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  6 February 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Possible amnesty for political prisoners in Papua: Franciscans call for "initiative for a in-depth dialogue" Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) – In order to manage the armed conflict that has plagued the Indonesian region of West Papua for decades, the Indonesian government, led by the new President Prabowo Subianto, is considering an ...
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  6 February 2025
  VATICAN - Pope's Message for World Mission Day 2025: The Church prolongs the mission of Christ by offering life for all Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church, a community of Christ's missionary disciples", is today "sent to revive hope in a world over which dark shadows". "Despite facing persecutions, tribulations and difficulties, a ...
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  6 February 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Turning point in the Sudanese conflict? The Sudanese Armed Forces advance in Khartoum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The advance of the SAF (Sudan Armed Forces) soldiers continues to regain control of Khartoum, the Sudanese capital disputed with the RSF (Rapid Support Forces) militiamen. The offensive of Ge ...
• 5 February 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Local health authorities forced to suspend HIV & AIDS program in Yambio: thousands of lives at risk Yambio (Agenzia Fides) – The suspension of the HIV & AIDS program in Yambio has placed thousands of lives at risk. Healthcare workers, patients, and local authorities are now calling for urgent intervention to restore ...
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  5 February 2025
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: memory, mercy and promise are key words for the action of God in history Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Memory, mercy, promise: these are the three key words for those who, like the Virgin Mary, recognize the action of God the Father in the history of humanity, said Pope Francis during today' ...
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  5 February 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Food and “certain hope” for the poor, in the spirit of the Jubilee: the Capuchin mission in Tamil Nadu Dindigul (Agenzia Fides) – The “Assisi Free Food Support” initiative aims to offer food to the neediest students in rural areas, those who cannot afford even one meal a day, as well as to those who share this situa ...
• 5 February 2025
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Taipei Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Peter Chao Yung-Chi, of the clergy of the diocese of Chiayi, until now episcopal chancellor and parish priest of the Cathedral of Saint John in Chi ...
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  5 February 2025
  AFRICA/GHANA - A debate in Parliament revives the question of the incompatibility between the Catholic faith and membership in Freemasonry Accra (Agenzia Fides) – Since the end of January, various statements have been made by bodies of the Catholic Church in Ghana, aimed at reaffirming the incompatibility between the Catholic faith and membership in Freem ...
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  4 February 2025
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Cardinal Tagle: Dialogue as an antidote to distrust and hostility towards the religious dimension Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - In a world where secularization is advancing more and more, "the only antidote to this is encounter and dialogue marked by friendship and respect between persons of different religious traditi ...
• 4 February 2025
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Appointment of new director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 2, 2025, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Sister Justina ...
• 4 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishop of Goma: "The ceasefire is holding, but people are afraid. Hospitals and refugees are the most worrying situations" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The city is calm, but people are still afraid to leave their homes because security is not fully guaranteed," reports Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, Bishop of Goma, speaking to Fides from the capital ...
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  4 February 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops' Letter for the Jubilee period: "There is hope for the nation" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Hope gives us courage and freedom," says the Pastoral Letter of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, distributed and read in churches on February 2 at the conclusion of the Ple ...
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  3 February 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Jubilee in exile: Catholics in Loikaw do not want to lose hope Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - Displacement, hunger, cold, the fatigue of a daily life in refugee camps or in makeshift settlements in the forests cannot stop the Catholic faithful of Loikaw, a diocese in the Burmese state of ...
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  3 February 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “In Bukavu, young people are joining self-defense militias” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Bukavu is calm at the moment, but young people are flocking en masse to the recruitment centers of the self-defense groups of the so-called 'Wazalendo' militias," report Fides ...
• 3 February 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Poverty, food insecurity, inadequate health care and high cost of living Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In addition to the serious waves of violence that are affecting the Nigerian population, including kidnappings, clashes, terrorist attacks and brutal murders, there is poverty, food insecurity, in ...