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  30 August 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: The "holiness of everyday life" attracts hearts Rome (Agenzia Fides) - God calls us "through attraction", and attraction "is proper to holiness". Also the "holiness of every day", the "holiness of the common Christian life, which is witnessed by those who bear the cro ...
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  30 August 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The humanitarian situation of the Rohingya is getting worse: calls for justice are becoming louder Cox's bazar (Agenzia Fides) - "It has been six years since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya were forced to flee their homes in Myanmar and seek refuge in neighboring Bangladesh, where they have faced an escalation of vi ...
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  30 August 2023
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Indigenous peoples: Catholic Church strives for inculturation Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "In almost every Latin American Episcopal Conference there is a commission dedicated to the promotion and protection of indigenous peoples", says Cardinal Felipe Arizmendi, Bishop Emeritus o ...
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  30 August 2023
  AFRICA/GABON - After coup in the night: “Libreville is a ghost town” Libreville (Agenzia Fides) – "Libreville is a ghost town. There are no people or vehicles on the streets, but the situation is calm", local sources tell Fides in the capital of Gabon, where the military announced they ...
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  30 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Father Marengo's "most beautiful joy". "Look to Him and you will be radiant" It is possible to listen to the interview in English by activating the subtitle mode by Gianni Valente Ulanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "Look to Him and you will be radiant". The verse from Psalm 3 ...
• 30 August 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Rector of the "Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary" Interdiocesan Seminary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 22, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev. Alphone Daniel Essey, as Rector of the "Immaculate Conception of the Blesse ...
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  29 August 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Joseph Shen Bin leads the prayer for peace and recalls that "the Church is built on the rock of the Apostle Peter" Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - The Church "is built on the rock of the Apostle Peter", and the newly baptized are called to be "salt of the earth and light of the world", in their daily life they share with their companions, ...
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  29 August 2023
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “Gigantic fraud”: Opposition questions election results Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a blatant and gigantic fraud", said Nelson Chamisa, leader of the opposition and main challenger to outgoing President Emmerson Mnangagwa, on the results of the August 23 elections (see F ...
• 29 August 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Rector of the "Santa Maria della Speranza" interdiocesan Seminary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 16, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev Sac. Justin Georges Ebengue as Rector of the "Santa Maria della Speranza" i ...
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  29 August 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Reopening of churches in Jaranwala: a sign of hope Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We thanked God because, even in suffering, he is present beside us. In the church, already renovated and accessible, we prayed for peace with many faithful, with Muslim leaders seated next to ea ...
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  29 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The new beginning: the first Video-Reportage in view of Pope Francis' trip to Mongolia by Gianni Valente Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "People are good here, people love me". This is how Father Giorgio Marengo, then a young missionary of the Consolata, replied to Cardinal Crescenzio ...
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  29 August 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Putting social justice first" say the Bishops recalling Father Kaiser, missionary killed in circumstances never clarified Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Kaiser fought all his life to defend the rights of the oppressed, the poor and all those who suffer from injustice", reaffirmed the bishops who took part in the suffrage ceremony of Fath ...
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  28 August 2023
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - "Madani" values for a prosperous and developed country Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim presented the concept of "MADANI", an acronym for transforming Malaysia into a more prosperous and developed country, based on six values identified a ...
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  28 August 2023
  AFRICA/GABON - Tensions after the August 26 vote: curfew imposed and Internet connections interrupted Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - A curfew was introduced and Internet connections were interrupted in Gabon from August 26, shortly before the end of the presidential elections between outgoing President Ali Bongo Ondimba an ...
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  28 August 2023
  MONGOLIA - The nascent Church that is waiting for Pope Francis It is possible to listen to the interview in English by activating the subtitle mode by Gianni Valente Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - Why is the Pope going to Mongolia? With just a few days to g ...