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• 20 January 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of the first bishop of Lüliang (China) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Monday 20 January 2025, the Reverend Anthony Ji Weizhong was ordained a bishop. The Holy Father appointed the Reverend Anthony Ji Weizhong as bishop of Lüliang (Shanxi Province, Chi ...
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  20 January 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Who is Antonio Ji Weizhong, ordained Bishop of the new diocese of Lüliang by Gianni Valente Lüliang (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the People's Republic of China has a new Bishop: Anthony Ji Weizhong, 51 years old, is the eleventh Bishop ordained in mainland China on the basis o ...
• 20 January 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Suppression of the diocese of Fenyang and erection of the diocese of Lüliang (China) and Consecration of the first Bishop of Lüliang Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) Text in Italian In the desire to promote the pastoral care of the Lord’s flock and to attend more effectively to its spiritual wellbeing, on 28 October 2024 the Supreme Pontiff Fran ...
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  20 January 2025
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Thousands of families displaced due to continuous seismic activities in Afar and Oromia Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Some residents in Awash and Dulecha districts are reluctant to evacuate, particularly pastoralist communities concerned about their livestock and property," reads the note from the United N ...
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  20 January 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pilgrimage and prayer at the tomb of Akash Bashir, a figure who unites Christians of all faiths Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Akash Bashir, the young Catholic for whom the diocese of Lahore has launched the cause of beatification, is a figure who unites Christians of all faiths and is a spiritual reference point for you ...
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  20 January 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A pact for peace in the east of the DRC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Social pact for peace and coexistence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes Region". This is the name of the agreement signed by the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (C ...
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  19 January 2025
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - Pope Francis on the ceasefire in Gaza: "I hope that with the help of the international community the right solution will be reached for the two States" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Lord responds to our shortcomings with His superabundance," said Pope Francis during the Sunday Angelus prayer with the pilgrims and believers gathered in St. Peter's Square. The Pope ...
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  18 January 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - In Nnewi, the last farewell to Father Tobias, the priest-pharmacist shot dead in the street Nnewi (Agenzia Fides) - Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo, a priest-pharmacist shot dead in the street by a group of men on the evening of December 26, 2024, had just finished his internship. Killed while driving on the ...
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  18 January 2025
  Jubilee 2025: a people who walk through the world in the light of hope by Stefano Lodigiani Rome (Agenzia Fides) - What, or rather who, was the long procession of people looking for who, on the evening of December 29, in communion with the Bishop of Rome and the whole Church, walked the ...
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  17 January 2025
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops’ commitment for the Jubilee: “Country, person, truth, justice, rule of law, freedom and peace” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Venezuela continues to be in one of the worst economic and social crises in history. Currently, 82% of Venezuelans live in poverty and 53% in extreme poverty. According to the United Nations Hig ...
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  17 January 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Militarization in West Papua: the disrupted life of indigenous peoples Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - The sudden occupation of forest areas and villages of indigenous peoples by the massive deployment of military units in the Indonesian region of Papua is becoming a constant that marks the life ...
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  17 January 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Parish priest Romanelli: the ceasefire in Gaza is a breath of fresh air. But the post-war period will be terrible Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - "The news of the ceasefire has sparked joy. Now we are all waiting for Sunday, when the ceasefire could begin, even if here in Gaza we know that it will be a difficult road," said the parish priest ...
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  17 January 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Tensions between Juba and Khartoum after the massacres of South Sudanese in Wad Madani Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, January 16, riots broke out in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, where demonstrators took to the streets to protest against the massacre of South Sudanese in neighboring Sudan. Some cr ...
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  17 January 2025
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Diocesan Mission in San Roque: "God fixes everything, it is the experience of being missionaries" San Roque (Agenzia Fides) - More than 70 missionaries, including entire families, are participating in the Diocesan Mission 2025 of the Diocese of San Roque of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, which is taking place in the ...
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  16 January 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Devotion and pilgrimages: Holy Year for tea pickers on the hills of West Bengal Darjeeling (Agenzia Fides) - They are the farmers in the plantations that produce one of the most appreciated black teas in the world: in the hilly district of Darjeeling, a strip of land that is part of the Indian state ...