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ASIA/BANGLADESH - Bishop Gomes: "The Rohingya crisis is growing more severe as international aid continues to decline"

Dhaka (Fides News Agency) – "The situation facing the Rohingya is extremely difficult. International funding is decreasing day by day, and some non-governmental organizations have been forced to ...
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VATICAN - CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2018

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As every year, in view of World Mission Day, which this year celebrates its 92nd anniversary on Sunday, October 21, 2018, Fides News Service offers some statistics ...
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The New Martyrs and the “Baptism in Blood”

Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In Rome, on the day of the celebration of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls hosts the ecumenical commemoration of Christian martyrs ...
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The Pope to the Pontifical Mission Societies: Let us walk together in an “ongoing missionary conversion”

Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – The urgency of embracing an ongoing “missionary conversion” was at the heart of the address Pope Leo XIV delivered in English to the participants in the General ...
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ASIA/VIETNAM - The diocesan phase of the cause of beatification opens for two missionary bishops

Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The testimony of the two bishops François Pallu (MEP) (1626-1684) and Pierre Lambert de La Motte (MEP) (1624 - 1679), the first missionaries sent to the Far East, is precious ...
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AFRICA/DR CONGO - A declaration of principles was signed in Doha between the Congolese government and the M23 to end the war

Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the M23/Congo River Alliance (AFC) guerrillas signed a declaration of principles on July 19 in Doha, Qatar, to end ...
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ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Catholic Archbishop Joseph Chami: Christians will not participate in the controversial municipal elections in north-east Syria

Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is complicated. Christians are not happy. Most of them do not recognize the legitimacy and value of the local elections called for June 11 and will not vote," ...
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AMERICA/HAITI - A young aspiring priest killed by a drone; concern for the fate of a priest involved in prison ministry a month after his abduction

Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – A young man who had begun his journey to become a priest was killed by a kamikaze drone used by the police. According to the Haitian newspaper PouSiOupaTKonnen, ...
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AFRICA/UGANDA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Kabale

Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kabale, Uganda, presented by Bishop Callist Rubaramira. The Holy Father has ...
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ANGELUS - Leone XIV: il Beato vietnamita Truong Buu Diep interceda per gli “operai del Vangelo” in “situazioni di persecuzione”

Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - L’intercessione e la preghiera del nuovo Beato vietnamita Francesco Saverio Truong Buu ...
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Formazione missionaria, secondo appuntamento on-line rivolto al mondo anglofono sul messaggio di Leone XIV per la Giornata Missionaria Mondiale 2026

Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – “Uno in Cristo. Un cammino spirituale e missionario” è il tema che viene affrontato oggi ...
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VATICANO - Giornata Missionaria Mondiale: terzo appuntamento di approfondimento “on line”per il mondo francofono sul messaggio di Leone XIV

Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – Al via venerdì 10 luglio alle 12:30 (ora italiana) il terzo appuntamento del ciclo di ...