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  1 August 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - After the papal appointment, Bishop Shen Bin celebrates his first solemn liturgy in Shanghai for the patronal feast of St.Ignatius of Loyola Shanghai (Fides News Agency) – The cathedral of the Catholic diocese of Shanghai, built between 1905 and 1910 on the initiative of the Jesuits of the French province, is dedicated to St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of ...
• 1 August 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - A foretold coup? Amidst a stifled political system and the ambitions of the military, an initial analysis of the putsch Niamey (Fides News Agency). It is still too early to make an in-depth analysis of the military coup in Niger, but some considerations can be made with the help of Rahmane Idrissa, a Nigerien researcher with the Universit ...
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  1 August 2023
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Wyd 2023: "Travel with little baggage so that God may strengthen your lives" Panama City (Fides News Agency) - "Godspeed, and leave behind your heavy baggage so that God may strengthen your lives and Mary accompany you in this pilgrimage". With these words of encouragement the Archbishop of Panam ...
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  1 August 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - "For the love of Jesus and for the savior of Muslims". Archbishop Jacques Mourad recounts Father Dall'Oglio's missionary heart, 10 years from his disappearance Rome (Fides News Agency) - «This is our biggest cross to bear: having committed ourselves to perfection, as we drag our shortcomings throughout the days». With these evocative words Jacques Mourad, a Syriac monk from t ...
• 31 July 2023
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Voting held to modify the constitution to allow the President to run for third term Bangui (Fides News Agency) - Voting was held yesterday, Sunday July 30th, in the Central African Republic for the constitutional referendum to allow the president, Faustin Archange Touadéra, to run for a third term. Ac ...
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  31 July 2023
  AFRICA/ CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Youths from ten of the country's dioceses ready for WYD Yopougon (Fides News Agency) - Father Régis Akpess is the diocesan director of The Pontifical Mission Societies in Yopougon, one of the ten dioceses in Côte d'Ivoire taking part in World Youth Day in Lisbon. "When my b ...
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  29 July 2023
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Daidirri, "deep listening" that the Aboriginal people offer to the Church by Paolo Affatato Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - In the Aboriginal communities in Australia, every assembly, meeting, ecclesial gathering is lived starting from a style of relationship with others which is typical of the Ab ...
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  29 July 2023
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Proclaiming Jesus in the midst of the new miseries of the world, on the Antsirabe plateau Ambanja (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Germana Boschetti is one of the five pioneers of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in Madagascar. "We arrived in Ambanja on October 15, 1985, at the beginning we studied the Malaga ...
• 28 July 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Coup: Situation in Niamey still uncertain Niamey (Fides News Agency) - The situation is still uncertain in Niamey, Niger's capital city, where a military coup is taking place (see Fides 27/7/2023). President Mohamed Bazoum is still being held in his residence, s ...
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  28 July 2023
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - The Pontifical Mission Societies at World Youth Day, as from today an online web page dedicated to the event Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) will be present at the XXXVII World Youth Day in the City of Joy, within the Vocational Fair, where young people will come into contact with different movem ...
• 28 July 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - "Stop the show of contempt towards Christians in Jerusalem and Haifa". Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "In recent months, attacks on Christian clergy, churches and holy places have roused the anxiety of many of our Christian faithful, particularly in Jerusalem and Haifa", says a statement sent ...
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  28 July 2023
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - So much suffering, but also deep humanity due to the dramatic situation of the population of Las Anod Las Anod (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Las Anod, in the Somali region of Sool, is always more dramatic. Efforts to reach a ceasefire have failed. The local authorities of the Dhulbahante clan demand the withdrawal o ...
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  27 July 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Works of charity in Hebei: St. Anne's Association celebrates the patronal feast Shijiazhuang (Agenzia Fides) - In the Chinese province of Hebei, several Catholic associations dedicated to Saint Anne celebrated their patronal feast yesterday, Wednesday July 26, witnessing to their faith and devotion ...
• 27 July 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - A missionary to Fides: Coup d'état - "In Niamey the situation is calm at the moment" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "Following the announcement of the "coup" during the night, everything is calm in the streets. Some wounded have been transferred to the national hospital, probably as a result of the shots fired ...
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  27 July 2023
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - There is a lack of financial resources to welcome the many candidates for priestly life Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - On August 15, the Catholic Church in Burundi will celebrate the final events of the Jubilee for 125 years of Evangelization, which began on October 1, 2022 (see Fides, 17/3/2023). Despite th ...