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  23 October 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops of the Great Lakes region call for an end to violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Everything must be done to put an end to the suffering of the people of the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)", say the members of the Association of Bishops' Conferences of Centr ...
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  23 October 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Full support for the Palestinian people: Peace in the Middle East lies in the "two-state solution" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - On October 15, 1937, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the political leader who would become the founding father of Pakistan a few years later, after the partition of India and Pakistan in 1945, said in a ...
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  23 October 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Eparch of Adigrat: "Our world order seems to be in need of a serious transformation": we do not want Tigray to remain forgotten Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "Our world order seems to be in need of a serious transformation, otherwise the consequences will continue affecting more and more, of course the weaker ones being first loosers", writes to Fide ...
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  22 October 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: may the People of God participate "actively" in Mission Day 2023 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - An invitation addressed to the people of God for everyone to participate "actively" in World Mission Day 2023, celebrated as every year on the penultimate Sunday of October. The appeal was ...
• 21 October 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Makassar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Fransiskus Nipa, of the clergy of Makassar, Indonesia, hitherto judicial vicar and deputy parish priest of the cathedral, as coadjutor archbis ...
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  21 October 2023
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Media representative of the Bishops' Conference: “Our listeners ask us above all for prayers” The Catholic media in Côte d'Ivoire has undergone a profound evolution in recent years. A process intertwined with the journey of the entire ecclesial community, as Don Hervé Djezou secrétariat exécutif national des ...
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  21 October 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "God's chef": As a missionary among the poor and homeless Seoul (Agenzi Fides) - Father Vincenzo Bordo, missionary of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, put on the apron 30 years ago and is now known in South Korea and beyond as "God's chef". He has lived and worked as a missiona ...
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  20 October 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Shanghai: Young priests pray for peace in the Holy Land Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us pray for a ceasefire between Palestinians and Israelis and ask that peace return to the Holy Land as soon as possible" was the focus of the Holy Mass celebrated by the Bishop of Shanghai ...
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  20 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Three monks kidnapped in a Benedictine monastery Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – A novice and two postulants of the Benedictine order were kidnapped from a monastery in the Nigerian state of Kwara. At one o'clock on the night of October 17, an armed group, believed to be Ful ...
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  20 October 2023
  ASIA/BARHAIN - Bishop Berardi: “The Holy Year of the Arab Martyrs is a year of grace for the Christians of the Arabian Peninsula” By Antonella Prenna Manama (Agenzia Fides) - "We consider this year to be a year of grace for the entire Vicariate and for all Christian communities in the Arabian Gulf. We celebrate with faith the memory of our Chri ...
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  20 October 2023
  VATICAN - CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2023 Vatican City - (Agenzia Fides) - As every year, in view of World Mission Sunday, which this year celebrates its 97th anniversary on Sunday, October 22, 2023, Fides News Agency offers some statistics chosen to give a pano ...
• 19 October 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of Bishop of Njombe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 19, 2023, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Eusebio Samwel Kyando, of the clergy of Njombe, until now member of the Finance and Development Committee and representative of t ...
• 19 October 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Rev. Jovitus Francis Mwijage as Bishop of Bukoba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 19, 2023, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Jovitus Francis Mwijage, of the clergy of Bukoba, until now National Executive Director of UMAWATA and member of the Regional Cou ...
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  19 October 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Citizens imprisoned for blasphemy and abuse of rights: the Senate takes action Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Standing Committee on Human Rights of the Pakistani Senate announced that 179 Pakistani citizens are currently in detention and awaiting trial for blasphemy. In addition, 17 people have al ...
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  19 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - "We are under embargo", trapped by our limitations and our poverty, trapped by our security and freedom Dosso (Agenzia Fides) – "We are under embargo, in my opinion constantly; trapped by our limitations and our poverty, trapped by our security and freedom..." writes Father Rafael Casamayor, missionary in the small commu ...