News

• 4 October 2024
  AFRICA/TOGO - 19 people killed in an attack on a post on the border with Burkina Faso Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - 19 people were killed in an attack during the night of 1 to 2 October in Fanworgou, a border town between Togo and Burkina Faso. A commando of armed men attacked a contingent of Togolese soldiers ...
• 4 October 2024
  ASIA/LAOS - ASEAN: International conference to seek resumption of dialogue in Myanmar Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - An international conference to be held by Laos, which currently holds the presidency of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which Myanmar is a member, will discuss the react ...
• 3 October 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Army offensive in Khartoum in the grip of intense fighting Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - In Khartoum, fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has intensified. The regular military appears to have gained control of important centers in the Sudanese capi ...
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  3 October 2024
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Fifth National Eucharistic Congress: Fraternity as a tool for the development of human dignity Dar Es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of believers took part in the Fifth National Tanzanian Eucharistic Congress, which recently ended in Dar Es Salaam. Under the slogan ‘Fraternity, healing the world: you are all ...
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  3 October 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Christian village of Rmeish on the brink of the abyss: "we too ask for the miracle of peace" by Gianni Valente Rmeish (Agenzia Fides) - Israel is on the other side of the hill, less than two kilometers as the crow flies. In the middle of this border area, which has already become the scene of a direct conflic ...
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  3 October 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “Be subject to every human creature for God’s sake”. The mission of the “little ones” in Indonesian Borneo Banjarmasin (Agenzia Fides) - It is called the "city of a thousand rivers" because of the many waterways that cross the territory of Banjarmasin. The city is located on the Indonesian island of Borneo, in the province of ...
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  2 October 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops: in the face of aggression suffered by Lebanon, the international community "should take on its responsibilities" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite Bishops, gathered in the monthly assembly presided over by Patriarch Béchara Boutros Pierre Raï, express "their pain in the face of the horror of the disaster that has hit Lebanon, ...
• 2 October 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Young migrants and missionaries from East Timor Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "The young migrants who emigrate from East Timor to Korea in search of work and a better life are also missionaries who bring with them a precious heritage of faith and live their Christian witnes ...
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  2 October 2024
  VATICAN - The Pope opens the Synod and announces a day of prayer and fasting for peace on October 7 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Exactly one year after the renewed conflict in the Holy Land between Israel and Palestine, Pope Francis, during the opening Mass of the XVI General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, calls f ...
• 2 October 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops' Conference: Priests should not enter politics without proper authorization Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Priests should not enter politics. This was confirmed by the Bishops' Conference of Nigeria in a statement published on October 1st and signed by the President of the Bishops' Conference of Nigeri ...
• 2 October 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - The commitment of Salesian missionaries among children: overcoming differences that lead to violence Sarh (Agenzia Fides) - "School is a place of mutual respect and the ability to be together". From Sarh, in Chad, in the heart of Africa, Father Jean Claude Kikondee, a Salesian missionary from Cameroon, talks about the ...
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  2 October 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - “New Order” in the Middle East: Basis for the wars of the last 20 years by Luca Mainoldi Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "New Order" was the name of the operation that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah: the name given by the Netanyahu government to the Israeli operation to kill Nasrallah ...
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  1 October 2024
  VATICAN/PENITENTIAL VIGIL - The Pope: "We cannot resolve conflicts by fueling violence" by Samuele Massimi and Fabio Beretta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Making peace "requires courage". And it also takes courage to "say yes to encounter and no to confrontation; yes to respect for pacts and no to provo ...
• 1 October 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop of Lagos: "The best gift for the 64th anniversary of Independence is to improve the living conditions of Nigerians" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "As we celebrate the 64th anniversary of our country's independence, one cannot help but wonder how much there is to celebrate, given the many hardships that Nigerians face today," said the Archbi ...
• 1 October 2024
  ASIA/NEPAL - Floods and thousands of displaced people. Apostolic Pro-Vicar: "The situation is critical" Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - "It rained for three days, causing flooding in many small rivers and streams. These were the heaviest rains Nepal has experienced in recent decades," said Father Silas Bogati, Apostolic Pro-Vi ...