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  10 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Concern over rising fuel prices caused by war in Middle East Abuja (Fides News Agency) - The fear of a possible fuel shortage spread yesterday, 9 October, in the Federal District of Abuja, where motorists made panic purchases when they learned that some gas stations were not dispe ...
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  10 October 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic Communities Pray for Peace in Israel and Palestine Manila (Fides News Agency) - Peace is the greatest good and a wound to peace, in the "body" that is humanity, causes pain and apprehension not only at the local level, but in the whole body, in the entire international c ...
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  10 October 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Religions for Peace, Rabbis for Human Rights and Order of Malta Call for End to Escalation Jerusalem (Fides News Agency) - "After the unprecedented terrorist attacks and the taking of hostages by Hamas, a military operation by the Israeli army is underway to fight terrorism and free the hostages. While we pray ...
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  10 October 2023
  VATICAN - The missionary charism of the New Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The appointment of Sister Simona Brambilla as Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life is an appointment with a missionary touch. Si ...
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  9 October 2023
  AFRICA/UGANDA -Young people celebrate anniversary of independence from British colonialism Terego (Fides News Agency) - "We are in the district of Terego, in northern Uganda, and it is a day of great celebration. The people are celebrating their independence from British colonialism that took place 62 years ag ...
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  9 October 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Rosary and the Magnificat, "weapons" of the Burmese faithful in the midst of conflict Mandalay ( Fides News Agency) - In churches in Mandalay, a city in north-central Myanmar, the Catholic faithful gather daily for the recitation of the Rosary prayer, thus celebrating the month of October, dedicated to Ou ...
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  9 October 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - Education, food, health care, faith formation: glimmers of light and hope for a small rural community Cap-Haïtien ( Fides News Agency) - Despite years of political upheaval, the earthquake in 2010 and the COVID-19 pandemic, children in a rural community 10 miles south of Cap-Haïtien are not losing faith, and thanks to ...
• 9 October 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of Metropolitan Archbishop of Imphal Vatican City ( Fides News Agency) - On Oct. 7, 2023, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Imphal (India) presented by Archbishop Dominic Lumon. The Holy Father appo ...
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  9 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "We have no information about our kidnapped sisters" Abuja ( Fides News Agency) - Three nuns and a seminarian were kidnapped along with their driver in Imo State, southern Nigeria. According to a memo from their congregation, the nuns belong to the Missionary Daughters of ...
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  8 October 2023
  ASIA/ HOLY LAND - Gaza parish priest: no one knows what lies ahead Gaza (Fides News Agency) - "No one knows what lies ahead, and unfortunately there are no signs that what started yesterday may end soon." Father Gabriel Romanelli, pastor of Gaza's Catholic parish dedicated to the Holy F ...
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  7 October 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - What name for Jesus in the Indonesian language? Jakarta (Fides News Agency) - The Indonesian government will no longer use, in Bahasa, Indonesia's national language, the term "Isa Al-Masih," a word of Arabic origin, to refer to Jesus Christ and Christian holidays. An ...
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  7 October 2023
  AFRICA/CHAD -Archbishop Djitangar: Impatience growing against foreign military presence in our country N'Djamena (Fides News Agency) - We are the youngest Church in Africa, so much so that we will be the last African Church in 2029 to celebrate 100 years since the first evangelization" says Archbishop of N'Djamena, Goetb ...
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  6 October 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - Laurea Honoris Causa to author Maria Eugénia Neto, widow of one of the African revolutionary leaders received by Paul VI Rome (Fides News Agency) - "There is a long history of friendship between our two countries, similar to the time when a Pope received, for the first time, representatives of nationalist movements at war with colonizing P ...
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  6 October 2023
  AFRICA/TOGO- Caritas and "Justice and Peace" project to prevent conflict on the Togo-Benin border Lomé (Fides News agency) - The cross-border project "Nuwaki Togo-Benin", implemented by the Episcopal Council for Justice and Peace of the Togolese Diocese of Dapaong in collaboration with Caritas Natitingou (Benin), h ...
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  6 October 2023
  ASIA/THAILAND - Immersed in nature, young people discover the deep meaning of "Laudate Deum" Chiang Mai (Fides News Agency) - "Immersing ourselves in nature allows us to discover and learn many new things. We lived the 'Time of Creation,' inspired by Laudato si'. Now, with young university students in Northern T ...