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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 ...
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  28 March 2023
  AFRICA/KENYA - Population exhausted: clashes against the government continue and drought does not stop Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The population is exhausted, the drought that has been going on for more than two years with serious repercussions on most Kenyans is compounded by anti-government protests organized by the oppo ...
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  28 March 2023
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Police officers in the Catholic church in Talas during Mass. Slovak nun fined Talas (Agenzia Fides) - During the evening Eucharistic celebration on Sunday, 26 March, some police officers and the State Committee for National Security entered the Catholic parish church in Talas (St. Nicholas parish) ...
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  27 March 2023
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Peace cannot be built because of domestic violence and the disintegration of the social fabric Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Mexican National Institute of Public Health and the United Nations Children's Fund, only 3 out of 10 children are brought up in an environment free from violence. This means ...
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  27 March 2023
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Children's almsgiving, cleaning in homes for the elderly: concrete works of Lenten charity in the diocese of Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Once again this year, the fundraising committee of the Lenten Movement of the diocese of Hong Kong has proposed simple and concrete gestures to practice the works of charity that traditionally ...
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  27 March 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Displaced families and the urban poor: the solidarity commitment of Catholic communities Manila (Agenzia Fides) - About 300 displaced families have lost their homes because, in recent days, the Department of Public Works of MetroManila has started the demolition of illegally built housing structures in the c ...
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  27 March 2023
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Father Konteh (Caritas): the electoral process must be more inclusive and accessible to all Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - The electoral period promises to be particularly hot for the 8.6 million Sierra Leoneans who will be called to vote on June 24th. "As our country prepares itself, it is important to recognize t ...
• 27 March 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Cân Tho, Peter Le Tan Loi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 25, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed the Reverend Peter Le Tan Loi, of the clergy of Cân Tho, Viêt Nam, until now professor and dean of studies in the Saint Pierre Doan Co ...
• 27 March 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of bishop of Phât Diêm, Peter Kieu Cong Tung Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 25, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed the Reverend Peter Kieu Cong Tung, of the clergy of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Hôchiminh Ville, until now chancellor and lecturer at Sa ...
• 27 March 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of bishop of Hà Tinh, Louis Nguyên Anh Tuán Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 25, 2023, the Holy Father Francis appointed Bishop Louis Nguyên Anh Tuán, until now titular of Catrum and auxiliary of the archdiocese of Thành-Phô Hô Chi Minh, Hôchiminh Vil ...
• 27 March 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Poona Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 25, 2023, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Poona, India, presented by Bishop Thomas Dabre. The Holy Father has appointed Bishop J ...
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  25 March 2023
  ASIA/LEBANON - Annunciation, national holiday. Lebanese Christians and Muslims together invoke Mary in the country besieged by the crisis Kornet Chehwan (Agenzia Fides) - In a Lebanon shaken by a devastating economic crisis and yet another paralysis of the political system, on the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord Christians and Muslims are once again ...