosion following a fire in the Conakry fuel depot has increased. With the death of four hospitalized people, the death toll has increased from 14 to 18, accordi ...