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  27 November 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - General tries to prevent the Archbishop of Lubumbashi from celebrating the Mass of Christ the King: "An illegal act against the Constitution" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "An illegal order that the Archbishop of Lubumbashi did not follow," said the Archdiocese of Lubumbashi (in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo) in a statement regarding the ban impos ...
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  27 November 2024
  VATICAN - The Pope's General Audience will also be in Chinese starting on Wednesday, December 4 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Chinese language will also resonate between the columns of St. Peter's Square or under the vaults of the Paul VI Hall on Wednesday mornings. Pope Francis has announced that starting fro ...
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  27 November 2024
  AFRICA/TOGO - Walking together in hope: new aspirants at the seminary of Lomé Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - "I cannot give up my fetishes, but I want all my children to become Christians." Taking up the words of a priest of the traditional divinities in Akrassikro, Ivory Coast, Father Silvano Galli, who ...
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  27 November 2024
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Namibia elects new Head of State and parliament Windhoek (Agenzia Fides) - Namibia is holding elections for a new president and parliament today, November 27. The favorite for the highest office in the State is outgoing Vice President Ntumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, appointed ...
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  27 November 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Advincula's appeal: Prayer and sobriety to face political tensions Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A heartfelt appeal for prayer and moderation in a political and social phase marked by tensions that could lead to a "political storm" in the Philippines comes today, November 27, from the Archbi ...
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  26 November 2024
  VATICAN - Cardinal Ayuso Guixot dies: a life marked by mission and dialogue Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The life of Spanish Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, who has died at the age of 72 in the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where he had been treated for cancer for some time, was marked by mission and ...
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  26 November 2024
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako appeals to all the "heirs" of the Church of the East: "Unity is the only way to face the current challenges" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "Even if we are facing different waves, we are all in the same boat," said the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, in a renewed call for unity to the four Eastern Chu ...
• 26 November 2024
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Appointment of Bishop of Nebbi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Fr. Constantine Rupiny, of the clergy of the diocese of Nebbi, currently Rector of the Uganda Martyrs’ National Major Seminary of Alokolum, in the A ...
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  26 November 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Feast of Christ the King procession: two people die in stampede Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A tragic accident marked the feast of Christ the King in the southern Nigerian state of Aba. The accident occurred on Sunday 25 November during the annual Christ the King procession at the Chris ...
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  26 November 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - President Kiir meets bishops: "There is hope for peace" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - There is hope for peace in South Sudan. This was announced by President Salva Kiir Mayardit during a meeting with a delegation of the country's bishops, which took place yesterday, November 25, at ...
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  26 November 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Choir of Lea and war orphans: "Singing is our prayer for peace" by Gianluca Frinchillucci Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Lea Akoury, widow of a soldier who died in 2007 during an anti-terrorism operation, has transformed her grief into strength and charity and founded an association t ...
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  25 November 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - North African bishops on the war in the Holy Land: "The Bible must not be used to legitimize the colonization or annexation of a territory" Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "Under no circumstances can the Bible be used to legitimize the colonization and annexation of a territory belonging to a people who only want to live in law and peace. It is necessary to distingu ...
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  25 November 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Students still take to the streets: Notre Dame Catholic University tells how it has managed the protest Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Students have taken to the streets again in Bangladesh. Students from several colleges in the capital, Dhaka, have vandalized the Government Shahid Suhrawardy College to protest the death of a med ...
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  25 November 2024
  AMERICA - 40 years after the Beagle conflict: when the Holy See managed to avoid war between Chile and Argentina Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The confrontation seemed inevitable. Chile and Argentina were on the brink of war over sovereignty of the Beagle Channel, a strategic passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. At a ...
• 25 November 2024
  OCEANIA/NORTHERNMARIANAISLANDS - Appointment of Bishop of Chalan Kanoa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Fr. Romeo Duetao Convocar, of the clergy of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agaña (Guam), currently Parish Priest of Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores in ...