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  28 December 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Three missionaries of St. Columban among Korea's "heroes of independence" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Korean Ministry of Patriotic and Veterans Affairs has recognized three missionaries of the Society of St. Columban as "heroes of independence", highlighting them as examples of life and models ...
• 27 December 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Yangon, Myanmar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Raymond Wai Lin Htun, of the clergy of the diocese of Hpa-An, until now professor of canon law and economics and Saint Joseph’s Major Seminary i ...
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  27 December 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Christmas in a cave for refugees from Loikaw Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - The celebration of Christmas took place this year in an extraordinary setting for the faithful Catholic refugees in the diocese of Loikaw, in eastern Myanmar. Gathered in the shelter of a cave in ...
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  27 December 2024
  AFRICA - “Collateral” effects: how African wars sabotage access to education for the new generations by Cosimo Graziani Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian emergency faced by millions of refugees and displaced people in Africa, resulting from the numerous conflicts on the continent, is becoming even more critic ...
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  27 December 2024
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Martyr and pastor, Father Diep gives his life with joy Bac Lieu (Agenzia Fides) - Since the 1980s, groups of pilgrims from all over Vietnam have come to the church of Tac Say, in the Mekong Delta, the southernmost area of the country. Their visit is motivated by devotion and ...
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  26 December 2024
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - Pope Francis on the feast of Saint Stephen: Christian martyrs also pray for the salvation of their executioners Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Love, humanly impossible, also addressed to one's executioners, is one of the characteristics of Christian martyrdom, which makes it incomparable to all human forms of sacrifice that arise from sel ...
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  25 December 2024
  VATICAN/URBI ET ORBI - Christmas, the Pope: Mercy dispels hatred and the spirit of revenge, let us open the doors to gestures of dialogue by Fabio Beretta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "God’s mercy can do all things. It unties every knot; it tears down every wall of division; God’s mercy dispels hatred and the spirit of revenge. Come! Jesus is the ...
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  24 December 2024
  VATICAN - On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis opens the Jubilee: in our world of suffering and sighs, the hope of Christ is alive by Fabio Beretta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Haec porta Domini. Iusti intrabunt in eam". On Christmas Eve, the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica opens onto a world torn apart by wars and violence. The Jubilee of t ...
• 23 December 2024
  ASIA/LAOS - Resignation and Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Vientiane Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V. ...
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  23 December 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Education denied due to war: the contribution of Catholic nuns to ensure education to children Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Almost four years after the coup and the outbreak of the civil war, in addition to economic hardship and displacement, another problem is causing serious concerns for the future of the country: m ...
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  22 December 2024
  VATICAN/ANGELUS - Pope Francis: “No child is a mistake”, “let us learn to experience wonder and gratitude before the mystery of the life that is born” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Let us learn to “experience wonder and gratitude before the mystery of the life that is born” because “no child is a mistake”. This was the central message of Pope Francis during th ...
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  21 December 2024
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Raise your voice!” The 2025 Star Singers Campaign for children’s rights Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – The focus of the “Star Singers” campaign of the Pontifical Society of German Missionary Childhood (Aktion Dreikönigssingen) is on children's rights, and aims to emphasize that all people a ...
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  20 December 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Advent of charity from Bangladeshi Catholics, to share the joy of Christmas Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "I have received a gift from the Catholic community. I am grateful. I will share it at Christmas with my grandchildren," says Maria Gomes, a 65-year-old widow, one of the beneficiaries of the Holy ...
• 20 December 2024
  ASIA/THAILAND - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Thailand Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 6, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for the first Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed, Father Pe ...
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  20 December 2024
  In Rome, in the Holy Land and throughout the World. Vademecum to obtain Indulgences in the Jubilee Year 2025 by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In 2025, the Catholic Church will once again celebrate the Jubilee Year, a special time of remission and forgiveness, designed as an opportunity to intensely experience heali ...