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  1 October 2024
  VATICAN/PENITENTIAL VIGIL - The Pope: "We cannot resolve conflicts by fueling violence" by Samuele Massimi and Fabio Beretta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Making peace "requires courage". And it also takes courage to "say yes to encounter and no to confrontation; yes to respect for pacts and no to provo ...
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  1 October 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop of Lagos: "The best gift for the 64th anniversary of Independence is to improve the living conditions of Nigerians" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "As we celebrate the 64th anniversary of our country's independence, one cannot help but wonder how much there is to celebrate, given the many hardships that Nigerians face today," said the Archbi ...
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  1 October 2024
  ASIA/NEPAL - Floods and thousands of displaced people. Apostolic Pro-Vicar: "The situation is critical" Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - "It rained for three days, causing flooding in many small rivers and streams. These were the heaviest rains Nepal has experienced in recent decades," said Father Silas Bogati, Apostolic Pro-Vi ...
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  1 October 2024
  VATICAN - The Holy Father appoints the Rev. Msgr. Sangalli Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Msgr. Samuele Sangalli, hitherto secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization in the Section for First Evangelization and the new particular Chur ...
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  1 October 2024
  MISSIONARY OCTOBER 2024 - Cardinal Marengo: the novelty of the first proclamation of the Gospel should not be 'lost' in generic speeches on mission by Gianni Valente Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a specificity in the first proclamation of the Gospel. And when I reflect on the mission of the Church, I would like to defend this specificity ", which "shoul ...
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  30 September 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Before leaving for Rome: Bishop Vincent Zhan Silu blesses the foundation stone for the construction of a new church Mindong (Agenzia Fides) - "Immense gratitude to the Lord" is what the Bishop of the Diocese of Funing/Mindong, Vincent Zhan Silu, expressed before leaving for Rome for the laying of the foundation stone of the new church ...
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  30 September 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Radio Maria/Goma coordinator murdered Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The coordinator of Radio Maria/Goma, Edmond Bahati Monja, has been murdered. The murder occurred on the evening of September 27. The Catholic radio journalist was shot dead by armed men near h ...
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  30 September 2024
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Synod, the Bishop of Leena: "The problems of the West are not ours" by Fabio Beretta Leena (Agenzia Fides) - Low levels of education, lack of services, leprosy, the spread of aggressive sects: these are just some of the problems that the Catholic community in Angola faces on a daily b ...
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  29 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Belgium: “Mission is a gift and not a title of boasting” Bruxelles (Agenzia Fides) - "We all received a mission in the Church through baptism. But this mission is a gift and not a reason to boast," said Pope Francis during the Holy Mass at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels ...
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  29 September 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Cardinal Raï on the assassination of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: "It has opened a wound in the hearts of the Lebanese" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "The assassination of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has opened a wound in the hearts of the Lebanese". But "the incessant martyrdom of Christian and Muslim leaders who believed in the cause of truth, ...
• 28 September 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Resignation and succession of bishop of Isiolo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Isiolo, Kenya, presented by Bishop Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C. He is succeeded by Bishop Peter Munguti ...
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  28 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope in Belgium: the synodal process must be a return to the Gospel and not about prioritizing “fashionable” reforms Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - "The synodal process must involve returning to the Gospel. It is not about prioritizing “fashionable” reforms, but asking, how can we bring the Gospel to a society that is no longer listen ...
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  28 September 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The relic of the blood of Saint Francis brought to the Holy Land during a pilgrimage to invoke peace Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "After 800 years, we bring Saint Francis back to the Holy Land to try to be, like him, able to cross borders in a wounded place, just as, eight centuries ago, the Poverello went on a pilgrimage to ...
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  28 September 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Ahiara: “If there is a lesson we can learn from the past, it is that it is important to listen to one another” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “If there is a lesson we can learn from this, it is that it is important to listen to one another, as in a family,” says the Bishop of Ahiara in Nigeria, Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, to Fides. “Bet ...
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  28 September 2024
  BRICS expansion process shows limits of the organization by Cosimo Graziani Kazan (Agenzia Fides) - The next BRICS Summit will take place from 22 to 24 October in the Russian city of Kazan. The geopolitical and economic alliance known as BRICS takes its name from the initi ...