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• 20 December 2023
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Rev. Fr. Peter Ephraim Madeya Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 26 September 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the Rev. Fr. Peter Ephraim Madeya of the clergy of Dezda as National Directo ...
• 19 December 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops urge vigilance on the eve of the election Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us not leave the polling stations until the results are published". This is the appeal that the Congolese Bishops' Conference (CENCO) made back in June to the voters who, tomorrow, Decembe ...
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  19 December 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - The historical archive of Propaganda Fide is being presented to professors and students in the People’s Republic of China for the first time Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - More than one hundred professors, researchers and students from the People's Republic of China took part in an unprecedented seminar conference on the Historical Archives of Propaganda Fide led ...
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  19 December 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop among refugees: "Like sheep among wolves, we trust in the Good Shepherd" Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - These are heartfelt and moving words, words full of faith and a source of consolation, that Bishop Celso Ba Shwe of Loikaw, in the Burmese state of Kayah, in the north of Myanmar, addresses to th ...
• 19 December 2023
  AFRICA/GUINEA - The church of St. Joseph the Worker destroyed after fuel depot fire Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - "The church of St. Joseph the Worker, located 500 meters from the fuel depot that caught fire on the night of December 17 to 18 has been completely destroyed" local Church sources report to Fide ...
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  19 December 2023
  ASIA/BARHAIN - "If we always put God first, He will bless us more than we deserve": a young Filipina talks about the life of the Bahraini Catholic community Awali (Agenzia Fides) - Grace Omit is one of the many young people who took part in the National Youth Day at the Cathedral of Awali on Friday December 8, 2023, where some of the participants also spok ...
• 18 December 2023
  AFRICA/GUINEA - At least 8 dead after fuel depot explodes in residential area Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - At least eight people were killed and just over eighty injured and a residential area was completely devastated. This is the sad conclusion of the major fire that broke out on the night of Decem ...
• 18 December 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Ten years of civil war: Sexual violence as a weapon of war Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Victims of sexual violence are the invisible victims of the civil war that broke out in South Sudan 10 years ago in December 2013 (see Fides, 16 and 18 December 2013). Sexual violence is a real wea ...
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  18 December 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - From a ceasefire to true peace: Christmas marked by reconciliation with the people of North Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of Christmas, the Korean Catholic community extends its thoughts, prayers and a deep desire for peace and reconciliation to its compatriots in the North: in the year of the 70th an ...
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  18 December 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Diocese of Yei publishes five-year plan: evangelization, social development, economy Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "This is a very important event, both for the faith and for the holistic development of the Church," said the Bishop of Yei, Alex Lodiong Sakor, on the occasion of the presentation of the five-year ...
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  16 December 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - In the Catholic community in Gaza: Two women killed by Israeli army snipers Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The two women, Nahida and Samar Anton, mother and daughter, were killed on Saturday December 16 by an Israeli army sniper in the Catholic parish in Gaza, dedicated to the Holy Family and where the ...
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  16 December 2023
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - In the footsteps of Father Bukowiński: A missionary journey to the most remote areas of the Country Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - Not far from the borders with Kyrgyzstan and China, along the former Silk Road, the missionary pilgrimage organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies in Kazakhstan took place this year. This is ...
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  15 December 2023
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Pironio and Romero: friends also in Paradise by Gianni Valente Campana (Agenzia Fides) – Friendships emerge among the Saints, a reflection of their common friendship with Christ. Friendships that also help them to go through the apostolic sufferings that almost ...
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  15 December 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Diocesan youth Days: Young people play an important role in the Christian communities of the Diocese of Niamey Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people play an important role in the Christian community of Dosso, as in all communities where there are young people," said the missionary Father Rafael Casamayor to Fides on the occasion ...
• 15 December 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Justice and Peace Commission publishes election handbook Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Citizen education is an essential part of any democratic society," says the handbook prepared by the Commission for Justice and Peace of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Southern Africa ...