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  16 December 2024
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch Yohanna X and the new Syria: "We Christians are not ‘guests’ in this land" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "We are here in Damascus, on the street of Al-Marymiya, next to the Umayyad Mosque, and we tell the world that we, as Christians, come from the land of the Levant and the cedars of Lebanon... f ...
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  16 December 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Metropolitan Antonij Sevryuk visits the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia: “Symbol of hospitality and love” Manama (Agenzia Fides) – “Dialogue and cooperation are essential to building a more harmonious and peaceful world,” said the Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of ...
• 16 December 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Peace summit in Luanda cancelled: fighting in the east of the country has flared up again Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The peace summit between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, mediated by Angola and scheduled to take place yesterday, Sunday 15 December, in the Angolan capital Luanda, has been cance ...
• 16 December 2024
  ASIA/THAILAND - Ceasefire and peace in Myanmar: "ASEAN must play a key role in resolving the crisis in Myanmar" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Thailand will host two regional meetings on the current situation in Myanmar, one of which will also include representatives of the ruling military junta in Myanmar: the official announcement by ...
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  15 December 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Ajaccio: Popular piety is a gift for all Ajaccio (Agenzia Fides) - More than two thousand years have passed "since the Incarnation of the Son of God". And some periods of history "the Christian faith shaped the lives of peoples and their political institutions" ...
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  15 December 2024
  Bishops on the impeachment of President Yoon: "We will always be at the side of the People" by Pascale Rizk Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "When it comes to building a country in which the fundamental principle of democracy, according to which all are equal before the law, is respected and in which no one can impo ...
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  14 December 2024
  Pope Francis in Ajaccio: The missionary soul of popular spirituality by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - There is a People of God gathered and beloved by Jesus, who continue to ask for his presence and his consolation in the tribulations of life, entrusting their expectations to ...
• 14 December 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - People celebrate the Parliament's vote to impeach President Yoon Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of thousands of people gathered near the Parliament building in Seoul, cheering, waving banners and colorful light sticks after the National Assembly voted, with 204 out of 300 deputies, ...
• 14 December 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Mannar Vatican City - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Mannar, Sri Lanka, presented by Bishop Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando. The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Gn ...
• 14 December 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - Three Indian Capuchins attacked Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Three Indian Franciscan Capuchins were brutally beaten by an angry crowd at a petrol station in Nkwanta, in the eastern Volta region of Ghana. The three religious are Father Robinson Melkis, Fath ...
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  14 December 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The "Silsilah" movement's commitment to peace, to prepare the ground for social and religious coexistence in Mindanao Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "Prayer is more powerful than war," says the Advent message of the "Silsilah" movement for Islamic-Christian dialogue, which this year celebrated the 40th anniversary of its foundation by Fath ...
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  13 December 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Bishops on fake news: "Do not be misled" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - In a society where everything is interconnected and the flow of information and news is becoming ever faster and more extensive, fake news is the order of the day. It only takes a little for it ...
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  13 December 2024
  ASIA - Father Anh Nhue: “Ecclesia in Asia” even today it represents a "prophetic call" for the mission in the Asian continent Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "A quick glance at the content of 'Ecclesia in Asia' clearly shows that its key themes are still relevant today, 25 years after its publication, and especially in this period of synodality and ...
• 13 December 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Call for peace in Manipur to prevent violence from spreading in northeastern India Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - In a silent sit-in recently held in Guwahati, capital of the state of Assam, citizens of different religions and ethnicities have asked the rulers for a greater commitment to peace, especially ...
• 13 December 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Episcopal Conference responds to the accusations of the Deputy Prime Minister Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We regret these news stories, which are full of allusions and attacks against the Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo," says a statement from the General Secretariat of the Bis ...