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VATICAN - CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2024

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As every year, in view of World Mission Sunday, which this year celebrates its 98th anniversary on Sunday, October 20, 2024, Fides News Agency offers some statistics ...
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ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Online gambling is a "public health crisis that destroys society": Bishops call for it to be declared illegal

Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the gambling addiction treatment centers run by Caritas, Catholic organizations, and communities in the Philippines, the number of cases of online gambling addiction is ...
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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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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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AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Shock and grief after the assassination of the Bishop of Quelimane, Osório Citora Afonso

Quelimane (Fides News Agency) -The Catholic Church in Mozambique is mourning the death of Bishop Osório Citora Afonso, IMC, Bishop of the Diocese of Quelimane. The news – reported to Fides by local ...
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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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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/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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VATICAN - Pope Leo XIV appoints Members and Consultors of the Dicastery for Evangelization's Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches

Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – The Holy Father has appointed the following as Members of the Dicastery for Evangelization, in the Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches.
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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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AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Erection of the ecclesiastical province of Berbérati and appointment of metropolitan archdiocese

Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has erected the ecclesiastical province of Berbérati, with the suffragan dioceses of Bouar, Mbaïki, and Bossangoa, and has appointed Bishop Dennis ...
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ASIA/BRUNEI - The life of Catholics in the Islamic monarchy: "With faith and benevolence, praying for local vocations, we are happy"

Bandar Seri Begawan (Fides News Agency) – In the small Sultanate of Brunei, located in the northwest of the island of Borneo, there are three Catholic churches and three priests in total, all born ...