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27 December 2024
ASIA/VIETNAM - Martyr and pastor, Father Diep gives his life with joy
Bac Lieu (Agenzia Fides) - Since the 1980s, groups of pilgrims from all over Vietnam have come to the church of Tac Say, in the Mekong Delta, the southernmost area of the country. Their visit is motivated by devotion and ...
26 December 2024
VATICAN/ANGELUS - Pope Francis on the feast of Saint Stephen: Christian martyrs also pray for the salvation of their executioners
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Love, humanly impossible, also addressed to one's executioners, is one of the characteristics of Christian martyrdom, which makes it incomparable to all human forms of sacrifice that arise from sel ...
25 December 2024
VATICAN/URBI ET ORBI - Christmas, the Pope: Mercy dispels hatred and the spirit of revenge, let us open the doors to gestures of dialogue
by Fabio Beretta
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "God’s mercy can do all things. It unties every knot; it tears down every wall of division; God’s mercy dispels hatred and the spirit of revenge. Come! Jesus is the ...
24 December 2024
VATICAN - On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis opens the Jubilee: in our world of suffering and sighs, the hope of Christ is alive
by Fabio Beretta
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Haec porta Domini. Iusti intrabunt in eam". On Christmas Eve, the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica opens onto a world torn apart by wars and violence. The Jubilee of t ...
23 December 2024
ASIA/LAOS - Resignation and Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Vientiane
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V. ...
23 December 2024
ASIA/MYANMAR - Education denied due to war: the contribution of Catholic nuns to ensure education to children
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Almost four years after the coup and the outbreak of the civil war, in addition to economic hardship and displacement, another problem is causing serious concerns for the future of the country: m ...
22 December 2024
VATICAN/ANGELUS - Pope Francis: “No child is a mistake”, “let us learn to experience wonder and gratitude before the mystery of the life that is born”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Let us learn to “experience wonder and gratitude before the mystery of the life that is born” because “no child is a mistake”. This was the central message of Pope Francis during th ...
21 December 2024
EUROPE/GERMANY - “Raise your voice!” The 2025 Star Singers Campaign for children’s rights
Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – The focus of the “Star Singers” campaign of the Pontifical Society of German Missionary Childhood (Aktion Dreikönigssingen) is on children's rights, and aims to emphasize that all people a ...
20 December 2024
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Advent of charity from Bangladeshi Catholics, to share the joy of Christmas
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "I have received a gift from the Catholic community. I am grateful. I will share it at Christmas with my grandchildren," says Maria Gomes, a 65-year-old widow, one of the beneficiaries of the Holy ...
20 December 2024
ASIA/THAILAND - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Thailand
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 6, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for the first Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed, Father Pe ...
20 December 2024
In Rome, in the Holy Land and throughout the World. Vademecum to obtain Indulgences in the Jubilee Year 2025
by Gianni Valente
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In 2025, the Catholic Church will once again celebrate the Jubilee Year, a special time of remission and forgiveness, designed as an opportunity to intensely experience heali ...
19 December 2024
ASIA/MYANMAR - Fear and displacement: Christmas marked by conflict
by Paolo Affatato
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We are preparing for Christmas, we are preparing for the Holy Year, but the joy among the faithful is no longer the same as in the past. The wounds of the civil war, the su ...
19 December 2024
VATICAN - Pope Francis: "Supporting the missionary works of the universal Church is an expression of the encounter with Christ"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Supporting the missionary and charitable works of the universal Church is a concrete expression" of the "authentic and personal encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ, whom we must proclaim ...
19 December 2024
AFRICA/DR CONGO - The DRC's complaint against Apple raises the issue of ethics in international trade
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Kinshasa has filed a lawsuit against Apple in France and Belgium, accusing the company of using components derived from minerals illegally mined in the Democratic Republic of ...
19 December 2024
ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), on November 13, 2024, appointed Fr. Stephen C ...
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