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  27 September 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Documentary on the spiritual legacy of missionary John Lee Tae-seok Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Certain realities of life can only be seen with eyes washed by tears". These words of Pope Francis during the meeting with young people in Manila are the key to understanding the documentary entit ...
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  27 September 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Further protests against the government's economic policies announced Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Various civil society groups in Nigeria have declared a "National Day for Survival" for October 1. The date has a high symbolic value as it coincides with the 64th anniversary of Nigeria's indepen ...
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  27 September 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - After the new episcopal appointments, pastoral life returns to normal in many Chinese dioceses Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The proliferation of initiatives in which Chinese priests walk their spiritual journey together is an eloquent sign of a new normality in pastoral and spiritual life in many dioceses, following ...
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  27 September 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Militants of the "Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan" in action: analysts and social organizations ask the government for clarification Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - What role do the "civilian militias" or "vigilantes" of the Islamist party "Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan" (TLP) play, who roam the streets of Pakistani cities to punish people accused of blasphemy ...
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  26 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope in Luxembourg: "What drives us to mission is the joy of encountering Christ" Luxembourg (Agenzia Fides) - Service, mission, joy. These three words are the focus of the second and final speech delivered by Pope Francis in Luxembourg, the first stop on this Apostolic Journey to the heart of Europe, ...
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  26 September 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Peace initiative: Cardinal Pizzaballa invites people to fast and pray for peace on October 7 Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A day of prayer, penance and fasting to ask for the gift of peace in the Holy Land. Exactly one year after the renewed conflict between Israel and Palestine, the Catholic Patriarch, Cardinal P ...
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  26 September 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Apostolic Nuncio on the situation of Christians and aid for Rohingya refugees (with the help of the Pope) by Fabio Beretta Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Bangladesh", where Christians represent only 0.30% of the population, "is very delicate. In general, Christians live in a peaceful context, but there have als ...
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  26 September 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - El Fasher: humanitarian situation out of control Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Five months of siege and fighting have worn down the population of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. The city is considered the last remaining stronghold of the Sudanese armed forces in a ...
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  26 September 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop Neli: the path to peace in Manipur is not achieved with weapons and separation walls by Paolo Affatato Imphal (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace and reconciliation in Manipur cannot be based on the separation of ethnic communities; they will not be achieved by building a new separation wall on the border with M ...
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  25 September 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch asks UN Security Council to intervene in order to impose negotiations between the parties in conflict Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In the face of the "national catastrophe" in Lebanon, Maronite Patriarch Boutros Bechara Rai appeals to the UN Security Council to "intervene effectively" to force the parties to the conflict to ...
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  25 September 2024
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Lebanon: the international community should "make every effort to stop this terrible escalation" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I am saddened by the news from Lebanon, where in recent days the intense bombings have claimed many victims and caused destruction," said Francis during the general audience in front of th ...
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  25 September 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Middle East Council of Churches: “comprehensive aggression” against Lebanon. Father Zgheib: attack in a village a few kilometers from the Maronite Patriarchate Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing military escalation in Lebanon has developed into a "comprehensive aggression against various Lebanese regions, resulting in the martyrdom of thousands of citizens and the displacemen ...
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  25 September 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - Father Massimo Miraglio: “With courage and determination, we continue our commitment so that people will one day have a decent standard of living” by Antonella Prenna Pourcine (Agenzia Fides) - "Although the international spotlight on Haiti has long since faded, newspapers and media no longer report on it, the situation has not changed or improved in any way". ...
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  25 September 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Ituri Province: two churches closed after desecration by rebels Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In the diocese of Bunia, capital of the province of Ituri in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, two churches desecrated by a rebel group have been closed. This was announced by the B ...
• 24 September 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Father Alfonsus Widhiwiryawan appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 5 September 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Father Alfonsu ...