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  26 January 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Grief not removed and hope cherished. Letters and gestures of communion in the Chinese Catholic community at the beginning of the "Year of the Rabbit" Harbin (Agenzia Fides) - The Chinese New Year celebrations continue. But loved ones begin to say goodbye, and slowly people begin to return to their ordinary occupations. For many, in recent weeks, moments of joy and for ...
• 26 January 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "The mineral resources make our country a paradise, but the people live in hell" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) -"When will there be peace in the Congo?" asked Pierre Kabeza at the beginning of a press conference held in Rome yesterday, January 25th. Pierre Kabeza describes the background of the situation ...
• 26 January 2023
  AFRICA/GHANA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Wiawso Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Wiawso, Ghana, presented by Bishop Joseph Francis Kweki Essien. The Holy Father has appointed the Reve ...
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  26 January 2023
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Resumption of peace talks in a climate of hope, also with the support of OHCHR Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "In my meeting with President Gustavo Petro, I welcomed his government's new 'total peace' policy, including the commitment to fully implement the 2016 peace agreement with the FARC-EP. I also ap ...
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  26 January 2023
  AFRICA/RD CONGO - In the east of the country: postulants of the Comboni missionaries attacked by rebels Butembo (Agenzia Fides) - Last January 22, in the province of North Kivu, Mai-Mai rebels assassinated a group of postulants from the Comboni Missionaries. Fortunately, no one was killed in the attack. "The rebels attack ...
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  26 January 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced religious conversion: may the government accept the appeal submitted to the UN Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Christian communities, Hindus, and civil society organizations in Pakistan have welcomed the recent statement submitted to the UN Human Rights Council on the phenomenon of abduction, forced re ...
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  25 January 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Those who proclaim the Gospel of Jesus cannot be sad Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The proclamation of the Gospel, that is, of the salvation promised by Jesus, has distinctive traits, almost "genetic connotations" that make it incomparable to any proclamation of political, moral ...
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  25 January 2023
  AMERICA/PERU - Curfew in Puno extended: bishops call for immediate solution Puno (Agenzia Fides) - By decree, the Peruvian Government has extended the curfew in the Puno region by ten days, which will be in effect from today, January 25, from 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. The decree was signed by Presi ...
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  25 January 2023
  VATICAN CITY - Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for World Mission Day 2023 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today we publish the Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 97th World Mission Day to be celebrated on Sunday, October 22, 2023 on the theme "Hearts on fire, feet on the move" (cf. Lk ...
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  25 January 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indian Jesuit Father has been living in Sumatra for 50 years: a life marked by devotion to Mary and love of God Medan (Agenzia Fides) - On the Indonesian island of Sumatra, inhabited mainly by indigenous groups and where traditionalist Islam is widespread, there lives a missionary who has become a well-known and respected personal ...
• 25 January 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Nigerian Bishops' Conference: 'Published figures of priests killed or abducted are incorrect' Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "According to the information we have, the data is not entirely correct". Thus Father Zacharia Nyantiso Aya Samjumi, secretary general of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), when qu ...
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  25 January 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The slow peace process in Tigray: still violence and too many restrictions for humanitarian aid Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The slow implementation of the Permanent Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA) between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), signed in Pretoria on Nov ...
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  24 January 2023
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Catechesis week: The focus is on passing on the faith in families Kuala Lumpur (Agenzi Fides) - The renewal of the Church and the transmission of the faith in Catholic families are the focus of the 2023 Catechetical Week, celebrated in the Catholic communities and culminating in "Catec ...
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  24 January 2023
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The synodal path is not just "walking together", but with Jesus, in Jesus, from Jesus and toward Jesus Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - "We live in a time characterized by individualism, indifference and the search for personal fulfillment, without taking others into account. Walking together forces us to become aware that ...
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  24 January 2023
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Timkat, one of the holiest days in the Ethiopian Orthodox calendar Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) – The celebrations of the Orthodox Epiphany, locally known as Timkat, began on Wednesday afternoon, January 19. Following tradition, worshipers set out on Lake Ziway in canoes, motorboats an ...