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  6 March 2023
  AFRICA/GHANA - Independence day is celebrated, amidst international restrictions due to foreign debt and security concerns Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Today, March 6, Ghana celebrates its national independence, obtained from the United Kingdom in 1957, albeit still with Queen Elizabeth as Head of State. On July 1, 1960, the Republic was proclaim ...
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  6 March 2023
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Peace talks for the serious humanitarian crisis in Las Anod Las Anod (Agenzia Fides) - Peace talks are underway to put an end to the fighting that does not seem to have subsided around the town of Las Anod, capital of the Sool region in southeastern Somaliland, about 1000 km nort ...
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  6 March 2023
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - 95 young catechumens in the community of Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - They symbolically knocked on the doors of the Church to ask to be admitted to the last stage of their preparation for Baptism. They are 95 young Cambodian catechumens who, in the Apostolic Vi ...
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  6 March 2023
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Indigenous Peoples Commission demands the truth about the murder of leader Eduardo Mendua Dureno (Agenzia Fides) - Eduardo Mendúa, indigenous leader in the Amazon territory, was assassinated on Sunday afternoon, February 26, in Dureno, in the province of Sucumbios, in the northern region of the Ecuadorian Am ...
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  6 March 2023
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - The Assembly of Catholic Bishops looks at the suffering of peoples: "There is no healing without listening to the other" Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "The bishops once again draw the attention of the faithful to the reality of our world, to the suffering caused by war, violence and natural disasters". This is what emerges from the statement is ...
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  4 March 2023
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The parishes accompany the journey of faith of 1,700 catechumens Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - After the official examination of candidates for baptism in the parishes, the communities of the Diocese of Hong Kong accompany the journey of faith of the 1,700 catechumens to the diocesan ex ...
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  4 March 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - UN report: modern weapons smuggled into Haiti by the United States Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500,000 illegal firearms could be in circulation in Haiti. This is the figure given in the report published yesterday, March 3, by the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drug Traff ...
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  4 March 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Street children innocent victims in the poorest countries. “They take refuge in remote corners trying to make themselves invisible” Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "On my return from Dosso I had to face a very delicate problem: one of the boys who had been living with us for seven years, and who had created a sewing workshop with his wife, suddenly found hi ...
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  4 March 2023
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Restoration of the ancient Jesuit churches, renewal of the Pastoral care of education and beatification of the missionary Bishop Pedro Shaw Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Paraguay has experienced two important meetings in recent days: the second synodal meeting "Walking together" on February 27 and 28, with all the bishops of Paraguay, the pastoral ...
• 4 March 2023
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Appointment of bishop of Kibungo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 20, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed the Revernd Jean-Marie Vianney Twagirayezu, of the clergy of Nuyundu, until now secretary general of Caritas in Rwanda, as bishop of ...
• 4 March 2023
  AFRICA/BENIN - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Lokossa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Lokossa, Benin, presented by Bishop Victor Agbanou. The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Coffi R ...
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  3 March 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Post elections: "There are priests who sow confusion and division"; Archbishop of Ibadan admonishes priests Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The two main candidates defeated in the Nigerian presidential elections on February 25 refused to recognize the victory of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and announced that they will appeal to the Supreme C ...
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  3 March 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - Father Jacques Mourad ordained Archbishop of Homs: "He has put his life in the hands of the Lord" by Gianni Valente Homs (Agenzia Fides) - Father Jacques Mourad "put his life in the hands of the Lord". And the Lord has chosen him to be "the spiritual father who sanctifies souls with the sacraments of salvation and g ...
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  3 March 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Two hundred migrant families integrated into society in two years of life of Casa Bom Samaritano Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "We thank God for these two years and we are happy that all the families who stayed in the Bom Samaritano house left the house with the certainty that at least one person in the family has a jo ...
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  3 March 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Jiangxi Catholic Community: Priests, religious and laity jointly formulate pastoral priorities for 2023 Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The proclamation of the Gospel in everyday life includes all the baptized, priests, religious and lay people, and is also expressed in the practice of charity for the benefit of all fellow citiz ...