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  17 September 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appeal from the diocese of Maiduguri hit by the worst flood in the last 30 years: “We ask for your prayers and material aid” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – “The severity of this flood has far exceeded what the government and all of us estimated, marking it the most catastrophic flood in Maiduguri in over three decades,” says a report sent to Fi ...
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  16 September 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - World Synod of Bishops in October: Who are the two bishops from the People's Republic of China who will partecipate by Marta Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The list of bishops who will participate in the next assembly of the Synod of Bishops by papal appointment also includes the names of Vincent Zhan Silu and Joseph Yang Yongquian ...
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  16 September 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - After the floods, the situation in Maiduguri remains serious Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria, which was hit by the floods on September 10 following the collapse of the Alau Dam, remains serious (see Fides, 13/ ...
• 16 September 2024
  AMERICA/CANADA - Monsignor John Boissonneau, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Toronto, appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Toronto (Agenzia Fides) - On June 29, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of th ...
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  16 September 2024
  ASIA - After tropical storm “Yagi”: Help and solidarity for the victims in Vietnam and Myanmar Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Eight days after the severe tropical storm "Yagi" hit northern Vietnam, the authorities are busy with massive reconstruction and relief operations. The floods and landslides caused by typhoon "Yag ...
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  16 September 2024
  AFRICA/EGYPT - African missionary in Cairo: "Children and the elderly are teachers of everyday life" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "I am tiptoeing into this new world, which contains extraordinary human, cultural and spiritual riches," writes Anselmo Fabiano of the Society of African Missions, who recently arrived in Cairo. ...
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  15 September 2024
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - Francis: "You cannot know Christ if you have not encountered Him" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) –When asked "Who is Jesus for you?" we too answer "correctly, with a formula that we learned at Catechism. But are we sure that this means really knowing Jesus?", said Pope Francis during t ...
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  14 September 2024
  The dialogue between China and the Holy See and the realism of the Pope by Gianni Valente "I am pleased with the dialogues with China. The results are good. Even for the appointment of bishops, things are progressing with goodwill". This is what Pope Francis said on Friday during the p ...
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  14 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Agreement between China and the Holy See on the appointment of Bishops, the Pope: "Good result, I am happy" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The result" of the agreement between China and the Holy See on the appointment of bishops "is good, I am happy." This is what Pope Francis said during the usual press conference on the pla ...
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  14 September 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Sister Pamela: Overcoming cultural barriers to touch the lives of others by Antonella Prenna Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - “In Papua New Guinea, mission meets cultural diversity. Understanding the cultural differences of people is a serious task and takes time,” says Sister Pamela Vec ...
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  14 September 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Civil war in Rakhine State worsens the situation of the Rohingya Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The civil war in the Burmese state of Rakhine, on the west coast of Myanmar, is intensifying with an increase in victims and the displacement of the Rohingya, an ethnic group of Muslim faith who ...
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  13 September 2024
  MIDDLE EAST/LEBANON - Remains of Cardinal Agagianian return to Lebanon Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Joy and emotion in Lebanon: the remains of the Servant of God, Cardinal Agagianian, a leading figure in the Church of the 20th century, have returned home. Since 1971 they have been resting in th ...
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  13 September 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Worst floods in 30 years: one million inhabitants affected in Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We are affected by the worst floods in 30 years," reports the diocese of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state in northeastern Nigeria, which was flooded on September 10 following the collapse of ...
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  13 September 2024
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Medical aid in Tigray: "Balm that soothes and heals wounds" Shire (Agenzia Fides) - "Collaboration is not just about big strategies, but about concrete things that must be done today, without waiting," says Father Dante Carraro, director of the Italian medical aid organization "M ...
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  13 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope in Singapore: excerpts from the address during the interreligious meeting with young people Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - An hour of sincere dialogue, made up of questions and answers, exchanges of jokes and smiles, concluded the long Apostolic Journey of Pope Francis in Asia and Oceania by embracing the young Si ...