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  14 January 2023
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II: homosexuality contradicts God's plan and the Bible Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Homosexual behavior does not conform to the Bible and to the creative will of God, who «created Adam and Eve». This was reiterated by Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II, in an Egyptian televi ...
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  14 January 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal for ceasefire: "Peace is the greatest gift" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We urgently ask the parties for a ceasefire. We ask that they lay down their arms and seek a peaceful solution. We see many people suffering and it is necessary to create humanitarian corridors ...
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  13 January 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - Clara's "tailor-made" dress Turin (Agenzia Fides) - Clara Pautasso is now 40 years old, lives in Turin and works as a nurse at Molinette hospital. At 18, with her high school leaving exam approaching, she felt called upon to make a choice. "I have ...
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  13 January 2023
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - 2019 Easter attacks, the Supreme Court condemns former President Sirisena Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has ruled that former President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena, and four other senior officials were negligent because they did not take the necessary preventi ...
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  13 January 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The serious insecurity in the region has contributed to aggravating the consequences of the fire at the Kateri Seminary Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The insecurity in which large parts of Nigeria live can have unexpected consequences. According to the rector of the minor seminary of Kateri, in the state of Kaduna (northwestern Nigeria), Father ...
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  12 January 2023
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: the unity of the Churches is not a "gesture of courtesy", but a secret of the Christian presence in the Middle East Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "The Eastern Churches need a breath of fresh air", is how the Iraqi Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, entitled his message for the forthcoming Week of Prayer for Chr ...
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  12 January 2023
  AMERICA/CHILE - Institutions and organizations of the Church and the State at the same table to face the tragedy of immigrants Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The great concern for the difficulties that hundreds of immigrants are facing, especially the most vulnerable ones, to regularize their status in the face of a law deemed "inflexible", was expr ...
• 12 January 2023
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Resignation of the Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal) presented by His Exc. Msgr. Ernest Sambou. (SL) (Agenzia Fid ...
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  12 January 2023
  AFRICA/MALI - The drama of the village of Douna, threatened by jihadists Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is still blocked. We continue to pray for our brothers while we hope that mediation efforts will be successful to allow the faithful to continue to live in peace", says to Fides Ms ...
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  12 January 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Communion in Christ unites North and South Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - Walking together in following Christ. This has united and continues to unite Catholics from all over Vietnam, representing a close link between the South and the North of the country. G ...
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  11 January 2023
  VATICAN - "We proclaim the Lord, we do not proclaim ourselves". Pope Francis inaugurates the catecheses "on the passion for evangelization, that is, apostolic zeal" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Christians proclaim the Lord, they do not proclaim themselves. The Church grows "by attraction", and not "by proselytism". But when Christian life loses sight of the horizon of evangelization, hori ...
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  11 January 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Mass kidnappings in Nigeria: a complex scenario Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Mass kidnappings committed by well-organized armed groups are becoming more frequent in Nigeria. On January 7, gunmen attacked the Tom Ikimi railway station in Igueben, in the Igueben local govern ...
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  11 January 2023
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Birth of the Association of Catholic Universities, for a greater presence of the Church in society Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Six Catholic universities and three specialized institutes of higher education in the Dominican Republic founded Aduca, "Asociación Dominicana de Universidades Católicas e Institutos Esp ...
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  11 January 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Radio Veritas Asia: 95% of listeners are non-Christians Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Radio is a valuable tool for proclaiming the Gospel in Bangladesh. This was confirmed by the Bengali service of "Radio Veritas Asia" (RVA) which recently held a meeting with its listeners in the c ...
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  11 January 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Earthquake on the archipelago: fear but no major damage for the Camillians on the island of Flores Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - The earthquake that hit Indonesia on Tuesday, January 10, affected the island of South Maluku, one of the provinces of the archipelago. The earthquake was also felt in several neighboring islan ...