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  20 September 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Elections in the midst of an economic and political crisis: the people demand change Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Two years after the popular protests that led to the dismissal of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in the midst of a serious economic crisis, Sri Lanka is preparing to elect a new president. ...
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  20 September 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy on WhatsApp Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Shagufta Kiran, a 40-year-old Pakistani Christian, was found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to death under Article 295-C of the Penal Code for defaming the Prophet Muhammad through a messag ...
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  19 September 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Danger for Chinese Catholics: Bishops warn again about sects by Marta Zhao Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - "Catholics must stay away from sects and their teachings, categorically refusing to attend their meetings. The baptized must persevere in the faith and adhere to the truths reve ...
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  19 September 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Wayanad landslide victims: joy for being alive and sadness for the current situation Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Although the government has provided a fixed rent and food subsidy to the people seriously affected on July 29 by the landslides that devastated the Wayanad district in Kerala, the population ...
• 19 September 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 3, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches), appointed Rev. Father La ...
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  19 September 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Holy Year under the sign of ecumenism: Catholic Church wants to include other Christian denominations New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - It will be a Holy Year that will be lived in India under the sign of ecumenism: this is what the President of the Latin Rite Bishops' Conference (CCBI) in India and Archbishop of Goa and Daman ...
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  19 September 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishop of Kitui: "The hope is that new leaders will emerge from the young generation" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The young people are taking to the streets to protest because they are disappointed by the unfulfilled promises of politicians," said the Bishop of Kitui, Joseph Maluki Mwongela, head of the la ...
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  18 September 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Churches damaged by typhoons, ecclesial communities launch aid and reconstruction initiatives Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - After Typhoon Yagi destroyed and damaged six churches on the island of Hainan, Typhoon Bebinca - the most powerful since 1949 - hit the Pudong area of Shanghai on September 16, affecting more t ...
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  18 September 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic Church celebrates the month of martyrs in September Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "God has chosen his people on this earth to accept the Gospel and to flourish in faith. Let us entrust ourselves to the intercession of the blessed martyrs so that we may always live according to ...
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  18 September 2024
  AFRICA/MALI - Terrorist attacks in Bamako: a signal to the military juntas of Niger and Burkina? Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Local observers describe as "an unprecedented event" the double attack carried out yesterday, September 17, in Bamako, the capital of Mali, on the airport and a nearby gendarmerie base. The att ...
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  18 September 2024
  VATICAN - Formation courses for newly appointed bishops in the spirit of communion in the universal Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 267 newly appointed bishops from five continents have gathered in Rome to take part in formation courses offered to them by various Dicasteries of the Holy See from 15 to 22 Sep ...
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  18 September 2024
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: When it comes to the Church, we are still too Western Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The first reflection that comes to mind after this journey is that we are still too Eurocentric or, as they say, 'Western' in relation to the Church," said Pope Francis, returning to St. P ...
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  17 September 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Displaced people in Loikaw affected by floods: “Only the power that comes from above keeps us going” Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In ten refugee camps hosting displaced Catholics in Loikaw, "the sudden floods have shaken the lives of families and older children. At least 18 victims are confirmed, others are missing. It is a ...
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  17 September 2024
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Middle East Council of Churches celebrates 50th anniversary of its foundation: Pope Tawadros calls for overcoming schisms Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “May the schisms in the Church cease”. Referring to a prayer from the Coptic liturgy, the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros called for overcoming schisms on the occasion of the celebration of ...
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  17 September 2024
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - War scenarios and conflict contexts: critical relations between Somalia, Ethiopia and Egypt Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in the Horn of Africa is extremely complex. Somalia is arming itself to fight more effectively against Al-Shabaab terrorists, while in Ethiopia the situation is critical due to t ...