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  28 January 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishop of Goma: "The neonatal ward at the Charité Maternelle General Hospital is affected by fighting" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Fighting continues in Goma, the capital of North Kivu, which the M23 rebels took over between Sunday 26 and Monday 27 January (see Fides, 27/1/2025). The M23 forces are encountering resistance ...
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  28 January 2025
  AMERICA/USA - The Franciscans martyred because they refused to approve polygamy will be beatified Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - They refused to approve the practice of polygamy among baptized Native Americans. For this they became martyrs. Four centuries after the events of 1597 in the coastal villages of Georgia, P ...
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  27 January 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A cap on the price of rice: the government's measure to prevent speculation Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In an effort to curb the rise in rice prices, the Manila government has set a limit of 58 pesos per kilogram for imported rice, after carrying out "extensive consultations" with importers, retail ...
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  27 January 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The Lunar New Year of Chinese Catholic communities: Blessing for families, visits to hospitals, works of charity Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The great “ChunYun army”, the endless crowd of people who travel across China to celebrate the Chinese New Year with their loved ones, marks one of the most significant moments of the year. ...
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  27 January 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - M23 enters Goma Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “It was a terrible night,” local sources told Fides from Goma, the capital of North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which was conquered today, January 27, by the re ...
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  27 January 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - The testimony of Roseline Hamel at the ‘Jubilee of the world of Communication’: “forgiveness is a force for peace and hope” by Pascale Rizk Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In a “world that is falling apart everywhere”, where many end up surrendering to evil even “for convenience”, there are also men and women of faith and good will who liv ...
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  26 January 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: The Word of God always amazes us and calls us to be witnesses of the Gospel Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The salvation Jesus bestows on us is not yet fully realized. We know this. Yet wars, injustice, pain and death will not have the final word. The Gospel never disappoints”. In St. P ...
• 25 January 2025
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nouna, Burkina Faso, presented by Bishop Joseph Sama. The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Guy M ...
• 25 January 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Erection of the diocese of Mindat, Myanmar, and appointment of first bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has erected the new diocese of Mindat, Myanmar, with territory taken from the diocese of Hakha, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan archdiocese of Mandalay. The Holy ...
• 25 January 2025
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Laghouat Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Laghouat (Algeria) presented by His Exc. Msgr. John Gordon MacWilliam, M. Afr. At the same time the ...
• 25 January 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and succession of metropolitan archbishop of Bombay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bombay, India, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Oswald Gracias. He is succeeded by ...
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  25 January 2025
  AMERICA/CHILE - First National Youth Day: “Jesus calls you, do not say no” La Serena (Agenzia Fides) - “Let us all open our hearts. You, especially young people, open your hearts to Jesus. Do it, do not be afraid, because the Lord needs you today, he needs all of us today”. With these words ...
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  25 January 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Negotiations to end the violence: dialogue and humanitarian aid are a priority Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The priority in Myanmar is dialogue with the aim of building peace. This is what the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United Nations have confirmed, in ligh ...
• 24 January 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - The Jubilee Year in Tamil Nadu: giving new hope to the Dalits Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - “For the Dalits, the Jubilee means hoping for the recognition of their human dignity; it means breaking the spiral of discrimination and exclusion. The Jubilee period is a time of hope for t ...
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  24 January 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Escalation of violence in North Kivu: M23 rebels advance towards Goma Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The North Kivu region, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is facing a serious escalation of violence, with intense fighting between the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and th ...