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  24 October 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Presidential and parliamentary elections: Bishops denounce irregularities and violence Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "The post-election period was marked by a cowardly attack to silence, if not the truth, then at least democracy". With these words, the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique condemned the murder of ...
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  24 October 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Parishes welcome displaced people, hit by Typhoon Kristine Naga (Agenzia Fides) - More than 25 parishes and church facilities, such as the Basilica of Our Lady of Peñafrancia and the Ateneo de Naga University of the Archdiocese of Caceres, managed by the Jesuit Order, have open ...
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  24 October 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Violence spreads: hundreds killed in an armed attack in the village of Manni Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) – For some time now, Burkina Faso has been confronted with several violence attacks by armed groups. In recent months the situation seems to be out of control. According to what was repo ...
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  23 October 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - National Human Rights Commission wants to mediate in the civil war Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The process of dialogue and mediation in the civil conflict in Myanmar is important and urgent for many reasons: to stop the violence against the civilian population, which is before everyone's ...
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  23 October 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The shooting down of a cargo plane sheds light on the international alliances that fuel the war Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The shooting down of a Russian cargo plane over Darfur (western Sudan) sheds light on the international alliances that are fueling the Sudanese civil war that broke out in April 2023. The plan ...
• 23 October 2024
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Appointment of vicar apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Moacir Goulart de Figueredo, M.S.C., until now superior of the order of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in the province of Curitiba, as vicar ...
• 23 October 2024
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Napo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Celmo Lazzari, C.S.I., until now vicar apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, as vicar apostolic of the apostolic vicariate of Napo, Ecuador. Bishop Ce ...
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  23 October 2024
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: marriage needs the support of the Holy Spirit Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Never place a finger, never intervene, between husband and wife, says an Italian proverb. Yet, there is in fact a 'finger' to be placed between husband and wife, the 'finger of God': the H ...
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  23 October 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - “Finding Beauty in the Other: Inclusion and Humanitarian Service Among Believers. The Example of the Trinitarian Order” Manama (Agenzia Fides) – “Mutual respect and coexistence are possible, even when the region is going through difficult times and inter-community tensions”, said the Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia Aldo Berardi, ...
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  22 October 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Archbishop of Dacca: "We have faith in the work of the interim government" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The interim government in power in Bangladesh is doing its best, working against corruption and for transparency. The executive, led by Mohammad Yunus, is made up of people who seem sincerely co ...
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  22 October 2024
  AFRICA/NIGER - Another world is possible when invisible chains are recognized as such by Mauro Armanino Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Pierluigi Maccalli, who was held hostage for more than two years by Salafist-inspired groups, has returned to Niger, the place of his kidnapping, to spend a few days (see Fi ...
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  22 October 2024
  The Agreement between China and the Holy See has been renewed for four years. This is good news by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See and the People's Republic of China have announced today the decision to extend the validity of the Provisional Agreement on the appointment of bishops in China fo ...
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  22 October 2024
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - New Secretary General of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood visits Romania and Moldova Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - About twenty children between 5 and 15 years old from Chisinau (Moldova) were admitted as members of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood on Saturday 19 October, on the eve of World ...
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  22 October 2024
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - President Biya returns home after 7 weeks of absence, putting an end to speculation about his health Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - The rumors about the health of the Cameroonian President, 91-year-old Paul Biya, seem to have been denied yesterday, October 21, when the Head of State returned to his country after a seven-wee ...
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  22 October 2024
  VATICAN - Communiqué on the extension of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China regarding the appointment of bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In light of the consensus reached for an effective application of the Provisional Agreement regarding the Appointment of Bishops, after appropriate consultation and assessment, the Holy Se ...