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  20 November 2024
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: charisms are gifts given to some to be useful to all Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - What are charisms? Pope Francis answered this question during today's General Audience. The Pontiff, continuing the cycle of catechesis on the Holy Spirit, began his reflection by quoting t ...
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  20 November 2024
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Archbishop Nappa at CAM6: Let us all return to the "first Announcement", the ever-living source of all the Church's work Ponce (Agenzia Fides) - The second day of the sixth edition of the American Missionary Congress (see Fides, 19/11/2024) is underway, which began yesterday with a festive and participatory Eucharistic celebration in the " ...
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  20 November 2024
  AFRICA/GABON - New Constitution approved, an important step towards the return to civilian rule after the 2023 military coup Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - With 91.8% of the vote, Gabon's new Constitution was approved in the referendum held on November 16. The turnout was 53.54%, below initial estimates (71%). "This is an important step towards ...
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  20 November 2024
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Somaliland: The Opposition Wins the Presidential Elections amid Changes and Regional Challenges Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - The presidential elections of November 13, 2024, with the election of Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi of the opposition Waddani party, represent a significant turning point for Somaliland. Abdulla ...
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  20 November 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Blessed Carlo Acutis is "the first young person to participate in WYD in Korea" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Blessed Carlo Acutis will be a source of inspiration and a "true friend" for young Koreans and all those who will participate in World Youth Day (WYD) 2027 in Korea. With this certainty, the organ ...
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  20 November 2024
  ASIA/JAPAN - Archbishop Kikuchi: "Without migrants, an ageing society will not be able to survive" by Fabio Beretta Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - "Dialogue is the key to stability". This is what Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi, Archbishop of Tokyo, says, who will be created Cardinal by Pope Francis at the upcoming Consistory on ...
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  19 November 2024
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - VI American Missionary Congress: more than 12,000 participants expected Ponce (Agenzia Fides) - More than 12,000 people are expected today in the city of Ponce for the official opening ceremony of the VI American Missionary Congress (CAM6). The opening of CAM6 will take place at 8:00 a.m. l ...
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  19 November 2024
  Blessed are the Poor by Gianni Valente “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God,” says Jesus in the Gospel according to Luke. And those who follow Jesus on the path of world history notice and recognize that on this pa ...
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  19 November 2024
  AMERICA/GUADELOUPE - The periphery at the heart of the Salesians Les Abymes (Agenzia Fides) - "Perhaps many in the Salesian religious family do not know where the island of Guadeloupe is. It is as if it were on the geographical 'periphery'. But the periphery is the heart of the work o ...
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  19 November 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The commitment of the Franciscans: interreligious dialogue defuses religious and social tensions Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Interreligious dialogue and effective cooperation between religious leaders and civil authorities are valuable and effective means of defusing social and religious tensions and ensuring and mai ...
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  19 November 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Archbishop of Nairobi: "We will return the donations to the President" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "These funds will be refunded to the respective donors," said the Archbishop of Nairobi, Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo, referring to donations made by Kenyan President William Ruto and the Governo ...
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  18 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese academics and clergy discuss the “Historical legacy of the 2024 Concilium Sinense and the Guidelines of China-Vatican Relations” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – “The Historical Legacy of the 2024 Concilium Sinense and the Guidelines of China-Vatican Relations”, is the title of the academic seminar organized in Beijing as part of the celebrations f ...
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  18 November 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - With the death of “Untaani” Compaoré, the Catholic Church loses a true spiritual guide Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) – “Untaani” the man who creates unity in the name of God, this is the name given by the diocesan community of Fada N'Gourma to Jean Marie Untaani Compaoré, the first African bishop of t ...
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  18 November 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA- Bishops: "The President should sign the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We urge the President to give his assent to this Bill, which we believe aligns with the moral convictions of almost all Ghanaians." With these words, the Bishops of Ghana have called on President ...
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  18 November 2024
  EUROPE/POLAND - Szczytno mourns Lech Lachowicz, the elderly Polish priest murdered with an axe Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - A community in mourning gathered yesterday in the church of Saint Brother Albert in Szczytno, a city in northern Poland shocked by the death of Father Lech Lachowicz. The 72-year-old priest was a ...