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  26 November 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Feast of Christ the King procession: two people die in stampede Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A tragic accident marked the feast of Christ the King in the southern Nigerian state of Aba. The accident occurred on Sunday 25 November during the annual Christ the King procession at the Chris ...
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  26 November 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - President Kiir meets bishops: "There is hope for peace" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - There is hope for peace in South Sudan. This was announced by President Salva Kiir Mayardit during a meeting with a delegation of the country's bishops, which took place yesterday, November 25, at ...
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  26 November 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Choir of Lea and war orphans: "Singing is our prayer for peace" by Gianluca Frinchillucci Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Lea Akoury, widow of a soldier who died in 2007 during an anti-terrorism operation, has transformed her grief into strength and charity and founded an association t ...
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  25 November 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - North African bishops on the war in the Holy Land: "The Bible must not be used to legitimize the colonization or annexation of a territory" Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "Under no circumstances can the Bible be used to legitimize the colonization and annexation of a territory belonging to a people who only want to live in law and peace. It is necessary to distingu ...
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  25 November 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Students still take to the streets: Notre Dame Catholic University tells how it has managed the protest Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Students have taken to the streets again in Bangladesh. Students from several colleges in the capital, Dhaka, have vandalized the Government Shahid Suhrawardy College to protest the death of a med ...
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  25 November 2024
  AMERICA - 40 years after the Beagle conflict: when the Holy See managed to avoid war between Chile and Argentina Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The confrontation seemed inevitable. Chile and Argentina were on the brink of war over sovereignty of the Beagle Channel, a strategic passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. At a ...
• 25 November 2024
  OCEANIA/NORTHERNMARIANAISLANDS - Appointment of Bishop of Chalan Kanoa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Fr. Romeo Duetao Convocar, of the clergy of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agaña (Guam), currently Parish Priest of Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores in ...
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  25 November 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - In the community of Anhui: priests' retreats on synodality and a total of 70 adults receive the sacrament of confirmation on the Solemnity of Christ the King Bengbu (Agenzia Fides) - "Walk courageously on the path of faith, assume your missionary responsibility, be courageous witnesses of the resurrection of Christ," said Joseph Liu Xinhong, Bishop of the diocese of Bengbu/An ...
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  25 November 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Pope Francis’ “Road Map” for World Youth Day in Seoul by Pascale Rizk Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us keep our gaze fixed on Jesus, on his Cross and on Mary, our Mother. In this way, even throughout our difficulties, we will find the strength to go forward, without fear ...
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  25 November 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Cardinal Besungu denounces the waste of money for constitutional reform: "We must take care of young people" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Congolese youth in general and those of Kinshasa in particular are being sacrificed. How can we understand that we spend time, energy and money to talk about the possibility or the amendment o ...
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  24 November 2024
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - Pope appeals to the parties involved in the conflict in Myanmar: "I ask all parties involved to silence the weapons" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "To all parties involved, I make a heartfelt appeal: may all weapons be silenced and may a sincere and inclusive dialogue be opened, that may ensure a lasting peace," said Pope Francis at t ...
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  24 November 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis on the solemnity of Christ the King: World events have not escaped God's control Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - It is not true, as some think, that world events have “escaped” God’s control. Everything is ultimately subject to the judgement of God," said Pope Francis during the Eucharistic litu ...
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  23 November 2024
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The “Magnificat” of the Apostolic Prefect of Battambang: “In Cambodia I am a witness to the works of God” Battambang (Agenzia Fides) - "When I celebrate Mass in my cathedral, more than half of those present are unbaptized people. They are people in search, in search of God, of the meaning of life," said Father Enrique Figare ...
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  23 November 2024
  AFRICA/MALI - President of the Bishops’ Conference of Mali: “The path of dialogue is the path to restoring peace” Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Since 2012, Mali has been in a multidimensional crisis: security, institutional and economic," says Jonas Dembélé, President of the Episcopal Conference of Mali and Bishop of Kayes, in an inte ...
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  22 November 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “The Journey towards Peace”: young people from North and South Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - “Ttiattmeori” is a Korean word that means “love and friendship between brothers and sisters”. And it is the name of an organization in which young North Koreans who have fled the country a ...