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  5 March 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - One week after the death of an opposition figure: calm appears to have been restored in N'Djamena N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - In N'Djamena, capital of Chad, there is apparent calm a few days after the assassination of Yaya Dillo, leader of the opposition party PSF (Socialist Party Without Borders). Dillo was killed o ...
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  5 March 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Lent in the sign of mercy: “Silsilah” movement visits prison inmates Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - The "Silsilah" dialogue movement, founded in the south of the Philippines by the PIME missionary Father Sebastiano D'Ambra, accompanies prisoners on a path of inner liberation, carrying o ...
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  4 March 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - A beacon of light and hope: sacred journey through the Holy Door of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia Awali (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia (OLA) in Bahrain is a beacon of spiritual light and hope for Catholics. It is not only a place of worship but also a symbol of peace and unity. In a statemen ...
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  4 March 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Pankahin: “We must enable displaced people to return to their homes” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The government must intervene to help displaced people return to their homes", said Bishop Michael Gobal Gokum of Pankshin, in the central Nigerian state of Plateau, in his homily on Sunday March ...
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  4 March 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Easter attacks: the Catholic community prays and is committed to recognizing its "martyrs" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The faithful who lost their lives as innocents, in the moment of adoration of God, in the terrorist attacks of Easter 2019, while participating in the Eucharist on Sunday in church, are for us ...
• 4 March 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of Bishop of Cochin Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 2, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Cochin (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Kariyil. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 4/3/2024) ...
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  2 March 2024
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Lent, a time to be with Christ and help others Penang (Agenzia Fides) - To make Lent "a fruitful and significant time", "the Holy Spirit invites us to be where Jesus is, that is, to be with him in the desert, to pray with him "to face the temptation with him," said t ...
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  29 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - A commercial and strategic hub in the Indian Ocean: a project that threatens indigenous peoples Port Blair (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous peoples of the Indian Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean are at risk of disappearing in the name of a development project promoted by the Indian government in favor of commerc ...
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  29 February 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Salesian missionaries in Sunyani: Protecting the childhood of the most fragile children Sunyani (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of street children in the extremely poor area of Sunyani represents a major challenge. It threatens the survival and future of hundreds of thousands of minors who come from diffic ...
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  29 February 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - After clashes: fate of opposition politician Yaya Dillo uncertain N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "Rumors are circulating about the assassination of Yaya Dillo, but at the moment there is no confirmation", report to Fides local sources from N'Djamena, capital of Chad, where the armed force ...
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  28 February 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Bishop Berardi: "Easter is the center of our spiritual life and Christian life" Awali (Agenzia Fides) - "Lent is the time of conversion in which we prepare to return to God. Forty days to change our lives, to return to Christ, God the Father, to receive the Holy Spirit. Forty days during which Jesus ...
• 28 February 2024
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Appointment of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Monrovia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Monsignor Gabriel Blamo Jubwe, of the clergy of Monrovia, Diocesan Administrator and Parish Priest of St. Pius X, as Metropolitan Archbishop of Monrov ...
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  28 February 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - First steps of the new Bishop Peter Wu in the province of Fujian, in the sign of episcopal communion and synodality Mindong (Agenzia Fides) - In recent weeks, coinciding with the Chinese New Year holiday, the ecclesial life of the Catholic community of the Chinese coastal province of Fujian has been marked by the beginning of the epis ...
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  28 February 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - Shootings in the night in N'Djamena: an opposition leader accused of having attacked the headquarters of the secret services; is the presidential clan tearing itself apart? N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "We heard gunshots in the night but we do not yet know what is happening", local sources tell Fides from N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, who woke up today, February 28, in a state of siege. "N ...
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  28 February 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Catholic elected Deputy President of the Sindh Provincial Assembly Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic politician Anthony Naveed has been elected deputy president of the provincial parliament of Sindh, a province in southern Pakistan. It is the first time that a Christian politician has ...