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  10 January 2023
  AFRICA - Humanity’s spiritual lung in crisis of faith and hope Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Benedict XVI treated the African Church in a very special way, carrying our Continent in his heart with fervor, with fervor, conviction and generosity". Thus expressed Cardinal Fridolin Besung ...
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  10 January 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - M23 rebels withdraw from Rumangabo military base, but does not withdraw from other locations Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - On January 6, rebels of the March 23 Movement (M23) officially handed over the Rumangabo military base they seized in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in October, to the ...
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  10 January 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Christmas time for Chinese Catholics. When the light of Jesus crosses the days of pain by Marta Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Many Chinese Catholics will always remember the Christmas season that has just ended. This time, the renewal of joy for the birth of Jesus encountered the suffering and troubles ...
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  9 January 2023
  AFRICA/TOGO - The expectations of the Togolese people for the new year that has just begun: to live in peace and harmony Lomè (Agenzia Fides) - "There are many expectations for the new year that the Togolese would like to see fulfilled in 2023, in the political, economic, socio-cultural spheres", writes Fr. Silvano Galli. The missionary, ...
• 9 January 2023
  AFRICA/BENIN - The Bishops: "We welcome the return to the Catholic faith of a large number of former followers of the Banamè sect" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "We welcome the return to the Catholic faith of a large number of former followers of the Sovidji sect in Banamè", say the Bishops of Benin in the statement issued at the end of their 68th Plen ...
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  9 January 2023
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Decrease in the number of churchgoers: pastoral concepts need to be reconsidered Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "What is happening in Venezuela is part of what is happening in a world that is not just experiencing a period of change, but a turning point and it is commonplace to speak of a crisis", said th ...
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  9 January 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholics celebrate the feast of the "Black Nazarene", a moment of deep popular faith Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus Christ knows the suffering of his people. Christ lived it himself on the Cross. There is no human experience that Jesus of Nazareth does not understand. The Heart of Christ is anchored in ...
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  9 January 2023
  VATICAN - First celebration of the liturgical memory of Blessed Pauline-Marie Jaricot Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, January 9, 2023, we celebrate for the first time the feast of the foundress of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith and inspiration of all the Pontifical Mission ...
• 7 January 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop Gopep: "Kidnappings of priests are increasing in Nigeria, and for different reasons" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The kidnappings of priests and religious are increasing in Nigeria", confirms the auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Minna in the Nigerian state of Niger, Luka Sylvester Gopep, in an interview wi ...
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  7 January 2023
  Péguy, on the threshold by Gianni Valente Orléans (Agenzia Fides) - "A Christian child", wrote Charles Péguy, "is nothing but a child to whom the childhood of Jesus has been presented a thousand times before his eyes". He, the great French ...
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  5 January 2023
  VATICAN - Funeral of Benedict XVI: "we too have come with the fragrance of gratitude and the balm of hope" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of the Supreme Pontiff Emeritus Benedict XVI took place this morning in St. Peter's Square. Below is the complete text of the homily of Pope Francis, who presided over the funer ...
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  5 January 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Doctors with Africa Cuamm alongside refugees: "Tigray is in great need of aid but also many opportunities to change things" Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - It is still difficult to translate into concrete facts the conditions defined by the peace agreement and signed by Addis Ababa and Tigray (see Fides, 3/11/2022). The clashes have exhausted the p ...
• 5 January 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The population flees the Boucle du Mouhoun region, where Father Zerbo was murdered Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - In the area where Fr. Jacques Yaro Zerbo was assassinated on January 2 (see Fides, 3/1/2023), the local population is fleeing. In particular, since January 3, the inhabitants of the rural m ...
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  5 January 2023
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Star Singers' 2023 Campaign: "Supporting children, protecting children" Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - "Supporting children, protecting children - in Indonesia and in the world" is the motto with which the Star Singers, as part of their 65th awareness campaign, draw attention to girls and boys fro ...
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  5 January 2023
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The ceasefire decree with ELN is suspended, talks will resume on January 23 Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian government has decided to suspend throughout the country the decree of December 31 regarding the bilateral ceasefire with the National Liberation Army (ELN). According to informatio ...