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  3 October 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - In Sumatra "the Spirit blows where it wants, nourishes communion, dialogue with Muslims, charity" Padang (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a need among the faithful in Sumatra to "cultivate community and solidarity, to feel community" and the consultations before the synod were "a fruitful opportunity for this". Given the ...
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  3 October 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Ethnic conflicts, hunger and drought: despite numerous challenges, missionaries do not give up Robe (Agenzia Fides) - "The month of September is special in Ethiopia because the Ethiopian New Year begins, which this year is 2015, and we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Cross, which is also a national holiday. The st ...
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  3 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Detained priest accused of belonging to a separatist group released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Anambra State Police Command (southern Nigeria) has released Father Samuel Aniebonem and seven other people arrested on September 27 on charges of belonging to the Movement for the Actualizati ...
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  2 October 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - First Regional Gathering of foreign priests: "not simple stopgaps to compensate for the lack of Italian priests" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Monday, October 2, the First Regional Gathering of foreign priests who carry out pastoral service in the dioceses of Lazio took place. The meeting, which is part of the missionary month of ...
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  2 October 2023
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - On mission in remote villages or with a commitment to education: Jesuit service for the growth of the nation Dili (Agenzia Fides) - He is the grandson of Josè Abad Santos, an intrepid commander, celebrated as a Filipino hero of World War II, who gave his life for the nation and was executed in 1942 by the Japanese invaders; bu ...
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  2 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Arrest of the alleged murderers of the seminarian burned alive Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The alleged murderers of Stephen Na'aman, the seminarian burned alive during the September 7 attack on the St. Raphael parish in Fadan Kamantan, in the diocese of Kafanchan, in the state of Kaduna ...
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  2 October 2023
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - Bishop Martinelli: The Synod in Rome and our "pilgrim Church" by Gianni Valente Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that there is no experience similar to this in the world. An experience in which all those who share the Catholic faith are migrants, and so in a sense we are a ...
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  1 October 2023
  VATICAN - Missionary October, the Pope announces an Apostolic Exhortation on the message of Theresa of Lisieux Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On October 15, Pope Francis Pope Francis will publish an Apostolic Exhortation dedicated to the message of Saint Therese of Lisieux, co-Patron of the missions together with Saint Francis ...
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  1 October 2023
  VATICAN - Message of Pope Francis to mark the 180th anniversary of the founding of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood Rome (Agenzia Fides) - We publish the message of Pope Francis to "children and young people, parents, formators and friends" of the Pontifical Society of Holy Childhood, which celebrated the 180th anniversary of its foun ...
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  1 October 2023
  Therese, Rome and the world by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, proclaimed by Pope Pius XI co-patron of the missions with Saint Francis Xavier, lived a good part of her short and fragile l ...
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  30 September 2023
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The President of Bishops on the tragedies of emigration: our young people are dying at sea because they cannot benefit from the Country's riches Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The first missionaries of the Society of African Missions (SMA) arrived in Ivory Coast in 1895. We are therefore a relatively young Church", declared to Fides Msgr Marcelin Yao Kouadio, Bishop ...
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  30 September 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Between villages and 'marine mission stations', the synodal path of the Church in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair (Agenzia Fides) - The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in the Indian Ocean, are a Catholic community that has lived the synodal style since its birth. The only diocese which embraces the entire territory, Port Bla ...
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  29 September 2023
  VATICAN - "Good Christians and good citizens". Pope Francis writes to the Catholics of Viet Nam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We publish the Letter of Pope Francis to the Catholic community of Viet Nam on the occasion of the adoption of the Agreement on the Status of the Resident Papal Representative and the Offic ...
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  29 September 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Ugandan troops invade South Sudanese territory: “Border dispute with Uganda should be resolved through diplomatic channels” Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The border dispute between Uganda and South Sudan should be resolved through diplomatic negotiations. This was stated by South Sudanese army spokesman Major General Lul Ruai Koang, saying the matte ...
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  29 September 2023
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The bishops of Tierra Caliente and Chiapas: violence and insecurity are destroying the Mexican people Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - "The State of Michoacán is a violent State with a history of increasing violence with clashes between criminal gangs, some of which seem to be involved with the authorities." This is what the A ...