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  11 January 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - Father Massimo Miraglio: “We too want to be pilgrims of hope” by Antonella Prenna Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Haiti has become really difficult, not only in the capital but also in the surrounding areas, where gangs dictate the law. Even in the provinces t ...
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  10 January 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Francis at the “Congrès Mission”: our hope is Christ, and it does not belong to us Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Christ is our hope”. And “this hope – it is curious – does not belong to us,” because “hope is not a possession you can put in your pocket. No, it does not belong to us. It ...
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  10 January 2025
  ASIA/LEBANON - General Aoun elected President. Father Zgheib: "positive neutrality" is now the key formula Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - General Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese army since 2017, has been elected President of the Republic, a position that had been vacant for more than two years. He succeeds Michel Aoun, who a ...
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  10 January 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Bringing hope to the poor": the Jubilee of Hope among brick kiln workers Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A place of suffering and death can become a place of life and hope. In this spirit, the Jubilee Year 2025 began for the people of Kot Radha Kishan, in the Pakistani province of Punjab, a place wh ...
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  10 January 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - In North Kivu: heavy fighting between the army and the M23 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 290,000 people were forced to flee in December due to fighting in the Lubero region of North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is what the latest report of t ...
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  10 January 2025
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Churches chosen for Jubilee 2025: a shrine for pilgrims of hope Manama (Agenzia Fides) - The Jubilee churches and Cathedrals of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia (AVONA) are ready to welcome all those who seek inspiration, healing and a new sense of belonging: the Cathedral ...
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  9 January 2025
  VATICAN - The Pope to ambassadors: a "Diplomacy of hope" is needed to overcome the logic of conflict Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - To be "heralds" of a "diplomacy of hope" that gives all the nations of the planet the opportunity to "overcome the logic of conflict" and "embrace" that of "encounter", thus realizing the p ...
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  9 January 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic communities help the earthquake-stricken populations of Tibet, in the spirit of the “Jubilee of Hope” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - More than 120 dead, almost 200 injured, 50 thousand displaced, tens of thousands of homes destroyed or damaged. This is the preliminary toll of the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Dingri co ...
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  9 January 2025
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle, on the occasion of the patronal feast of the Pontifical Urban College: "The pilgrimage of hope indicates the initiative of God that leads us to Jesus Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - It was in a joyful atmosphere, between prayers and convivial moments, that the patronal feast of the Pontifical Urban College took place on the evening of Tuesday, January 7. Founded at the ...
• 9 January 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "May the Jubilee Year be a year of reconciliation and resettlement of displaced persons" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Over 600 members of the various Christian denominations in Myanmar gathered in Yangon for a celebration and dinner to celebrate Christmas and to express their best wishes for the New Year, togeth ...
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  9 January 2025
  AFRICA/CHAD - Doubts and many questions after the mysterious attack on the presidential palace N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "It is difficult to know exactly what happened last night," local sources in N'Djamena tell Fides. In the capital of Chad, an armed group attacked the presidential palace yesterday evening, Ja ...
• 9 January 2025
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Angolan faithful pray for the Mozambican population: "The true battlefield is the human heart, from which evil and peace arise" Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us pray for Mozambique caught in a spiral of violence that is not the remedy for our fractured world. Violence breeds more violence, causing suffering, anguish, and forced migration," Fr. C ...
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  9 January 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two nuns kidnapped in southeastern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Two members of the Sisters’ Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mother of Christ (IHM) in Anambra State, southeastern Nigeria were abducted on the evening of Tuesday, January 7, 2025. ...
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  8 January 2025
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - The Pope: «In every part of the globe there are children who are exploited by an economy that does not respect life» Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - «I wish to dedicate this and the next catechesis to children, and to reflect in particular on the scourge of child labour», said Pope Francis, who interrupts the cycle of catecheses dedic ...
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  8 January 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Archbishop of Seoul celebrates Mass for Catholic parliamentarians in the chapel of the National Assembly: Focus on the common good Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Focus on the common good is what Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-taick of Seoul asks the Catholic parliamentarians of South Korea to do, a country where in the last four weeks the political elite has ...