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  30 March 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Drought emergency in Turkana County: the population is in danger of a serious humanitarian crisis Lodwar (Agenzia Fides) - While anti-government riots against the high cost of living continue throughout the country (see Fides, 28/3/2023), the population of northern Kenya, in addition to the consequences of the Covid- ...
• 30 March 2023
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Puerto Carreño Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed the Reverend Fr. Álvaro Mon Pérez, C.Ss.R., until now chaplain of the Colegio Seminario Redentorista San Clemente in Manizales, as vicar apostolic of ...
• 30 March 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Aizawl Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed the Reverend Joachim Walder, of the clergy of Aizawl, until now episcopal vicar of the Barak Valley Region, as auxiliary of the diocese of Aizawl, assi ...
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  29 March 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: only the encounter with Jesus changes hearts and also frees us from a "Christianity without Christ" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - One becomes a Christian and proclaims the Gospel with passion, not because he studies the Bible or theology, but only through a real encounter with Jesus, who when he enters our lives "changes ever ...
• 29 March 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of the Bishop of Loikaw, Celso Ba Shwe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Celso Ba Shwe, of the clergy of Loikaw, currently Diocesan Administrator as Bishop of the Diocese of Loikaw (Myanmar). His Exc. Msgr. Celso Ba S ...
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  29 March 2023
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - New details on the intervention of armed agents in the Catholic church of Talas Talas (Agenzia Fides) - In the last few hours, new details have emerged that clarify the dynamics and scope of the events that took place on Sunday March 26 in the Catholic parish of Saint Nicholas in Talas, Kyrgyzstan ( ...
• 29 March 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The scourge of the kidnappings of priests in Nigeria is part of a larger phenomenon Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - From 2006 to 2023, 53 priests in Nigeria have been kidnapped, 12 attacked and 16 killed. In seventeen years, 81 priests in Nigeria have been victims of attacks. These are the data reported to Fide ...
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  29 March 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - Father Jean-Yves Médidor: "During the days of the kidnapping, the strength of prayer sustained me" Croix des Bouquets (Agenzia Fides) - A week after his release, Father Jean-Yves Médidor, a missionary of the Clerics of Saint Viator kidnapped in Croix des Bouquets on March 10, told Agenzia Fides the ordeal of his kidn ...
• 29 March 2023
  EUROPE/MALTA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Victor Agius Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 16, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle appointed Rev. Victor Victor as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Malta for a five-year period (2023-2028) ...
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  29 March 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - The fifth peace caravan towards Ukraine is underway: "We are not resigned to war" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Palm Sunday, which in the Christian, Catholic and Orthodox tradition has a strong symbolic meaning of peace, the volunteers of the fifth peace caravan "Stopthewarnow" will spend it in Ukraine, a ...
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  28 March 2023
  ASIA/JORDAN - First Solemn Mass of Nuncio Dal Toso in Amman Amman (Agenzia Fides) - On the evening of Monday, March 27, in the Church of the Virgin of Nazareth in Amman, Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso presided over the first solemn Eucharistic liturgy concelebrated in Jordan afte ...
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  28 March 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Apostolate and Pastoral Service in the Central Highlands of Vietnam: "Being and Making Community" Ban Me Thuot (Agenzia Fides) - The evangelizing mission and pastoral service are not easy in the mountainous regions of the central highlands of Vietnam, where a patient work of weaving between different indigenous reali ...
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  28 March 2023
  ASIA/IRAQ - New electoral rules approved amid controversy, which also affect the distribution of seats reserved for Christian candidates Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi Parliament has approved a series of controversial amendments to the electoral system, with changes that are causing heated political controversy and also affect how seats reserved for ...
• 28 March 2023
  OCEANIA/GUAM - Resignation of the Archbishop of Agaña and appointment of Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Agaña (Guam), presented by Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes, and has at the same time appoin ...
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  28 March 2023
  AMERICA/CHILE - The risk of getting used to violence without asking ourselves "what kind of society are we building?" Chillàn (Agenzia Fides) - "We all want to live in a safer and more fraternal nation, but I would like to invite you to ask us a few questions: why is the world of crime and drug trafficking born and growing among us? Wh ...