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  22 November 2023
  VATICAN - The formation course “Evangelii Gaudium 2023” is coming to an end: with a view to the present and the future Vatican (Agenzia Fides) - The missionary formation course, focused on the contents of the Apostolic Exhortation “Evangelii Gaudium”, organized jointly by the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU), the International Cente ...
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  22 November 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Archbishop Gallagher at the Shrine of Seosomun: Witnessing the Gospel today with an eye to history Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "The first evangelizers of the 'Land of the Morning Calm' were lay people and scholars who learned Christian doctrine without the help of foreign missionaries". They were people who "discovered th ...
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  22 November 2023
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Chow to catechists: faith is proclaimed by witnessing it with one’s own life Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Spreading the faith means not only knowing how to proclaim it, but above all, witnessing it in and with one's own life. With this recommendation, the Bishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Stephen Chow ...
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  22 November 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: God chooses one in order to love everyone, to reach everyone Rome (Agenzia Fides) - God chooses one in order "to love everyone". Christianity "is not a little group of first-class, chosen people". And the calling of the Lord cannot be experienced as a privilege to be lived selfish ...
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  21 November 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Forgotten War”: The situation in Sudan and the Darfur region is getting worse Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The forgotten war in Sudan is worsening after two armed groups in Darfur, which until now remained neutral, declared that they have sided with the army against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). O ...
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  21 November 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Children with visual impairment: Educational programs are designed to promote self-esteem Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "Working with blind children, entering their world, understanding their silence and discretion, their fears, the isolation in which they live... has deeply shaped us, and dedicating ourselves to t ...
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  21 November 2023
  ASIA/TURKEY - 2024 Year of the Eucharist: No “big celebrations” but a personal decision of faith and charity Izmir (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2024 will be the year of the Eucharist for the Catholic Church in Turkey. This was stated by the President of the Turkish Bishops' Conference and Archbishop of Izmir, Martin Kmetec, in a ...
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  21 November 2023
  EUROPE/POLAND: Archbishop Nappa thanks the Polish Church for its cooperation with the Pontifical Mission Societies in supporting world mission Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - Having evangelization at heart, concrete commitment to missions through collaboration with the Pontifical Mission Societies are the focus of the speeches of the President of the Pontifical Missio ...
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  21 November 2023
  Hell in the Holy Land - a different perspective We receive and publish the following: by Raphael Schutz* The article "Hell in the Holy Land" by the Archbishop of Horms, Hama and Nabek (see Fides, 15/11/2023), focuses, as indicated in its title, on the current w ...
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  20 November 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese representative to the UN: religions can play a positive role in promoting peace and resolving conflicts New York (Agenzia Fides) - The People's Republic of China hopes that "religions can play a positive role in promoting peace and strengthening solidarity", in particular by taking an "active role" in the "political soluti ...
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  20 November 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Dancing "the tango of peace": an invitation to the youth of North Korea for WYD 2027 in Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Building bridges for peace from youth was the focus of a special forum organized by the Reconciliation Committee of the Archdiocese of Seoul. More than 100 religious leaders, diplomats, academics ...
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  20 November 2023
  AFRICA/CONGO - President of the Bishops' Conference: "To climb the social ladder, you must join Freemasonry" Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "We are poor people living in a rich country," says the President of the Episcopal Conference of the Republic of Congo and Archbishop of Brazzaville, Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou, in an i ...
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  20 November 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - New Archbishop of Tabora, Rugambwa, thanks and honors outgoing Pastor in special ceremony Tabora (Agenzia Fides) - "We thank the good God for His Providence and ask Him to keep us strong and faithful to the mission entrusted to us. May the Holy Spirit continue to guide and enlighten us in everything we plan t ...
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  18 November 2023
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Bishop of Kandy: "Our Catholics are poor in material means but rich in faith" Kandy (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of the difficulties that people are experiencing and the challenges that our country is facing, the strength that comes from above, the only one that gives true hope, sustains us and ...
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  18 November 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - National Missionary Congress calls for the canonization of those killed in odium fidei" and protection strategies from the violence affecting the ecclesial community Owerri (Agenzia Fides) - More than 300 bishops, priests, religious and lay faithful from the nine Ecclesiastical Provinces of the Nigerian Church took part in the V National Missionary Congress (NAMICON V) organized by t ...