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  2 October 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Arrest of the alleged murderers of the seminarian burned alive Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The alleged murderers of Stephen Na'aman, the seminarian burned alive during the September 7 attack on the St. Raphael parish in Fadan Kamantan, in the diocese of Kafanchan, in the state of Kaduna ...
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  2 October 2023
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - Bishop Martinelli: The Synod in Rome and our "pilgrim Church" by Gianni Valente Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that there is no experience similar to this in the world. An experience in which all those who share the Catholic faith are migrants, and so in a sense we are a ...
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  1 October 2023
  VATICAN - Missionary October, the Pope announces an Apostolic Exhortation on the message of Theresa of Lisieux Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On October 15, Pope Francis Pope Francis will publish an Apostolic Exhortation dedicated to the message of Saint Therese of Lisieux, co-Patron of the missions together with Saint Francis ...
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  1 October 2023
  VATICAN - Message of Pope Francis to mark the 180th anniversary of the founding of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood Rome (Agenzia Fides) - We publish the message of Pope Francis to "children and young people, parents, formators and friends" of the Pontifical Society of Holy Childhood, which celebrated the 180th anniversary of its foun ...
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  1 October 2023
  Therese, Rome and the world by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, proclaimed by Pope Pius XI co-patron of the missions with Saint Francis Xavier, lived a good part of her short and fragile l ...
• 30 September 2023
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The President of Bishops on the tragedies of emigration: our young people are dying at sea because they cannot benefit from the Country's riches Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The first missionaries of the Society of African Missions (SMA) arrived in Ivory Coast in 1895. We are therefore a relatively young Church", declared to Fides Msgr Marcelin Yao Kouadio, Bishop ...
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  30 September 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Between villages and 'marine mission stations', the synodal path of the Church in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair (Agenzia Fides) - The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in the Indian Ocean, are a Catholic community that has lived the synodal style since its birth. The only diocese which embraces the entire territory, Port Bla ...
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  29 September 2023
  VATICAN - "Good Christians and good citizens". Pope Francis writes to the Catholics of Viet Nam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We publish the Letter of Pope Francis to the Catholic community of Viet Nam on the occasion of the adoption of the Agreement on the Status of the Resident Papal Representative and the Offic ...
• 29 September 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Ugandan troops invade South Sudanese territory: “Border dispute with Uganda should be resolved through diplomatic channels” Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The border dispute between Uganda and South Sudan should be resolved through diplomatic negotiations. This was stated by South Sudanese army spokesman Major General Lul Ruai Koang, saying the matte ...
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  29 September 2023
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The bishops of Tierra Caliente and Chiapas: violence and insecurity are destroying the Mexican people Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - "The State of Michoacán is a violent State with a history of increasing violence with clashes between criminal gangs, some of which seem to be involved with the authorities." This is what the A ...
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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 ...
• 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 ...