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  8 November 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Ten years after typhoon Yolanda, commemoration, prayer and a warning for climate change Borongan (Agenzia Fides) - Ten years after tropical cyclone Yolanda (or Typhoon Haiyan) which devastated the east and central Philippines on November 8, 2013, killing more than 7,000 people and affecting more than 16 mi ...
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  7 November 2023
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Between persecution and “salvation”: The Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia on the history of the Trinitarians Manama (Agenzia Fides) - "I am the first Trinitarian to arrive in Bahrain. Only after me did the others come and we founded a community," said Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia Aldo Berardi, first bishop of the Order of ...
• 7 November 2023
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga: “Recent clashes in northern Ghana must be clarified” Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "The Upper East Regional Peace Council and the Catholic Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga view with great concern the recent events in Garu involving the military and residents and condemn the brutal ...
• 7 November 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Conflict between Tiv and Jukun in Wukari: Church efforts for peace Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A cross intended to give hope to peoples marked by centuries of conflict was created for this purpose by Father Anthony Odey of his parish "St. James" in Taraba State (eastern Nigeria), which is p ...
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  7 November 2023
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - "Austria On Mission": missionaries and their commitment at the center of the initiative now in its fourth edition Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - For the fourth time in a row, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Austria awarded the bronze donkey “EMIL” last Friday evening to missionary personalities during the annual Austria On M ...
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  6 November 2023
  ASIA/JORDAN - Church leaders: Christmas without festivities as a sign of respect and closeness to the victims of Gaza Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In the Kingdom of Jordan, Christian communities will live next Christmas renouncing the convivial and festive moments that usually precede and accompany Christmas celebrations, as a sign of respec ...
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  6 November 2023
  VATICAN - “Missionary Seed”: Children from the village of Zazriva in Slovakia pray together with others Rome (Agenzia Fides) - 'Missionary Seed' is the name of the representation of the children of the Missionary Childhood of Slovakia, who visited the International Secretariat of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhoo ...
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  6 November 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Historic court decision against discrimination: Christians should in future be referred to as "Masihi", the people of the Messiah by Paolo Affatato Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Words have weight. Words are sometimes like bullets that kill. On the other hand, words can also give life, hope and comfort. Words have power, and in a community or a natio ...
• 6 November 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Sister Elena Balatti: “Paride Taban testified that hatred is not the right way” Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "My first thought when I heard about the death of Bishop Paride Taban on the evening of All Saints was 'he has gone to the saints'; I was not the only one, I heard other people make the same remark ...
• 6 November 2023
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Purges in the army after the assault on the Conakry prison and the failed escape of former President Camara Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Conakry, capital of the Republic of Guinea, is tense. At least nine people died in an attack on the central prison where former President Moussa Dadis Camara is imprisoned. The ...
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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 ...
• 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 ...