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  7 November 2023
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - "Austria On Mission": missionaries and their commitment at the center of the initiative now in its fourth edition Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - For the fourth time in a row, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Austria awarded the bronze donkey “EMIL” last Friday evening to missionary personalities during the annual Austria On M ...
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  6 November 2023
  ASIA/JORDAN - Church leaders: Christmas without festivities as a sign of respect and closeness to the victims of Gaza Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In the Kingdom of Jordan, Christian communities will live next Christmas renouncing the convivial and festive moments that usually precede and accompany Christmas celebrations, as a sign of respec ...
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  6 November 2023
  VATICAN - “Missionary Seed”: Children from the village of Zazriva in Slovakia pray together with others Rome (Agenzia Fides) - 'Missionary Seed' is the name of the representation of the children of the Missionary Childhood of Slovakia, who visited the International Secretariat of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhoo ...
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  6 November 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Historic court decision against discrimination: Christians should in future be referred to as "Masihi", the people of the Messiah by Paolo Affatato Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Words have weight. Words are sometimes like bullets that kill. On the other hand, words can also give life, hope and comfort. Words have power, and in a community or a natio ...
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  6 November 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Sister Elena Balatti: “Paride Taban testified that hatred is not the right way” Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "My first thought when I heard about the death of Bishop Paride Taban on the evening of All Saints was 'he has gone to the saints'; I was not the only one, I heard other people make the same remark ...
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  6 November 2023
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Purges in the army after the assault on the Conakry prison and the failed escape of former President Camara Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Conakry, capital of the Republic of Guinea, is tense. At least nine people died in an attack on the central prison where former President Moussa Dadis Camara is imprisoned. The ...
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  4 November 2023
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Evangelii gaudium inspires the Christian message and spiritual accompaniment of young Cambodians Kompong Cham (Agenzia Fides) - "The Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium of Pope Francis is in our hearts and inspires our steps as a small Catholic community in Cambodia. Although the text is not available in Khmer ( ...
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  4 November 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Carlassare: "South Sudan is on the right path, but the path is long" by Luca Attanasio Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) – Christian Carlassare, a Comboni missionary, is the youngest bishop in Africa. He was born in Schio (Vicenza) in 1977 and immediately after his ordination in 2004 went to Sou ...
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  4 November 2023
  EVANGELII GAUDIUM, 10 years (part 2). Baptism is sufficient to proclaim the Gospel by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We have found the Messiah". The first disciples of Christ, after encountering the gaze of Jesus, immediately went forth to proclaim their encounter with these words to those aro ...
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  3 November 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - In the month of November: Catholics focus on the “Four Last Things” and pray for peace in the world Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the commemoration of the dead, the Bishop of Beijing Joseph Li Shan, called on all Catholics to reflect on the bond of communion that unites the "triumphant Church" in heaven ...
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  3 November 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest from the archdiocese of Abuja has been missing for a month Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Since October 1, there has been no news of a Nigerian priest living and working in the Archdiocese of Abuja. The news of Father Sampson Emokhidi's disappearance was made public by the Chancellor o ...
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  3 November 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The tireless peacemaker Paris Taban, first bishop of Torit Juba (Agenzia Fides) - He was a bishop who placed peace and reconciliation at the center of his life at the service of the people of God. This is how one can describe the figure of Paride Taban, the first bishop of the D ...
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  3 November 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Three months after the military coup: "Close to the poorest without fuss" Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "After three months of military government there is no way out. We continue to experience a complicated situation throughout the country. And the situation seems to be getting worse because so far ...
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  2 November 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - “The art of listening”: The church of a diverse country is inspired by the “fides romana” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The pursuit of unity in the diverse Catholic community of India and full communion with the universal Church, as experienced at the just concluded Synod, are among the priorities of the C ...
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  2 November 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The missionary team of the small community in Gode, 'channel of God's goodness' Gode (Agenzia Fides) – “We live on the 'frontiers of the Gospel' in Gode, a place where the vast majority of the population is Muslim; there is a small presence of Orthodox and Evangelical communities, and a tiny pre ...