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• 20 March 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Kananga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 19, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M., until now bishop of Kabinda and apostolic administrator of the archdiocese of Kananga, Democratic Republic ...
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  18 March 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - General elections announced; a Jesuit: "to start again from the Constitution" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Election Commission of India has announced that the general elections in the largest democracy in the world will hold a seven-phase general election starting on April 19, over a period of ...
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  16 March 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Nihil obstat" into the sainthood cause of Filipino teenager Nina Ruiz-Abad Laoag (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See has granted the "nihil obstat" ("nothing stands in the way") to begin the process of beatification of a Filipino teenager, Niña Ruiz-Abad (1979-1993), who from now on will be called ...
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  16 March 2024
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The new cold war passes through mercenaries Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Is the Central African Republic a "Paradise of mercenaries"? The country has long been the scene of the intervention of various private military companies (PMCs), at least since March 2003, when ...
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  15 March 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Only the real encounter with Jesus frees us from the temptation to "make faith a theory" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In order to be transmitted, faith in the risen Lord, requires "significant experience lived within the family and the Christian community as an encounter with Jesus Christ who changes life" ...
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  15 March 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop of Tombura Yambio “The situation is catastrophic and therefore requires urgent action” Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Hunger, floods, drought and growing insecurity, a weak economy on the verge of collapse. These are the factors that bring great suffering to the people of South Sudan, says Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, ...
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  15 March 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - On the anniversary of his death, the diocesan phase of the cause of beatification of the young Akah Bashir has concluded Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The sacrifice of Akash Bashir is an example that is bearing fruit in the Church in Pakistan: it ended with a solemn mass of thanksgiving celebrated this morning, March 15, in the Cathedral of Lah ...
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  15 March 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - "The resignation of the Haitian prime minister under pressure from gang violence has set a dangerous precedent" Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The resignation of the Prime Minister has made it clear that the plan of the armed groups to take power in Haiti has worked," said Sister Marcella Catozza of the Franciscan Sisters of Bu ...
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  15 March 2024
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Deputy Interior Minister: “The Vietnamese government would be happy to welcome Pope Francis” Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Interior Vu Chien Thang has assured that Vietnam and the Holy See respect each other and maintain friendly relations. He is confident that relations between the Vatic ...
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  14 March 2024
  ASIA/IRAQ - Abolition of the quota of seats reserved for minorities in the Autonomous region of Kurdistan. Christian parties appeal to President Abdul Latif Rashid Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Minority parties and organizations that demand political representation of Christian communities in Iraq continue their mobilization against the decision of the Iraqi Supreme Federal Court to an ...
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  14 March 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Zambian missionary murdered in South Africa Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - A priest of Zambian origin was shot dead yesterday, March 13, in South Africa. Father William Banda of the St. Patrick's Society for Foreign Missions (Kiltegan Fathers) was shot dead as he ...
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  14 March 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Ramadan: “Opportunity for dialogue” Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - "The period of the annual Ramadan in 2024, the holy month for the Muslim faithful, coincides with the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the dialogue movement 'Silsilah'. The spiritua ...
• 14 March 2024
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Sister Maria Viader Alberich appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 16, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Sister Maria Viader Alberich, RJM. National Director of the Pontifical Missio ...
• 14 March 2024
  ASIA/KOREA - Resignation and appointment of Bishop of Uijeongbu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 13, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Uijeongbu, Korea, presented by Bishop Peter Ki-Heon Lee. The Holy Father has appointed Bishop ...
• 14 March 2024
  AMERICA/BELIZE - Resignation of Auxiliary Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 13, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the diocese of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, presented by Bishop Christopher J. Glancy, C.S.V. (EG) (Ag ...