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  13 January 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two nuns kidnapped in south-east Nigeria released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "I am happy to announce that our dear sisters Vincentia Maria Nwankwo and Grace Mariette Okoli, kidnapped on the evening of January 7, 2025, have been unconditionally released and in good health". ...
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  13 January 2025
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka: "The rise in prices is weighing on people" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The sharp rise in prices, especially for food and everyday goods, is weighing on people," said the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Dhaka, Subroto Boniface Gomes, in an interview with Fides ...
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  13 January 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Joseph Shen Bin administers the sacrament of baptism to 54 new Catholics at the beginning of the Jubilee Year Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - The Jubilee Year 2025 begins in the Diocese of Shanghai with the reception of 54 newly baptized people who received the sacrament of baptism on Sunday 12 January, the Feast of the Baptism of th ...
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  13 January 2025
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishops express condolences for soldiers killed in recent jihadist assault Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - Condolences for the soldiers killed in the jihadist assault on January 8, an appeal to young people to avoid joining the ranks of cybercrime, and a wish for peaceful elections. These are the rel ...
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  13 January 2025
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Human wealth, hospitality, faith rooted in the life of the people of the village of Kom Ghareeb, told by a missionary Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "This year I have had the joy and grace to celebrate Christmas twice. On December 25, I celebrated the birth of Jesus like all Catholics in the parish of Shubra, in Cairo. Then, on January 7, I ce ...
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  12 January 2025
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - Baptism of the Lord, the Pope: "The face and voice of God are manifested in Jesus’ humanity" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The face and voice of God are manifested in Jesus’ humanity". Pope Francis returned to St. Peter's Square for the Sunday prayer of the Angelus, on the occasion of the feast of the Baptis ...
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  11 January 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Francis inaugurates the Jubilee Audiences: in the pilgrimage of Christian hope it is always possible to “start anew” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the pilgrimage of Christian life a new beginning is always possible. It is always possible to start anew. This was repeated by the Fathers of the Church, such as Saint Irenaeus of Lyon. ...
• 11 January 2025
  VATICAN - Cardinal Battaglia appointed Member of the Dicastery for Evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Cardinal Domenico Battaglia, Archbishop of Naples, as Member of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for the first Evangelization and the New Part ...
• 11 January 2025
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of bishop of Yokadouma Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Justin Georges Ebengue, of the clergy of Batouri, until now rector of the Notre Dame de l’Espérance Interdiocesan Major Seminary of Bertoua, as ...
• 11 January 2025
  ASIA/THAILANDIA - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Bangkok Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana, until now bishop of Chiang Mai and apostolic administrator of Bangkok, as metropolitan archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand ...
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  11 January 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - Blessed Father Giovanni Merlini, the missionary who spoke to the Pope and the bandits (of the Papal State) by Fabio Beretta Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "There is someone who loves you even before you deserve it." Disobeying the orders of the papal legate, Father Giovanni Merlini did not condemn or attack anyone in his homilies. ...
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  11 January 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Jubilee with the inmates of the vocational training center, in the name of Saint Joseph and Mary Suwon (Agenzia Fides) - The Jubilee of 2025 is also celebrated in prisons. The Detention Center for Vocational Training in the city of Hwaseong celebrated the beginning of the Jubilee in recent days with a blessing cerem ...
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  11 January 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - Father Massimo Miraglio: “We too want to be pilgrims of hope” by Antonella Prenna Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Haiti has become really difficult, not only in the capital but also in the surrounding areas, where gangs dictate the law. Even in the provinces t ...
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  10 January 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Francis at the “Congrès Mission”: our hope is Christ, and it does not belong to us Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Christ is our hope”. And “this hope – it is curious – does not belong to us,” because “hope is not a possession you can put in your pocket. No, it does not belong to us. It ...
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  10 January 2025
  ASIA/LEBANON - General Aoun elected President. Father Zgheib: "positive neutrality" is now the key formula Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - General Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese army since 2017, has been elected President of the Republic, a position that had been vacant for more than two years. He succeeds Michel Aoun, who a ...