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  9 October 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - President of the Episcopal Conference: “I hope that the elections will be free, fair and peaceful” Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope that the elections will be free and fair and, above all, peaceful," said the President of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique and Archbishop of Nampula, Inacio Saure, in an interview ...
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  9 October 2024
  EUROPE/FRANCE - The famous French choir "Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois" joins World Mission Day Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - Music that lifts the soul and touches the heart, will be the protagonist this year of a prestigious initiative organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in France on the occasion of World ...
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  9 October 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - Environmental Prayer Walk: against illegal mining Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The fight against illegal mining “Galamsey”, which pollutes waterways, destroys forests and livelihoods and causes serious health and environmental risks for communities, is the aim of the “ ...
• 8 October 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of bishop of Sindhudurg Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Sindhudurg, India, presented by Bishop Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 8/10/2024) ...
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  8 October 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Through Mary to Jesus: the "matriarchal" Church in the State of Meghalaya Nongstoin (Agenzia Fides) - "In our territory, where women are at the center of family and social life, the Church also has a feminine face. And devotion to the Virgin Mary is strong and deep-rooted," says to Fides Wilbe ...
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  8 October 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - President of the Bishops' Conference: "No to political divisions that undermine the country's development" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The division of political leaders is a scandal. They claim to be Christians but promote the disunity of the country," said the President of the Kenyan Bishops' Conference and Archbishop of Kisu ...
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  8 October 2024
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Saint Therese of the Child Jesus at the center of a novena for World Mission Sunday New York (Agenzia Fides) - "I do not want to be a missionary for just a few years, but I would like to have been one since the creation of the world and to be one until the end of time", said Saint Therese of the Child J ...
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  7 October 2024
  VATICAN - Pope writes to the Catholics in the Middle East: Do not let yourselves be swallowed up by the darkness that surrounds you, and console the heart of God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Thank you for wanting to stay in your country, thank you for knowing how to pray and love despite everything. You are a seed loved by God," a year after the renewed conflict between Israel ...
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  7 October 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A mission of compassion and mercy towards the terminally ill Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Mission is an immense work of mercy, both spiritual and material," said the doctors and nurses of St. Elizabeth Hospital, a Catholic hospital in Hyderabad (southern Pakistan), quoting Pope Fr ...
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  7 October 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - Archbishop of Port-au-Prince after massacre: "The people are exhausted" Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The people are exhausted. They are asking the State for help," said the President of the Haitian Bishops' Conference and Archbishop of Port-au-Prince Max Leroy Mésidor, in his condolenc ...
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  7 October 2024
  AFRICA/NIGER - Father Pier Luigi Maccalli: "I return home after 6 years between tears of joy and sadness" Bomoanga (Agenzia F ides) - "The thread of my presence in Niger (of 11 uninterrupted years) was broken on September 17, 2018 with the kidnapping. Exactly six years later, I have finally returned to Niger", begins the mov ...
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  6 October 2024
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - Middle East, the Pope: Let us unite in prayer against the diabolical plots of war Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us unite with the power of Good against the diabolical plots of war". This is the invitation that Pope Francis addressed to the whole world at the end of the Angelus prayer, on the eve ...
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  6 October 2024
  VATICAN - Pope announces Consistory for creation of 21 new Cardinals in December Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I am pleased to announce that on December 8th, I will hold a consistory for the appointment of new cardinals". As has often happened in these years of his pontificate, Pope Francis announc ...
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  5 October 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - School, a means of evangelization and a meeting place for religious confessions Beandrarezona (Agenzia Fides) - Contributing to the formation of young people by offering them quality education that gives them equal opportunities with other young people in the cities, this is the objective of the sch ...
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  5 October 2024
  ASIA/THAILAND - Arrest or repatriation: the fate of many Burmese fleeing war Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - These are migrants, often illegal immigrants, who flee from Myanmar, devastated by civil war, across the border to Thailand in search of peace and to build a new life there. The flow of migrants ...