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  26 August 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic Women's Association of Saint Anne devotes a spiritual retreat to Christian marriage and ecclesial mission Shijiazhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The Chinese Catholic women united in the Saint Anne Association, based in the Chinese province of Hebei, continue their path of Christian life marked by moments of spiritual deepening and i ...
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  26 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Mission on tiptoe. A Magnificat for the rebirth of the Church in Mongolia by Paolo Affatato Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "We took the first steps in the mission in Mongolia with a certain excitement and emotion. On July 10, 1992 we tiptoed into an unknown land, strengthened only by the com ...
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  25 August 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Solidarity and attention of Muslim leaders asking for forgiveness from the Christians of Jaranwala: the fruits of interreligious dialogue Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the violence against Christians in Jaranwala, a town in Pakistani Punjab where houses and churches were burned (see Fides, 18 and 21/8/2023), "something unthinkable up to a few ...
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  25 August 2023
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Pope Francis to young Russian Catholics: good diplomats are good for humanity by Chiara Dommarco St. Petersburg (Agenzia Fides) - "God called us from the beginning, he called each of us by name, face to face. Despite our weaknesses". This is how Pope Francis expressed himself during his speech, ...
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  25 August 2023
  AFRICA/GHANA - "The diplomatic path must be pursued" Ghanaian bishops also oppose military intervention in Niger Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "No to military intervention under the aegis of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS/CEDEAO)". The Bishops of Ghana also express their opposition to a possible military interventi ...
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  25 August 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - After the coup: "Large parts of the population support the putschists" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The current fifth coup d'état seems unique, also because of the creative way in which it is being carried out", explains Father Mauro Armanino of the Society of African Missions (SMA) to Fides, ...
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  25 August 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - After Pandemic Restrictions: Catholic Churches resume summer activities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - After the restrictions that have marked the last few years related to the Covid 19 pandemic, many Chinese Catholic communities are returning to everyday life to resume activities and practices o ...
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  24 August 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest and Seminarian kidnapped in early August have been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Paul Sanogo and Seminarian Melkiori Dominick Mahinini, kidnapped on August 3 in the assault on the parish of St. Luke Gyedna (diocese of Minna) in the local government area of Paikoro in the S ...
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  24 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Mary paves the way for the mission by Gianni Valente Darkhan (Agenzia Fides) - In the Cathedral of Ulaanbaatar there is a statue of the Virgin Mary that suggestively crosses the path of the small Mongolian Catholic community. ...
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  24 August 2023
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Voting extended in several polling stations Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Zimbabweans are called to vote today, August 24, in 40 polling stations due to delays in the presidential and administrative elections held yesterday, August 23 (see Fides, 17/8/2023). The vote i ...
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  24 August 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Fukushima's radioactive water in the sea, protests and criticism in Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Japan has started dumping more than a million tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, destroyed in the March 2011 earthquake, reports Kyodo ...
• 23 August 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: In Marian shrines, Our Lady shows us how to proclaim the Gospel and gives us the peace of children Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The proclamation of the Gospel does not take place through the imposition of pre-constituted cultural models. The liberation proclaimed by Christ reaches individuals and peoples when it is expresse ...
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  23 August 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The 6,921 priests, apostles of Christ in the history of the Church in Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Korean priests who, in 178 years of history, have spent their life following Christ and proclaming the Gospel are engaged in parishes, celebrating the Sacraments for the people of God, accompa ...
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  23 August 2023
  AFRICA/MALI - The departure of the Blue Helmets and the risks of the resurgence of the Tuareg rebellion as jihadists continue to strike Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - While international attention is focused on Niger, in Mali the process of withdrawal of the Blue Helmets of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) ...
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  23 August 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The richness of Faiths. Working together for the good of all by Gianni Valente Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "I met the Mongolian rulers and they assured me that the new Constitution guarantees religious pluralism and that all religions and confessions w ...