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• 5 September 2024
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Appointment of bishop of Kaga-Bandoro Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Victor Hugo Castillo Matarrita, M.C.C.J., until now provincial of the Comboni Missionaries in Central Africa, as bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central A ...
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  5 September 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Preparation for WYD on the theme of artificial intelligence and ethics Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Artificial intelligence and ethics are a topic of discussion for young Catholics preparing for World Youth Day, which will take place in Korea in 2027. In the Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul, an a ...
• 5 September 2024
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Father Roger J. Landry appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 23, 2024 Cardinal Luis Antonio G.Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Father Roger J. Lan ...
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  5 September 2024
  AFRICA/GAMBIA - The presence of missionary pioneers: "The charism of Don Bosco in a new context" Kunkujang (Agenzia Fides) – The parish of Kunkujang, run by the Salesians, includes 25 villages and 13 Catholic communities. Having arrived in the country just six years ago, in October 2018, at the invitation of t ...
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  5 September 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The history of Catholic Missions in the Indonesian Archipelago Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - In the history of the mission of the Catholic Church in Indonesia, for two centuries (1605-1807) there was no Catholic priest or missionary on the thousands of islands of the archipelago, where ...
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  5 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Indonesia: excerpts from the speech in the mosque Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of today’s many challenges, we respond with the sign of fraternity." The third and final day of Pope Francis' stay in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia and the first stop on his A ...
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  4 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Indonesia: excerpts from the address to bishops, priests, religious and catechists Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Faith, fraternity, compassion". These three words, which are the motto of this Apostolic Visit, are the focus of Pope Francis' entire speech in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Ja ...
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  4 September 2024
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Religious tolerance characterizes peaceful Islamic-Christian relations Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The diversity of different peoples and cultures, which has led to a mixture of ethnic groups and families, has characterized the history of Senegal from the beginning. The Country is today an ...
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  4 September 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Rebellion or attempted escape: at least 129 dead in the overcrowded prison in Makala Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Makala central prison in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been described as a "time bomb", where at least 129 prisoners were killed during an escape attempt ...
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  4 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope in Indonesia: excerpts from the address to the civil authorities and the Diplomatic Corps Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Journey of Pope Francis to Asia and Oceania is now in full swing. After a "rest day" at the Nunciature, the Pope celebrated a private Mass this morning. He then drove to the Presid ...
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  4 September 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - The story of Paolo Dongdong: from an orphanage of Chinese nuns to the Paris Paralympic Games Ningjinxian (Agenzia Fides) - From an orphanage of Catholic nuns in the Chinese province of Hebei to the Paris Paralympic Games. This is the surprising story of Dongdong Paolo Camanni, a young Paralympic judo athlete who ...
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  3 September 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - JNIM jihadists attack local self-defense groups Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Jihadist groups continue to spread fear and terror in Burkina Faso. After the massacre in the village of Barsalogho on August 24, in which at least 200 people died, on August 30 an attack on ...
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  3 September 2024
  Pope Francis’s trip to ‘Southeast Asia’ and the mission of the Church today by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - With the arrival in Jakarta of the flight that took off from Rome, Pope Francis' 45th international apostolic journey has begun. The Bishop of Rome, at almost 88 years of age, ...
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  3 September 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian Catholics: “Children of Saint Francis Xavier” by Paolo Affatato Denpasar (Agenzia Fides) - Many visitors and tourists in Bali, the Indonesian island popular with tourists from all over the world for its attractions, also stop at the Catholic church dedicated to S ...
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  2 September 2024
  EUROPE/ICELAND - Nordic countries hold webinar on the Pope's message for World Mission Day Reykjavik (Agenzia Fides) – Today at 6:00 pm (CET) the first webinar of the Nordic countries will be held on the Pope's message for the upcoming World Mission Sunday, entitled "Go and invite everyone to the banquet" (c ...