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  28 September 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Escalation of the conflict, with serious suffering of the civilian population Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - The military junta of Myanmar is carrying out more and more air strikes against the civilian population; The number of aircraft and helicopter attacks doubled in the second year after the coup ...
• 28 September 2023
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of the Rector of the Good Shepherd Major Seminary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 June 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the Rev. Paul Walua of the diocesan clergy, as Rector of the Good ShepherdMajor Se ...
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  28 September 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - A priest and several teachers wounded by Anglophone separatists Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - A priest of the Missionary Society of St. Joseph of Mill Hill (MHM) was wounded in an attack on the parish of St. Martin of Tour in Kembong, in the diocese of Mamfe, in southwest Cameroon. Acco ...
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  28 September 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - Camillian missionaries accompany the people exhausted by violence and hunger in their everyday lives Purcine (Agenzia Fides) - "People need a spiritual director who lives with them and helps them bear the burden of daily hardships," said Camillian Father Massimo Miraglio, who lives and works as a missionary in the count ...
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  28 September 2023
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - A musical that tells the story of Blessed Jaricot delights the audience Vienna Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - On September 30th, the successful musical “Pauline - Courage Changes the World” about the life story of Pauline Marie Jaricot, the foundress of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of t ...
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  27 September 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - “The Jute Works”: Caritas Bangladesh has been promoting handicrafts and the emancipation of women for 50 years Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Antu Rani Sarkar was born into a needy family. Along the way, she had the opportunity to take part in a course run by the CORR-The Jute Works (CJW) initiative, where she learned how to make jute p ...
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  27 September 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Theology courses, prayers, information materials: Chinese Catholics are preparing to participate "remotely" in the Synod on synodality Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - With theology courses, prayers for the Synod and the dissemination of information material through social networks, the Catholic communities in the People's Republic of China are preparing to par ...
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  27 September 2023
  AFRICA/CHAD - Chad is the fifth country in the world for the number of refugees per capita compared to the population N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - Despite being one of the poorest countries in the world, Chad hosts almost a million refugees, of which about 75% are Sudanese, 21% come from the Central African Republic and 4% from Nigeria a ...
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  27 September 2023
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Government takes action against Al Shabab militias: “The aim of the terrorists is to destroy the Somali people” Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "The aim of the terrorists is to destroy the entire Somali people". In a statement, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud recalled that the al-Shabab militias do not shy away from destroying ...
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  26 September 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The synodal path in the Philippines enhances the Basic Ecclesial Communities Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "In the life of the Philippine Church, participation in the synodal process - with a view to the Synodal Assembly that will soon begin in the Vatican - has been wide-ranging and fruitful consulta ...
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  26 September 2023
  ASIA/LEBANON - 500 young people from the Churches of the Middle East pray for the next General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops Jbeil (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 young people from different churches in the Middle East prayed for peace, an end to wars, the integrity of Creation and the request that the Holy Spirit guides and enlightens the upc ...
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  26 September 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Refugees: "Staying or emigrating is no longer a choice" says the Bishop of Koudougou Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "Today we see that staying or emigrating is often no longer a choice, especially leaving has become a necessity," says Msgr. Joachim Hermenegilde Ouédraogo, Bishop of Koudougou, President o ...
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  26 September 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - "It is God who sends you to us": grassroots communities help families in need Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite the uncertainty in which the country lives after the coup of July 26, we continue to work. Harvests throughout the Sahel are poor and the closure of the borders, especially those of Benin ...
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  26 September 2023
  ASIA/CINA - Father Flavio Belluomini, Archivist of the Dicastery for Evangelization, speaks at the Chinese Social Sciences Forum - 2023 Religious Studies Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Academics and scholars from different countries working in the field of religious studies took part in the 2023 International Conference of the Chinese Social Sciences Forum - 2023-Religious Stu ...
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  25 September 2023
  AFRICA/BENIN - The death of 35 people in a fire due to a fuel depot blast raises the issue of fuel smuggling Porto-Novo (Agenzia Fides) - At least 35 people (including two children) died in the explosion of a clandestine fuel smuggling depot, which occurred on September 23 in Sèmè-Kraké, a town located on the border between ...