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• 22 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Kidnapped Catholic priest regains freedom Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Last Sunday, September 17, Father Marcellinus Obioma Okide, who serves as a parish priest at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Amofia-Agu Affa, Udi Local Government Area, was abducted alongside six ...
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  21 September 2023
  VATICAN/CHINA - Two bishops from mainland China at the Synod of Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "This is a great and very positive compromise between the Vatican and China. Thanks to the patience and foresight of Pope Francis", said a priest from Beijing to Fides, shortly after the pu ...
• 21 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New measures against criminal sects that threaten Ogun State in the south-west of the country Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Ogun State, in the south-west of Nigeria, will set up a special court to judge cases related to so-called confraternities or sects. A joint anti-cult security task force will als ...
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  21 September 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Dominicans celebrate Saint Thomas Aquinas, master of truth and harmony Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The legacy of Saint Thomas Aquinas is alive and present in Pakistan. Thomas is alive and present with his thought, with his search for the truth which is Christ himself. He is present among youn ...
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  21 September 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Pier Luigi Maccalli on the nature of the mission Genoa (Agenzia Fides) - "In 2023 I reported on my experiences in different cities in Italy. After speaking about my experiences as a missionary kidnapped in the Sahel, there was always room for questions from the audienc ...
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  21 September 2023
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Against the ‘Managua Wall’, the Holy See Can Rely on Traditional Diplomatic Tactics by Victor Gaetan Nicaragua is a member of the Central American Common Market (CACM) including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. China is CACM's second largest global trade partner, after the United Sta ...
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  20 September 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Saint Daniel Comboni reminds us that mission is not "the fruit of human endeavor", and is born from charity Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The missionary passion to proclaim the Gospel is not born as a "result of human endeavor" but flows "from the love of Christ"; it is the opposite of the "plague of clericalism" and springs from cha ...
• 20 September 2023
  AFRICA/MALI - Second Forum for Catholic Education: “We want to improve the quality of education” Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The first challenge is to improve the training of our teachers and then to review our teaching programs so that the education offered to students is adapted to the reality of our country", says ...
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  20 September 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Lay people from the parishes of Xiaomu and Lujia visit seminarians and religious sisters: "All vocations are valuable" Xi'an (Agenzia Fides) - "In this time of serious lack of vocations to the priesthood and religious life, seminarians are the future of the Church and the hope of every diocese. Whoever cares for them cares for our future ...
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  20 September 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The last "seven words" of Christ, inspiration for Kachin Christians, in the midst of violence Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian faithful of the Kachin ethnic group, in the diocese of Myitkyina, in northern Myanmar, have only one source of inspiration in a time of suffering and trial marked by civil war: C ...
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  20 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - 'Never again' in the Sahara desert by Mauro Armanino Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - On September 24, 2023, the 109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees will be celebrated. World Migrant and Refugee Day was established by the Catholic Church in 1914 and tak ...
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  19 September 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - "New wine in new wineskins". The first congregation of Chinese sisters in Shaanxi province celebrates its 100th anniversary Xi'an (Agenzia Fides) - A celebration lived under the sign of gratitude, asking Christ himself to renew the missionary impulse of the beginnings, to announce the Gospel in the vast horizon of China today : it is in this ...
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  19 September 2023
  ASIAVIETNAM - From Evangelii Gaudium to the experience of “mission stations” in Ho Chi Minh Ville Ho Chi Minh Ville (Agenzia Fides) - "Evangelii Gaudium is a fundamental document for the universal Church and it is also a fundamental document for the Church in Vietnam. It was soon translated into Vietnamese, then shar ...
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  19 September 2023
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - “ALHAMDULILLAH”: Christians and Muslims work side by side, together for the same cause” Marrakech (Agenzia Fides) - "On Sunday, September 10, in the parish of the Holy Martyrs in Marrakech, during the Mass celebrated by Archbishop Cristobal Lopez Romero, the Lord's Prayer was recited in Arabic as a sign of ...
• 19 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest kidnapped along with six other people Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic priest Marcellinus Obioma Okide was kidnapped in Udi (Enugu State), in the southeast of Nigeria. The kidnapping occurred last Sunday, September 17, at 5pm along Eke-Affa-Egede Road in ...