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• 29 October 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Rector of a seminary offers himself as hostage in exchange for two students Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Father Thomas Oyode, the latest in a long list of priests kidnapped in Nigeria, offered himself as hostage in exchange for two students. On Sunday 27 October, around 7pm, armed men attacked the ...
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  29 October 2024
  VATICAN - The Pontifical Missionary Union convenes the PUM2024 International Online Conference Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Next Thursday, the Pontifical Missionary Union (PUM), on the anniversary of its foundation (October 31, 1916), proposes an online event of international scope that marks the official beginn ...
• 28 October 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Controversial debate over proposed constitutional amendment Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The announcement by President Felix Tshisekedi that he will set up a commission next year to draft a new constitution for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is causing a controversial debat ...
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  28 October 2024
  ASIA/IRAN - Archbishop of Tehran: Putting aside the designs of supremacy is key to restoring peace Tehran (Agenzia Fides) – “We must abandon the aspiration to assert our supremacy and stop investing time, energy and resources in techniques and strategies that distance us from the light,” says Conventual Francisc ...
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  28 October 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - Celebration in Pourcine for access to drinking water and the launch of the Scout movement of the Catholic Church Pourcine (Agenzia Fides) - While Haiti remains immersed in a deep crisis, the small mountain town of Pourcine has found reasons to celebrate: the arrival of drinking water and the launch of its first group of Scouts of t ...
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  28 October 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Special fundraising campaign for the victims of Typhoon 'Kristine' Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan collected donations for those affected by Typhoon Kristine (international name: Trami) during Sunday Mass, to express its concrete closeness to the people, fami ...
• 28 October 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resignation and appointment of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Johannesburg Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Johannesburg (South Africa), presented by His Exc. Msgr. Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O ...
• 28 October 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The plane that crashed in Darfur was operating on behalf of the Sudanese army Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The plane that crashed on October 21 in Malha in North Darfur, possibly shot down by militiamen of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), was operating on behalf of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), accor ...
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  27 October 2024
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - Pope Francis asks for prayers for peace “Every day we see images of slaughtered children” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Please let us continue to pray for peace," is the appeal that Pope Francis launched at the end of the Angelus prayer with the pilgrims and believers gathered in St. Peter's Square. With th ...
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  27 October 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis at the Synod closing mass: “Follow Jesus on his way” and not “in the mazes of our minds” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We should remember that the Lord passes by every day. The Lord always passes by and pauses in order to attend to our blindness”. And the most appropriate image of the synodal Church i ...
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  26 October 2024
  AMERICA/PERU - “Being a Christian means following Jesus.” In memory of Father Gutierrez by Gianni Valente Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "A genius, yes, a genius. But above all, a good man." These were the words of the Jesuit Francisco Chamberlain, many years ago, addressing his Peruvian confreres. He was refer ...
• 26 October 2024
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Hà Nôi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Joseph Vu Cong Vien, until now judicial vicar and academic dean of the Major Seminary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam, as a ...
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  26 October 2024
  AMERICA/USA - Presidential election: migration issue at the heart of the electoral campaign Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "Sending away migrants, not giving them the opportunity to work, not welcoming migrants is a sin, it is grave," said Pope Francis at the press conference on the return flight to Rome on Septe ...
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  25 October 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Being witnesses of God and his beauty: thousands of faithful at the closing of the Holy Door of Awali Awali (Agenzia Fides) – “We celebrate Saint Aretha and Companions, we celebrate the conclusion of this jubilee year but above all we celebrate Jesus, the Risen One who opens the doors of Paradise revealing to us the ...
• 25 October 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Internal migrants: Catholic communities intervene for their material and spiritual needs New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - With over 450 million internal migrants (out of a population of 1.4 billion inhabitants), India is the scene of a phenomenon that has no equal in the world. Migrants, who move to other Indian ...