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  20 February 2024
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako, message to the Chaldeans: Iraqi Christians are also infected by sectarianism Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Sectarianism is destroying the sense of belonging of the Iraqi nation, and even Christians are are "drawn into these sectarian logics and its divisions". For them, a fragile minority community, th ...
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  19 February 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Resumption of jihadist attacks in the north, but with a new "modus operandi" Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Attacks by jihadists linked to the ISIS militia "Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamma'ah" have increased in the Pemba province, northern Mozambique. In recent days, the small Mozambican fishing village of Q ...
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  19 February 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Possible introduction of compulsory military service leads to young people fleeing Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - There is great concern in Burmese society, especially among young men and women, after the ruling military junta declared its intention to introduce military service as "conscription", without gi ...
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  19 February 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Camillians on the island of Flores: “It is not good for man to be alone” Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "They are like a big family with 'one heart, one soul and one spirit' that cares for those who suffer and feel alone. This is the special quality that characterizes the group of young Camillians ...
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  19 February 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President of the Bishops' Conference: “Economic reforms lead to extreme poverty” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - " As a result of the government’s reform agenda, millions of Nigerians have been reduced to a life of grinding poverty, wanton suffering, and untold hardship as never before in our national hist ...
• 17 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Khammam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Prakash Sagili of the clergy of Cuddapah, until now parish priest of Saint John Bosco in Chittor and coordinator of the CCBI Health Apostolate, as ...
• 17 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Khandwa, Augustine Madathikunnel Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Augustine Madathikunnel, until now administrator of the diocese of Khandwa, India, as bishop of the same diocese. Msgr. Augustine Madathikunnel w ...
• 17 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Nalgonda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Karnam Dhaman Kumar, M.S.F.S. (Missionaries of Saint Francis de Sales d’Annecy), until now parish priest of S. Bartolomäus in Münster and ...
• 17 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Purnea Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Francis Tirkey, of the clergy of the diocese of Purnea, India, until now director of the Social Service Centre of Purnea, as bishop of the same di ...
• 17 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of Bishop of Indore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Indore, India, presented by Bishop Chacko Thottumarickal, S.V.D. The Holy Father has appointed the Rev ...
• 17 February 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of bishop of Aurangabad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Aurangabad, India, presented by Bishop Ambrose Rebello. (Agenzia Fides, 17/2/2024) ...
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  17 February 2024
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Year of Prayer: Praying like “Jesus, Mary and the Magi” Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "To prepare for the Holy Year, a year of the Lord's mercy, we should take time for prayer. Prayer is the basis of all things, the basis of conversion, the basis of our calling through list ...
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  17 February 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - The main criminal gangs in Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Among the approximately 300 criminal gangs active in Haiti (see Fides, 10/2/2024), there are several alliances of different gangs. The most important is the so-called G9 Alliance (“G9 ...
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  16 February 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian declared innocent after blasphemy accusations Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Social and religious tensions in the Faisalabad region of Pakistan's Punjab province have calmed after Christian Younis Masih, accused of blasphemy, was declared innocent, acquitted of the ch ...
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  16 February 2024
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The Constitutional Court cancels the postponement of the vote decided by President Sall Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "Senegal has lost the title of African champion of football nations, but retains the title of beacon of democracy in Africa", says a headline on the Burkinabe news portal "Wakatsera" on the decisi ...