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  7 April 2025
  AFRICA/MALI - Archbishop Cissé: "The future depends on us. Prayer, almsgiving and fasting are the fertilizers of our Christian life" Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – Several events continue to enliven the activities of Saint Monica Parish in Bamako, which recently celebrated a significant milestone of the 25th anniversary of its foundation. The Jubilee ...
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  7 April 2025
  VATICAN - A study day on subsidies for new particular Churches at the Pontifical Urbaniana University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Subsidies and financial autonomy of the Churches subject to the Dicastery for Evangelization will be the focus of a study day of shared reflections and insights to be held on Tuesday, Apr ...
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  6 April 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Francis participates in the Jubilee of the sick: God does not leave us alone, we can turn to him and entrust our pain to him Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Happy Sunday to everyone. Thank you very much". In St. Peter's Square, the voice of Pope Francis echoes once again, as this morning he decided to take part in the Jubilee of the sick and t ...
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  5 April 2025
  OCEANIA - Debt crisis in the Pacific: Jubilee Year campaign aims to provide relief Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and Samoa are Pacific countries at risk of experiencing the worst consequences of internal and external debt. The Caritas Internationalis Jubilee campaign, 'Transfo ...
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  5 April 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Youth from Bukavu appeal to major powers: “Stop provoking wars and massacres in Congo” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "You who have the power to provoke war, please stop fueling it in our country," is the appeal addressed to the major powers by 40 young people from Bukavu, the capital of the Congolese province ...
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  5 April 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - “Qingming": Traditional Remembrance of the Dead is an opportunity for Catholics to bear witness Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The day of Qingming, which commemorates the dead according to Chinese tradition, falls on April 5th, as it does every year. Catholic communities of mainland China have undertaken pastoral init ...
• 4 April 2025
  VATICAN - Archbishop Leo Boccardi appointed Member of the Dicastery for Evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Leo Boccardi, titular of Bitetto and apostolic nuncio, as member of the Dicastery for Evangelization, in the Section for First Evangelization and th ...
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  4 April 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - After two years of war: Khartoum is slowly returning to normality Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, which was recaptured on March 26 by the regular army (Sudan Armed Forces, SAF) from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militiamen, is slowly returning to normality. ...
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  4 April 2025
  AMERICA/USA - Kansas: Priest shot in rectory Seneca (Agenzia Fides) – Father Arul Carasala, parish priest of the church of Saints Peter and Paul in Seneca, a city in the north east of Kansas, was shot dead by a man on Thursday, April 3, while in his rectory. Acc ...
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  4 April 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "The Pope's prayer is a balm of consolation for us" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The earthquake has increased the tears and wounds of our people. Thousands of people have no food. Thousands have no drinking water. Fear has forced them to sleep in the streets, exposed to the ...
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  4 April 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops after President Yoon's impeachment: "Now the time for politics begins" by Pascale Rizk Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - After 111 days since his indictment on December 14, 2024, South Korea's 20th President, Yoon Suk Yeol, was definitively removed from office today, April 4, at 11:22 a.m. (local ...
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  3 April 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - South Sudanese soldiers attack a Catholic church, killing a person whose body was carried away Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Soldiers of the South Sudanese army attacked a church, killing a parishioner and carrying away his body. This happened in Our Lady of Assumption Parish Loa, in Magwi County, in the State of Eastern ...
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  3 April 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - Mirebalais: Two nuns killed by armed gangs Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Two nuns of the "Little Sisters of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus" were murdered in Mirebalais, in central Haiti, by members of armed gangs who infiltrated the area since last Monday. T ...
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  3 April 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - "Foyer Saint Camille" inaugurates ward for premature babies Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Providing modern care environments that are better adapted to the needs of the population and adequate for staff is one of the key elements of our health plan to make the network of heal ...
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  3 April 2025
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Catholic University: Law Faculty students to provide free legal aid Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "This year, the Church is celebrating a Jubilee Year with the theme: Pilgrims of Hope. As a falculty, can we not go to our prisons and help liberate those who do not belong there?" asked Father ...