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• 13 April 2023
  AMERICA/PERU - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, José Hipolito Purizaca Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 30, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev. José Hipolito Purizaca Sernaque, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Truj ...
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  13 April 2023
  VATICAN - Appointment of Coadjutor Archbishop of Tabora, Msgr. Protase Rugambwa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, former secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, in the Section for First Evangelization and the new particular Churches, as ...
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  13 April 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "To evangelize, in a polarized society, means to be promoters of encounter, union and reconciliation" Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - "We have decided that Mercy Sunday (2nd Sunday of Easter) of this year 2023 will also be a day of prayer to overcome polarization and promote reconciliation". This was announced by the Bi ...
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  13 April 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Eparque of Adigrat: 15 parishes occupied by the armed forces Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - Again this year, in Tigray, the people are experiencing Easter in very critical conditions. Despite the signing of the peace agreement concluded in South Africa between the government of Addis A ...
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  12 April 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Female genital mutilation: More than a thousand Sudanese communities abandon the cruel practice Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - In Sudan, almost nine out of ten women are subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM), despite the fact that a law penalizing this practice has been in force since July 2020. In the country, ...
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  12 April 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: the Gospel is proclaimed by walking, far from the controversy of the 'keyboard warriors' Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The strength of those who proclaim the salvation of Christ is not based on "plausible words of wisdom"; but "in demonstration of the Spirit and power", which always leads to set oneself in motion a ...
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  12 April 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Easter amidst fear, violence and hope in Mandalay, where innocent civilians die Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - "Christ is risen and we are working to remove the sepulchral stones that threaten to bury our hopes. We strive for justice, peace and the healing of our war-wounded land. We trust in God that, ...
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  12 April 2023
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Unprecedented violence that only national reconciliation can eradicate: "May the Risen Christ restore fraternity and justice" San José (Agenzia Fides) - "Our nation is going through one of the most difficult moments in its history due to the number of murders that plunge our families into mourning, the violence that has penetrated all our comm ...
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  10 April 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Jesus comes to us every time we proclaim him Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We encounter Jesus by witnessing him". He himself "comes to meet us every time we announce him". And when one encounters Jesus, no obstacle, no human calculation "can prevent us from proclaiming h ...
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  7 April 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - The Easter Triduum celebrated again in the Chinese dioceses, in the sign of communion Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - After three years of pandemic, the Chinese Catholic communities have finally resumed the solemn celebrations of the Easter Triduum and live intensely the "highlight" which represents the culmina ...
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  7 April 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Gaza, Holy Week under the bombs. Father Romanelli: even from here we continue to announce the victory of the Risen One Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The Christians of Gaza are living Holy Week while the sky above them is once again torn by the lightning of war. In the night between Thursday and Good Friday, air raids by the Israeli armed forces ...
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  5 April 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Easter for young people: communion and proclamation of hope Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The celebration of Easter is a special moment for young Catholics in Vietnam: in the various dioceses, starting from Palm Sunday, gatherings and meetings of young people will take place in the dif ...
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  5 April 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Pentecostal church attacked; new mass kidnapping of students Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In the early hours of April 2, Palm Sunday, the Pentecostal church in Akenawe, Tswarev, in the Benue State, in central northern Nigeria, was attacked. The assailants, suspected to be a band of Ful ...
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  5 April 2023
  AFRICA - Three Catholic nuns awarded for their development projects in Africa Santa Clara (Agenzia Fides) - "The future of Africa is in the hands of Africans. It is up to us to build our future; I will return home as an African to show concepts and African solutions for Africa", said Sister Juunza ...
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  5 April 2023
  AMERICA - The Church at the service of Peace: "to work intensively on the structural causes of the conflict on the Continent" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The joys, hopes, sorrows and cries of our peoples resonated in the Congress, challenging us as Church for a committed and effective evangelical prophecy. This will help us overcome the state of ...