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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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...