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  29 November 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - Chad unexpectedly ends military cooperation agreements with France N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "A move yet to be interpreted that in any case has taken everyone by surprise" local sources in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, told Fides after the announcement that the local government inte ...
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  29 November 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Record number of landmine victims: children and civilians among the most affected Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Myanmar has become the country with the highest mortality rate in the world from landmines and unexploded ordnance, with more than 1,000 victims recorded in 2023 alone. According to studies carri ...
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  29 November 2024
  ASIA/SYRIA - The humanitarian crisis in Aleppo worsens, once again under siege by jihadists Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Aleppo is facing a new and fierce offensive that is plunging its population into an alarming humanitarian crisis. A jihadist attack of rare intensity, which began in recent days, h ...
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  28 November 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The young customs officer, killed for opposing corrupt officials who wanted to import a shipment of bad rice, will be beatified Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The young Congolese civil servant assassinated for opposing corruption will be beatified. Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, a young civil servant from the Democratic Republic of Congo, had refus ...
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  28 November 2024
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “Rebuilding the lives of refugees”: the theme of the Salesian mission in Palabek Palabek (Agencia Fides) – Teenage pregnancies account for almost a fifth of all births that occur each year in Uganda and 32,000 cases monthly. To help these young Ugandans, the Salesian missionaries have launched ...
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  28 November 2024
  ASIA/OMAN - Major Archbishop Thattil visits Syro-Malabar communities in the Arabian Peninsula Muscat (Agenzia Fides) – After completing his visit to the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia, the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, Raphael Thattil, who took up his post at the beginning of this year, h ...
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  28 November 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protests suspended: situation in Islamabad remains tense Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Calm seems to have returned, the protests of Imran Khan's supporters have been suspended, but fear and tension are still felt among the people of Islamabad. It is like a fire smoldering under ...
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  28 November 2024
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - In the heart of Africa, missionaries consecrate a new Shrine dedicated to John Paul II Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "Evangelization today must be renewed in the sense that the rapid development of society brings with it new challenges similar to those experienced by some Churches in ancient times. It is ther ...
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  27 November 2024
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: “Saint Philip Neri preached the Gospel through joy, be like him!” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian should be like Saint Philip Neri, who was “in his time, a true evangelizer through joy”. This is what Pope Francis said during today's general audience, Wednesday, November ...
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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 ...