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  15 August 2024
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - The Pope: our destination is Heaven, "Mary precedes us on this journey" by Fabio Beretta Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The goal of every Christian is Heaven. And Mary "precedes" us on this "journey". Pope Francis said it this morning overlooking a sweltering St. Peter's Square for t ...
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  15 August 2024
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Zuppi-Li Hui phone call: China and the Holy See working to promote dialogue Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - "On the morning of August 14, 2024, a cordial conversation was held between Mr. Li Hui, Special Representative of the Chinese Government for Eurasian Affairs, and Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, ...
• 14 August 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of the Bishop of Ambatondrazaka Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed the Reverend Orthasie Marcellin Herivonjilalaina, S.A.C - thus far the Rector of the Major Philosophical Seminary of Toamasina - Bishop of the Dioc ...
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  14 August 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - At the site of Mary's Assumption, where Christians and Muslims pray by Fabio Beretta Jerusalem (Fides News Agency) – For Christians, the date of August 15th is not a feast like the others. In fact, it celebrates the Assumption of Mary into Heaven, one of the four Marian dogmas of th ...
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  14 August 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Father Patton: "Negotiations resuming on Assumption Day a sign of hope, let us pray for peace" Jerusalem (Fides News Agency) – "Resuming talks for a ceasefire in Gaza, the release of hostages and political prisoners on the day we celebrate the assumption of Mary into Heaven in body and soul, is a sure sign of ho ...
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  13 August 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Lebanon on the brink of the abyss by Father Gabriel Hachem* Beirut (Fides News Agency) - Since the outbreak of civil war in 1975, Lebanon, a small Middle Eastern country, has not known peace or stability. The population, including Christians, have res ...
• 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 ...