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  16 January 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - At least 600 militiamen lay down their arms in Ituri Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In a significant step towards peace, at least 600 militiamen have decided to lay down their arms and join the Disarmament, Demobilization, Community Reintegration and Stabilization Program (P-D ...
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  16 January 2025
  VATICAN - Meeting on Blessed Paolo Manna at the Pontifical Urban College: "Go out of yourself" and follow and bear witness to Christ Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - He was a missionary in Burma (Myanmar), Superior General of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) and founder of the current Pontifical Missionary Union. These are the main b ...
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  16 January 2025
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Christmas in the Catholic community of Robe: “Recognizing the flesh of Christ in the most vulnerable brothers and sisters” Robe (Agenzia Fides) - “The Christmas season here in Ethiopia ends with the Feast of Timkat, the Ethiopian Orthodox Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, which in the theology and ecclesial practice of the Orthodox Church ...
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  15 January 2025
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - A priest from Colombo: in the face of rice shortage, "the government should adopt measures in the interest of the poor" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with difficulties and the crisis that is also affecting the staple food of the population, rice, it is necessary to "look for solutions that are not ideological, but purely in the interest ...
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  15 January 2025
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - The Pope: The world is full of children who are “sacrificial victims” of abuse and exploitation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Child abuse, of whatever nature, is a despicable act, it is a heinous act. It is not simply a blight on society, no, it is a crime! And it is a gross violation of God’s commandments. No ...
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  15 January 2025
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishops: "The tax burden is strangling the citizens" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "The tax burden is strangling the country," say the Bishops of Cameroon in the message published at the end of their Plenary Assembly in Buea, in the south-west of the country. "One of the ca ...
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  15 January 2025
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops call on new President to approve the Bill on family values Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "What we want is that it is made into a law," said the President of the Episcopal Conference of Ghana and Bishop of Sunyani, Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, during his meeting yesterday (January 14) with Pr ...
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  14 January 2025
  VATICAN - Monsignor Gosbert appointed office head in the Dicastery for Evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Msgr. Gilbert Ndyamukama Gosbert, official of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for First Evangelization and the new particular Churches, ...
• 14 January 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - "Seek the Kingdom of God and His justice" in the war-torn Kachin state Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - "The motto of the new Bishop of Myitkyina 'Quaerite autem primum regnum et iustitiam eius' (Seek first the Kingdom of God and His justice) is a clear call to all of us to redesign and rebuild ...
• 14 January 2025
  OCEANIA/NEW CALEDONIA - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Nouméa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Nouméa, New Caledonia, presented by Archbishop Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M. The ...
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  14 January 2025
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Tensions remain high on the eve of the inauguration of the new President Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Today, January 14, the new Mozambican Parliament, which emerged from the general elections of October 9 (see Fides, 22/10/2024), was inaugurated. However, the opposition parties, which contest th ...
• 14 January 2025
  OCEANIA/MARSHALL ISLANDS - Resignation and appointment of prefect apostolic of the Marshall Islands Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the apostolic prefecture of the Marshall Islands, Marshall Islands, presented by the Reverend Fr. Ariel A. Galido, M.S ...
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  14 January 2025
  ASIA/JORDAN - Prayers and welcoming pilgrims on the banks of the Jordan: the life of missionaries in the new church of the Baptism of Jesus Wadi Kharar (Agenzia Fides) - It is intended to be a place of prayer, celebration and reflection, but also a place of rest for the many pilgrims who visit the conflict-torn Holy Land: after the solemn inauguration ceremo ...
• 14 January 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The direct commitment of the baptized for a responsible vote in view of the May 2025 elections Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) invites you to a journey of prayer and action in view of the May 2025 parliamentary elections. The ecclesial movement, founded in 1991, ...
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  14 January 2025
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - Romania: Cultural Invasion, Vast Military Expenses, Democracy Cancelled by Victor Gaetan* “The innocent pay for war, the innocent…Let us think about this reality and say to each other: war is madness. And those who profit from war and the arms trade are thugs ...