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  10 September 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops: "The judiciary and the electoral commission must do their part so that the next elections take place in peace" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "The judiciary will ensure that the vote is fair and complete". This is what the Episcopal Conference of Ghana hopes in the message signed by its President, Bishop Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi of Sunyani, ...
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  10 September 2024
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - In the enclave of Oekussi, where a story of faith and salvation began by Paolo Affatato Dili (Agenzia Fides) - This is the strip of land "where it all began", explains to Fides Father Josè Tacain SVD, a Timorese missionary born in Oekussi, quoting the expression that the Timorese like ...
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  9 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in East Timor: excerpts from the address to the Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps Dili (Agenzia Fides) - This morning the Pope's plane landed in Dili from Papua New Guinea. After a brief stop at the Apostolic Nunciature, in the afternoon the Pope went to the "Nicolau Lobato" Presidential Palace for th ...
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  9 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope in Oceania: excerpts from the address to the young people of Papua New Guinea Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis says goodbye to Oceania. After the private celebration of Holy Mass, he said goodbye to the collaborators and benefactors of the Apostolic Nunciature in Port Moresby to go to t ...
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  9 September 2024
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Abdelmadjid Tebboune confirmed in office: voter turnout still unclear Algiers (Agenzia Fides) - With 94.65% of the votes cast, outgoing President Abdelmadjid Tebboune was re-elected Head of State of Algeria in the election on September 7 (see Fides, 6/9/2024). The result is, however, conte ...
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  9 September 2024
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - The Prime Minister of East Timor: reconciliation with Indonesia is an example to follow in our time torn apart by wars by Paolo Affatato Dili (Agenzia Fides) - East Timor has chosen the path of reconciliation with Indonesia to heal the wounds of the past. And now this reconciliation process "could be, in its own way, an example for t ...
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  9 September 2024
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Cardinal do Carmo Da Silva: “The wounds have been healed through forgiveness” by Paolo Affatato Dili (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis comes to confirm our identity as Catholics, as disciples of Jesus Christ in this corner of the world", said Cardinal Virgílio do Carmo da Silva, 56-year-old Sal ...
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  8 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope gives Bibles and rosaries to missionaries: “Continue on this path” by Fabio Beretta Vanimo (Agenzia Fides) - Hugs, prayers, photos. And typical Argentine specialties to celebrate being together. And all this in just half an hour. That's how long the private meeting between Pope Fran ...
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  6 September 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - “Our people are united by faith thanks to the missionaries.” Interview with John Ribat, M.S.C., Archbishop of Port Moresby by Fabio Beretta Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The role of missionaries among the tribes, the work of the local Church in following the teachings of the Gospel and feel part of the universal Church, the joy and enth ...
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  6 September 2024
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Presidential election in Algeria: the military plays an increasingly important role in the country Algiers (Agenzia Fides) - Algerians will elect their Head of State tomorrow, September 7. Outgoing President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, 78, is widely considered the favorite. His only challengers, accepted by the Constitut ...
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  6 September 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The baptized do not want Christianity as a "state religion" Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The country has a 95% Christian population, but is not based on a "state religion": this is the concept of state in Papua New Guinea, which has been independent since 1975 after Australian ...
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  6 September 2024
  VATICAN - Jubilee 2025: The Pontifical Missionary Union offers an online itinerary of prayer and reflection Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The prayer journey of Christ's missionary disciples" is the title of the itinerary of four online meetings in English on prayer, organized and promoted by the Pontifical Missionary Union ( ...
• 6 September 2024
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - Father Agustin Margjoni CM, appointed first National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Albania Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 31, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G.Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Father Agustin Mar ...
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  6 September 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Missionaries in Vanimo wait for the Pope: “In the jungle, people stop us and ask for the sacraments” by Fabio Beretta Vanimo (Agenzia Fides) - The blue ocean on one side, jungle and forests on the other. This is how the northern part of Papua New Guinea, the second stop on Pope Francis' long journey through Asia and ...
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  5 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Indonesia: excerpts from the homily during the Holy Mass at Jakarta Stadium Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The first stage of Pope Francis' long Apostolic Journey to Asia and Oceania ended with a Mass at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta. At 4:00 p.m. local time (11:00 a.m. Rome time), the Pope l ...