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• 12 August 2024
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Resignation and appointment of the Bishop of Butare Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the Diocese of Butare offered by H.E. Msgr. Philippe Rukamba. The Holy Father Francis has appoint ...
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  12 August 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Seoul celebrates the Assumption and its 79 years of independence, Archbishop Chung Soon-taek: "Listening promotes unity" Seoul (Fides News Agency) – "Listening promotes unity, and those who experience such healing from division embark on strengthened paths of faith". This is the heart of the message that the Archbishop of Seoul, Peter So ...
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  12 August 2024
  ASIA/IRAN Middle East, Holy See concerned: Parolin calls the President of Iran War in the Middle East, Parolin-Pezeshkian phone call Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The war in the Middle East is likely to expand more and more. Faced with this bleak scenario, papal diplomacy comes out into the open, taking new steps to avoid escalation. In the after ...
• 12 August 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Sheikh Hasina's ouster seen in India as a grave blow to New Delhi's positions in the area Dhaka (Fides News Agency) - The ouster of Sheikh Hasina Wazed, the former Prime Minister who led Bangladesh for 15 years, is having important geopolitical repercussions in the region. An initial interpretation seems to i ...
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  9 August 2024
  VATICAN - The Pope's caress to Chinese Catholics: "I would like to meet with local bishops and the people of God who are so faithful" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A people of "great faith" who are also "teachers of hope", is the caress that Pope Francis sends to all Chinese people, renewing his desire to make an Apostolic Journey to the Asian country ...
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  9 August 2024
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - “Witnesses of Christ with the power of the Spirit”. The Pontifical Mission Societies towards CAM6 Comayagua (Agenzia Fides) - The American Missionary Congress (CAM6), scheduled for next November in Puerto Rico, is getting closer and closer and the direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Honduras has or ...
• 9 August 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Is South Africa a financial center for ISIS in Africa? Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The presence in South Africa of people linked to the Islamic State (IS) does not seem to worry the government. This was stated by the President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Con ...
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  8 August 2024
  VATICAN - Cancelation of debts to achieve peace: Pope Francis' dream for the Jubilee Year by Fabio Beretta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cancelation of debts as a path to peace. This is what Pope Francis, like his predecessors, had called for for the upcoming Jubilee Year. The Pontiff also formulates t ...
• 8 August 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - "It is to be hoped that public order will be restored after the incidents that have affected mainly Hindus and Christians" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We are waiting for the new government led by Muhammad Yunus" an source from the local Church in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, told Fides. Muhammad Yunus, 84, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 ...
• 8 August 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops: “The ceasefire signed in Luanda for eastern DRC must be implemented” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The ceasefire agreement must be fully implemented," the Congolese Bishops' Conference demands of the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. In a statement published on Aug ...
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  7 August 2024
  ASIA/QATAR - Syro-Malabar Community celebrates 25 years of existence under the sign of its "missionary character" Doha (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Qatar is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Syro-Malabar Community of St. Thomas in Doha with numerous activities. On July 3, the feast of St. Thomas, a procession of ...
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  7 August 2024
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - On the feast of Saint Cajetan: priests from working-class districts raise the alarm about unemployment Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Work is a "criterion of order" for individual and family life. But today in Argentina, work opportunities are falling "like the pieces in a game of dominoes". This is what the priests of th ...
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  7 August 2024
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Pope Francis: "One cannot invoke God’s name to foment contempt, hatred and violence towards others" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "One cannot invoke God’s name to foment contempt, hatred and violence towards others," said Pope Francis this morning before the General Audience in the Audience Hall during a meeting wit ...
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  7 August 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis at the Genreal Audience: "Without the Holy Spirit the Church cannot move forward" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Without the Holy Spirit the Church cannot move forward", said Pope Francis at the first general audience after the summer break in July. During the meeting with pilgrims from all over the ...
• 7 August 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - Only 24 hours after his arrest: Father Madou is free N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Madou is fine, although he says he was mistreated during his arrest," an source from the local Church in the Chadian capital N'Djamena told Fides. The source, who requested anonymity, ...