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  30 September 2024
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Synod, the Bishop of Leena: "The problems of the West are not ours" by Fabio Beretta Leena (Agenzia Fides) - Low levels of education, lack of services, leprosy, the spread of aggressive sects: these are just some of the problems that the Catholic community in Angola faces on a daily b ...
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  29 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Belgium: “Mission is a gift and not a title of boasting” Bruxelles (Agenzia Fides) - "We all received a mission in the Church through baptism. But this mission is a gift and not a reason to boast," said Pope Francis during the Holy Mass at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels ...
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  29 September 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Cardinal Raï on the assassination of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: "It has opened a wound in the hearts of the Lebanese" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "The assassination of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has opened a wound in the hearts of the Lebanese". But "the incessant martyrdom of Christian and Muslim leaders who believed in the cause of truth, ...
• 28 September 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Resignation and succession of bishop of Isiolo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Isiolo, Kenya, presented by Bishop Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C. He is succeeded by Bishop Peter Munguti ...
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  28 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope in Belgium: the synodal process must be a return to the Gospel and not about prioritizing “fashionable” reforms Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - "The synodal process must involve returning to the Gospel. It is not about prioritizing “fashionable” reforms, but asking, how can we bring the Gospel to a society that is no longer listen ...
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  28 September 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The relic of the blood of Saint Francis brought to the Holy Land during a pilgrimage to invoke peace Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "After 800 years, we bring Saint Francis back to the Holy Land to try to be, like him, able to cross borders in a wounded place, just as, eight centuries ago, the Poverello went on a pilgrimage to ...
• 28 September 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Ahiara: “If there is a lesson we can learn from the past, it is that it is important to listen to one another” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “If there is a lesson we can learn from this, it is that it is important to listen to one another, as in a family,” says the Bishop of Ahiara in Nigeria, Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, to Fides. “Bet ...
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  28 September 2024
  BRICS expansion process shows limits of the organization by Cosimo Graziani Kazan (Agenzia Fides) - The next BRICS Summit will take place from 22 to 24 October in the Russian city of Kazan. The geopolitical and economic alliance known as BRICS takes its name from the initi ...
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  27 September 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Documentary on the spiritual legacy of missionary John Lee Tae-seok Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Certain realities of life can only be seen with eyes washed by tears". These words of Pope Francis during the meeting with young people in Manila are the key to understanding the documentary entit ...
• 27 September 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Further protests against the government's economic policies announced Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Various civil society groups in Nigeria have declared a "National Day for Survival" for October 1. The date has a high symbolic value as it coincides with the 64th anniversary of Nigeria's indepen ...
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  27 September 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - After the new episcopal appointments, pastoral life returns to normal in many Chinese dioceses Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The proliferation of initiatives in which Chinese priests walk their spiritual journey together is an eloquent sign of a new normality in pastoral and spiritual life in many dioceses, following ...
• 27 September 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Militants of the "Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan" in action: analysts and social organizations ask the government for clarification Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - What role do the "civilian militias" or "vigilantes" of the Islamist party "Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan" (TLP) play, who roam the streets of Pakistani cities to punish people accused of blasphemy ...
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  26 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope in Luxembourg: "What drives us to mission is the joy of encountering Christ" Luxembourg (Agenzia Fides) - Service, mission, joy. These three words are the focus of the second and final speech delivered by Pope Francis in Luxembourg, the first stop on this Apostolic Journey to the heart of Europe, ...
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  26 September 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Peace initiative: Cardinal Pizzaballa invites people to fast and pray for peace on October 7 Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A day of prayer, penance and fasting to ask for the gift of peace in the Holy Land. Exactly one year after the renewed conflict between Israel and Palestine, the Catholic Patriarch, Cardinal P ...
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  26 September 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Apostolic Nuncio on the situation of Christians and aid for Rohingya refugees (with the help of the Pope) by Fabio Beretta Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Bangladesh", where Christians represent only 0.30% of the population, "is very delicate. In general, Christians live in a peaceful context, but there have als ...