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• 25 October 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of Coadjutor Bishop of Beijing Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Friday 25 October 2024, the episcopal ordination of the Reverend Matthew Zhen Zuebin, appointed by the Holy Father as coadjutor bishop of Beijing (Municipality of Beijing, China) on ...
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  25 October 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - “I do all things for the sake of the Gospel”: Matthew Zhen Xuebin new Coadjutor Bishop of Beijing by Marta Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – “I do all things for the sake of the Gospel”. With these words, Matthew Zhen Xuebin, the new Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Beijing, who was ordained today, Friday, O ...
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  25 October 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Legalizing abortion goes against the right to life enshrined in the Constitution” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – “Rather than expanding access to safe termination of pregnancy by destroying life, the government should amplify its efforts towards educating the people on the imperatives of the values and d ...
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  24 October 2024
  VATICAN - New Encyclical by Pope Francis: “Dilexit nos” and Mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Dilexit nos". He loved us. Pope Francis’ Encyclical, published today, follows the golden thread of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in order to enter into the Mystery of divine love ...
• 24 October 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Presidential and parliamentary elections: Bishops denounce irregularities and violence Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "The post-election period was marked by a cowardly attack to silence, if not the truth, then at least democracy". With these words, the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique condemned the murder of ...
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  24 October 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Parishes welcome displaced people, hit by Typhoon Kristine Naga (Agenzia Fides) - More than 25 parishes and church facilities, such as the Basilica of Our Lady of Peñafrancia and the Ateneo de Naga University of the Archdiocese of Caceres, managed by the Jesuit Order, have open ...
• 24 October 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Violence spreads: hundreds killed in an armed attack in the village of Manni Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) – For some time now, Burkina Faso has been confronted with several violence attacks by armed groups. In recent months the situation seems to be out of control. According to what was repo ...
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  23 October 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - National Human Rights Commission wants to mediate in the civil war Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The process of dialogue and mediation in the civil conflict in Myanmar is important and urgent for many reasons: to stop the violence against the civilian population, which is before everyone's ...
• 23 October 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The shooting down of a cargo plane sheds light on the international alliances that fuel the war Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The shooting down of a Russian cargo plane over Darfur (western Sudan) sheds light on the international alliances that are fueling the Sudanese civil war that broke out in April 2023. The plan ...
• 23 October 2024
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Appointment of vicar apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Moacir Goulart de Figueredo, M.S.C., until now superior of the order of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in the province of Curitiba, as vicar ...
• 23 October 2024
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Napo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Celmo Lazzari, C.S.I., until now vicar apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, as vicar apostolic of the apostolic vicariate of Napo, Ecuador. Bishop Ce ...
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  23 October 2024
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: marriage needs the support of the Holy Spirit Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Never place a finger, never intervene, between husband and wife, says an Italian proverb. Yet, there is in fact a 'finger' to be placed between husband and wife, the 'finger of God': the H ...
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  23 October 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - “Finding Beauty in the Other: Inclusion and Humanitarian Service Among Believers. The Example of the Trinitarian Order” Manama (Agenzia Fides) – “Mutual respect and coexistence are possible, even when the region is going through difficult times and inter-community tensions”, said the Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia Aldo Berardi, ...
• 22 October 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Archbishop of Dacca: "We have faith in the work of the interim government" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The interim government in power in Bangladesh is doing its best, working against corruption and for transparency. The executive, led by Mohammad Yunus, is made up of people who seem sincerely co ...
• 22 October 2024
  AFRICA/NIGER - Another world is possible when invisible chains are recognized as such by Mauro Armanino Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Pierluigi Maccalli, who was held hostage for more than two years by Salafist-inspired groups, has returned to Niger, the place of his kidnapping, to spend a few days (see Fi ...