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  15 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Give thanks to God on the peaks of Mount Lú. Lenten pilgrimages to the Marian shrine of Lushan for the feast of Saint Joseph Lushan (Agenzia Fides) - Lushan, "Mount Lú", is a mountain located in the district of the same name, south of the city of Jiujiang, in the Chinese province of Jiangxi. From a distance, you can admire countless peaks tha ...
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  14 March 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - Priest of the Clerics of St. Viator kidnapped Croix des Bouquets (Agenzia Fides) - Father Jean-Yves Medidor, priest of the Clerics of St. Viator, a collaborator in the Christ-Roi le Meilleur parish of Port-au-Prince, was kidnapped in Croix des Bouquets. The news was ...
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  14 March 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - One thousand young people confirmed as civil conflict worsens Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - The Lord confirms them in faith, which will help them live through the hardship, precariousness and suffering around them. A total of 1,173 young people have received the Sacrament of Confirma ...
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  14 March 2023
  ASIA/TURKEY - New earthquake of magnitude 4,7 in southeastern Turkey: the missionaries continue to provide their assistance Mersin (Agenzia Fides) - After the serious earthquake which on February 6, destroyed entire neighborhoods between Syria and Turkey (see Fides, 7/2/2023) a new shock recorded today March 14 shook the earth in the south-ea ...
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  14 March 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Over 5 million trees to be planted in 5 years: the project to combat desertification promoted by the Nigerian Bishops Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) is to plant 5.5 million trees over the next five years to mitigate the effects of climate change in the country. Consequently, the conference laun ...
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  14 March 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fraternity Campaign: born in the Catholic Church, but wants to address the whole of Brazilian society Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, March 13, a solemn session of the plenary session of the House of Representatives was held in Brasilia, dedicated to the Campaign for Fraternity 2023, whose theme is "Fraternity and ...
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  13 March 2023
  Pope Francis, 10 years of journey in the Mystery of Peter by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the pilgrimage of the Church through History, the tenth anniversary of the beginning of a Pontificate is not a big deal. Pope Francis, who also read and consulted extensivel ...
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  11 March 2023
  Pope Francis, 10 years of Pontificate with "missionary restlessness" by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - There is a revealing detail that marks the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Pontificate of Pope Francis, elected Bishop of Rome on March 13, ten years ago. Last January ...
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  10 March 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The Maasai people forced to leave their homes in the protected area of Ngorongoro Malambo (Agenzia Fides) - The Tanzanian authorities are pushing the Maasai people to move away from the protected area of Ngorongoro, where most of the population resides, proposing financial 'aid' which is not sufficien ...
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  10 March 2023
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Let's break the silence that kills": live with dignity in working-class neighborhoods, fight against drug addiction and its consequences Rosario (Agenzia Fides) - "We are creating a para-state which does not change every four years and which, over time, consolidates its power and its financial structure, offering weapons, lawyers, protections and many oth ...
• 10 March 2023
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 2, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle appointed Rev. Paul Lithebe Tjokosela, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Maseru, as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societie ...
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  10 March 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Catholic Church asks Parliament to abolish the death penalty Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The "Justice and Peace" Commission of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of South Korea will officially present to the Korean Parliament, on March 13, a petition for the abolition of the death penal ...
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  10 March 2023
  AFRICA/RUANDA - "Forgiveness comes from listening to the other". Interview with Cardinal Kambanda, Archbishop of Kigali by Luca Mainoldi Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that conflicts arise from the fact that we do not want to listen to the other. Listening to the other involves us, it asks us to change", says Cardinal Antoine Kamban ...
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  9 March 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Catholic Bishop of Obala offers his condolences for the murder of the priest of the so-called Gallican “Church” Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "We learned with pain of the heinous murder in Obala of Father Olivier Ntsa Ebodé, priest of a separated Christian community", says Msgr. Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei, bishop of Obala, in ...
• 9 March 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Durban, Elias Kwenzakufani Zondi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Elias Kwenzakufani Zondi, of the clergy of the metropolitan archdiocese of Durban, until now vicar general and parish priest of Saint James in Lam ...