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  9 March 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Hazing and student abuse in universities: an evil to eradicate Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The recent death of John Matthew Salilig, a Catholic student at Adamson University in Manila, has raised the issue of hazing and all those practices such as "initiation rites" to associations, cl ...
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  9 March 2023
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Indigenous peoples are called to become co-responsible for the evangelization of their brothers Ciudad Bolivar (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite all the limitations that the environment imposes on the evangelizing mission among indigenous communities, there is great pastoral vitality and significant efforts to continue on ...
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  9 March 2023
  The 2013 Conclave and the "Mystery of the Moon" by Gianni Valente Rome (Agence Fides) - On the morning of March 9, 2013, precisely 10 years ago, Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio entered the Aula Nervi in the Vatican holding in his light bag a small page wi ...
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  8 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Eleven representatives of the Catholic Church take part in the People's Congress in Beijing Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 69 representatives from “religious circles” are taking part in the sessions of the 14th National People's Congress which opened in Beijing on March 4th in the presence of President ...
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  8 March 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Proclaiming the Gospel is transmitting "what one has received", not one's own ideas Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian faith is a "treasure" that "is received" and "transmitted" to others as it has been received, without wanting to add more, nor to rely on the "strength of one's ideas, programs, struc ...
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  8 March 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - March 8: Women in Goma call for more security and an end to the scourge of kidnappings Goma (Agenzia Fides) - "In addition to security, we demand the eradication of all "negative forces" and armed groups that collaborate with foreigners". "We demand more security and the closure of the communication networ ...
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  8 March 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Women and consecrated women, alongside the poor for a hundred years Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - For a hundred years the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary have been present in Myanmar, proclaiming the Gospel with word, life and deeds, always and in all cases close to the people, especi ...
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  8 March 2023
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The evangelizing mission of the Catholic school: towards the Global Educational Pact Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Paraguayan education system is faced with problematic situations such as lack of free education, limited access to technology and social inequality, among others. In this context, the commitm ...
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  7 March 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - A priest of the so-called Gallican "Church" kidnapped and murdered Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - A priest of the so-called Gallican "Church" in Cameroon was kidnapped and murdered. Father Olivier Ntsa Ebode was found dead on March 1 in Obala, a municipality in the department of Lékié in ...
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  7 March 2023
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Our society needs to transform, to change, we cannot wait for someone to start doing it Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - "This season of Lent must be a time to transform our existence, our way of life more than anything else", urged Msgr. René Leigue, Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in his Sunday homily ...
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  7 March 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - The "road map" of Father Jacques Mourad, Archbishop of Homs by Father Jihad Youssef monk of the Community of Deir Mar Musa Homs (Agenzia Fides) - These are peculiar days for Christians in Syria and also for us of the monastic community of Deir Mar Musa. Our brother, the monk ...
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  7 March 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "Solidarity race" among the Korean faithful: "Let us not forget the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A month after the disaster of February 6, while the spotlights of the mass media are shifting and international attention is diminishing, it is necessary not to forget the victims of the severe e ...
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  7 March 2023
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Armed conflicts continue in the north of the country, thousands of people are fleeing Cabo Delgado (Agenzia Fides) - Abductions, disappearances, sexual violence, destruction of property, including schools, health centers and places of worship, are the main causes of the flight of thousands of people in se ...
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  7 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - 11 Catholics at the XIV National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Sixty-nine representatives of the "religious world" have been selected to participate in the sessions of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, wh ...
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  6 March 2023
  VATICAN - Prof. Zhang tells Urbaniana about the mission of Maillard de Tournon, the first papal legate in China Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Oh how many monsters are in this New World, coming from Europe!". So said Charles Thomas Maillard de Tournon (1668-1710), the first papal legate in China. His figure is closely linked to the well- ...