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  1 February 2025
  AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - Sister Anna on her work in the mission in Djibouti Ali Sabieh (Agenzia Fides) - "I like to see how the Lord works in people; it is He who called me to be a missionary, in the mission among non-Christians, and I am here to give hope," says Consolata Missionary Sister Anna ...
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  31 January 2025
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Homs: The new era is full of mysteries by Gianni Valente Homs (Agenzia Fides) - "A new era has begun for Syria. And it is a difficult time again," said Archbishop Jacques Mourad. The monk of the Deir Mar Musa community, spiritual son of Father Paolo Dall' ...
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  31 January 2025
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - In Toribio, the end of a historic stage, but not the end of a mission Toribio (Agenzia Fides) - "Thank you for having walked with us, for being part of our history," were some of the words that resonated during the Mass of thanksgiving celebrated on Sunday, January 26, which marked the 41 ...
• 31 January 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Four years after the coup: prayer and charity in the face of violence, hunger and displacement Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Catholics hope that the state of emergency will not be extended and pray for justice and peace," Joseph Kung, a Catholic from Yangon who works in the National Human Rights Commission, told Fides ...
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  31 January 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Without electricity and water: Catholic parish in Goma welcomes 2000 displaced people Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The greatest danger for the population of Goma is the so-called 'Wazalendo' militiamen," local church observers told Fides about the situation in the capital of the Congolese province of North ...
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  30 January 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy law becomes a trap and a business: accusations organized for the purpose of blackmail and extortion Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - There is a criminal group that makes a business out of framing innocent people with false accusations of blasphemy. The organization uses the blasphemy law as a trap and as a business for blac ...
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  30 January 2025
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Catatumbo: Humanitarian aid corridor established and state of emergency declared Tibú (Agenzia Fides) - The wave of violence, mainly due to the control of international cocaine trafficking in the Catatumbo region, has led President Gustavo Petro to declare a state of emergency and deploy the army. ...
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  30 January 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Foreigners leave Bukavu: fears of advance of the M23 rebel movement on the capital of South Kivu province” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “In Bukavu, foreigners are fleeing,” missionaries from the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu tell Fides. “The various embassies in Kinshasa have ordered their compatriots to ...
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  29 January 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishop of Manipur: "The situation is polarized: we need peacemakers" Imphal (Agenzia Fides) - "There is less violence in Manipur today than a year ago, thanks to the massive presence of the Indian armed forces: more than 70,000 soldiers are deployed in all the buffer zones that separate t ...
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  29 January 2025
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis: Saint Joseph, the man who “trusts in God.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Factores Verbi”, that is, he who “puts the Word of God into practice”, “translating it into deeds, flesh, life”. This expression, coined by the apostle James in his letter, w ...
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  29 January 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Did the flight of the military leadership facilitate the capture of Goma?" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "In Goma there are 2 million people in need," local Church sources, who asked not to be named for security reasons, told Fides. "At least a million of them are displaced from other areas of Nor ...
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  29 January 2025
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Catatumbo: Bishop of Tibú wants to maintain hope for a better future Tibú (Agenzia Fides) - In less than a week, violent clashes between members of the National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissident groups of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in the Catatumbo region, ...
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  28 January 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - A missionary community in times of war: the Church of Yangon in synod, with its eyes turned towards suffering humanity Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Building an authentically synodal community, which walks with Christ towards wounded humanity, and authentically missionary, capable of proclaiming the Gospel and bringing consolation in the diff ...
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  28 January 2025
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Simplicity and poverty": the words that extend Christmas to the rest of the year in Monasao Monasao (Agenzia Fides) - In Central Africa, the month of December was marked by a series of important celebrations, such as Republic Day (December 1st) and, for the Christian community, Christmas and New Year celebratio ...
• 28 January 2025
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Resignation and appointment of the Bishop of Iringa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Iringa, Tanzania, presented by Bishop Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa. The Holy Father has appointed the Reve ...