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  25 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - In the community of Anhui: priests' retreats on synodality and a total of 70 adults receive the sacrament of confirmation on the Solemnity of Christ the King Bengbu (Agenzia Fides) - "Walk courageously on the path of faith, assume your missionary responsibility, be courageous witnesses of the resurrection of Christ," said Joseph Liu Xinhong, Bishop of the diocese of Bengbu/An ...
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  25 November 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Pope Francis’ “Road Map” for World Youth Day in Seoul by Pascale Rizk Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us keep our gaze fixed on Jesus, on his Cross and on Mary, our Mother. In this way, even throughout our difficulties, we will find the strength to go forward, without fear ...
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  25 November 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Cardinal Besungu denounces the waste of money for constitutional reform: "We must take care of young people" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Congolese youth in general and those of Kinshasa in particular are being sacrificed. How can we understand that we spend time, energy and money to talk about the possibility or the amendment o ...
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  24 November 2024
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - Pope appeals to the parties involved in the conflict in Myanmar: "I ask all parties involved to silence the weapons" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "To all parties involved, I make a heartfelt appeal: may all weapons be silenced and may a sincere and inclusive dialogue be opened, that may ensure a lasting peace," said Pope Francis at t ...
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  24 November 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis on the solemnity of Christ the King: World events have not escaped God's control Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - It is not true, as some think, that world events have “escaped” God’s control. Everything is ultimately subject to the judgement of God," said Pope Francis during the Eucharistic litu ...
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  23 November 2024
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The “Magnificat” of the Apostolic Prefect of Battambang: “In Cambodia I am a witness to the works of God” Battambang (Agenzia Fides) - "When I celebrate Mass in my cathedral, more than half of those present are unbaptized people. They are people in search, in search of God, of the meaning of life," said Father Enrique Figare ...
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  23 November 2024
  AFRICA/MALI - President of the Bishops’ Conference of Mali: “The path of dialogue is the path to restoring peace” Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Since 2012, Mali has been in a multidimensional crisis: security, institutional and economic," says Jonas Dembélé, President of the Episcopal Conference of Mali and Bishop of Kayes, in an inte ...
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  22 November 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “The Journey towards Peace”: young people from North and South Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - “Ttiattmeori” is a Korean word that means “love and friendship between brothers and sisters”. And it is the name of an organization in which young North Koreans who have fled the country a ...
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  22 November 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishops' alarm on the situation in Sudan and South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "With the recurrent postponements of democratic elections in South Sudan, the hope for sustainable peace is waning," warn the Bishops of South Sudan and Sudan at the end of their meeting on peace i ...
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  21 November 2024
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Pope's message to the participants of CAM6: The source of the mission is the joy of the disciples after the encounter with the risen Christ Ponce (Agenzia Fides) – “We cannot give what we do not possess, we cannot express what we have not experienced, what our eyes have not seen, or what our hands have not touched”. Therefore, “the foundation of the ...
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  21 November 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop Nwachukwu ordains 40 new deacons on the centenary of the Bigard Memorial Seminary Enugu (Agenzia Fides) – In an atmosphere of profound joy, the city of Enugu, Nigeria, celebrated the centenary of the Bigard Memorial Seminary, a key institution in the formation of Nigerian priests. Founded 100 years ...
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  21 November 2024
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - CAM6, the Pope: one becomes a proclaimer of the Gospel only with the Holy Spirit Puerto Rico (Agenzia Fides) - "As on the day of Pentecost" the Apostles were "filled with the Holy Spirit" and sent by the Lord "to the ends of the earth", so today "we too, having received the same Spirit, have become ...
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  21 November 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - President Dissanayake's coalition wins majority in Parliament: economic recovery on the agenda Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Sri Lanka has opened a new chapter and once again entrusted the country's destiny to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, elected last September. The recent parliamentary elections confirmed the ...
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  21 November 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Bishops: "No to donations that are the fruit of illegal mining activities" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Ghana will not accept donations from illegal mining activities. This was decided by the bishops at the end of their Plenary Assembly. "We will not accept any donations t ...
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  20 November 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: "The Catholic Church in Iran is not against the government; to say otherwise is a lie!" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The life of the Catholic Church in Iran, a “little flock”, is very close to my heart. The Church is not against the government; to say otherwise is a lie". This was stated by Pope Fran ...