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  9 April 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Father Ibrahim Faltas: War also darkens the future of Christians in the Land of Jesus Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - If you want to see Hell - said the Syrian Bishop Jacques Mourad at the beginning of the last war in Gaza - today you have to go to the Holy Land, where the massacres of innocents have turned i ...
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  8 April 2024
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The President declares a national emergency on drug abuse; Caritas had raised the alarm some time ago Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "It is my solemn duty as President... to declare a national emergency on drug abuse". Thus the President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio addressed the population to announce the creation of an ...
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  8 April 2024
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The feast at the end of Ramadan lived "in the authentic spirit of Easter, to celebrate a dawn of peace and fraternity" Miri (Agenzia Fides) - In Miri, a Malaysian city in the province of Sarawak (in Malaysian Borneo), less than 100 meters away are the "Masjid An Naim" mosque and the Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd. There is mutual h ...
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  8 April 2024
  ASIA/JAPAN - 'Money, money, money'. The reasons for conflicts and the arms race according to missionary Archbishop, Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi by Victor Gaetan* Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi, age 65, holds a startling number of key positions, yet he’s calm as a church usher. President of Caritas Internationalis, Secretary General of the Federation ...
• 6 April 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Goa and Damão Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Simiao Purificaçao Fernandes of the clergy of Goa and Damão, India, until now director of the Saint Pius X Pastoral Institute, as auxiliary bish ...
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  6 April 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic Church calls for protection of the rights of indigenous peoples on the island of Boracay Boracay (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops and movements call on the State Human Rights Commission of the Philippines to protect the indigenous Ati communities on the island of Boracay, a tourist paradise in the Phil ...
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  6 April 2024
  ASIA/ HOLY LAND - Father Neuhaus: amid Gaza rubble, Christians proclaim that Christ is risen by Gianni Valente Jerusalem (Fides News Agency) - In Palestine and Israel, in 6 months of war, «it is shameful that no one has been able to call the warmongers to account». Jesuits write this words in the statement ...
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  5 April 2024
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - Children's mission organizations from European countries come together in Bucharest: The focus is on cooperation Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - About fifty people will take part in the next meeting of representatives of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood in Europe, which will take place from next Sunday to Thursday, April ...
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  5 April 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Rohingya under pressure: imprisoned, without citizenship, but forced to join the Burmese army Sittwe (Agenzia Fides) - In order to replenish its ranks, decimated by combat losses, the Myanmar army is resorting to the forced recruitment of young men from the Rohingya people and sending them to the front in the fig ...
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  5 April 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Bishop of Moramanga: "The population is materially poor but spiritually rich" Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "The diocese of Moramanga is a relatively new diocese and the challenges that the Church faces here concern, above all, the creation of new structures and the training of pastoral workers, ...
• 5 April 2024
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of the Bishop of Kwito-Bié Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 28, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Vicente Sanombo, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Huambo, until now vicar general and parish priest of the Cathedral, as bishop of the ...
• 4 April 2024
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - Resignation and appointment of archbishop of Tunis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Tunis, Tunisia, presented by Archbishop Ilario Antoniazzi. The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Ni ...
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  4 April 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Parliamentary elections: the Church questions the political parties Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church believes that the purpose of politics is to promote human dignity and achieve the common good and that, by exercising its mission among men, it can "pass moral judgment in thos ...
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  4 April 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New Islamist attacks in the east of the country: 30,000 students cannot go to school due to insecurity Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least 10 people were killed and several buildings burned down in an attack by ADF militants in the rural municipality of Mangina, in the Beni area, in the province of North Kivu, in the east ...
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  4 April 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - People on the run, healthcare system on the brink of collapse: Camillians barricade themselves in the capital's hospital Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The gangs have more weapons every day and are becoming more cruel, we have barricaded ourselves in the hospital and hope that they do not attack us. We cannot go out to buy food or medic ...