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"In this difficult time for Caritas Internationalis, together with the new vice president, new secretary general, and new treasurer, we will look forward to creating a better Caritas in the next four years. said the Divine Word Archbishop Kikuchi of Tokyo.

"We believe in Christ as our peace and proclaim Him with mercy during the fragility of our world," said Bishop Gabriel Mestre of Mar del Plata at the opening of the 10th Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Biblical Federation (CBF).

On Good Friday, April 7, 2023, Muslim gunmen attacked an elementary school building in the village of Ngban that houses approximately 100 displaced Christian farmers and their families and killed dozens.

"The tragedy occurred around 9 pm on 29 March, when our brother was passing near the checkpoint set up by the military police," a Missionary of Africa representative in Rome said.

The Vatican’s embassy office in the capital of Nicaragua, Managua, was closed and Monsignor Marcel Mbaye Diouf, chargé d'affaires, moved to Costa Rica on March 17.

“During the night of March 12-13, the door and some of the walls of the facade of the Church of the Sacred Heart were painted with satanic phrases," Press statement.

God appointed the new archbishop to be the spiritual father who sanctifies souls via the sacraments of salvation and encourages everyone in prayer and fasting, according to Al-Kabalan.

Father Winder Morales from Granada Diocese told the Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa, that “The Stations of the Cross that we traditionally do on Fridays of Lent can only make its way around the cathedral.”

Archbishop José H. Gomez said, "Bishop David was a peacemaker with a heart for the poor and the immigrants, and he had a passion for building a community where the sanctity and dignity of every human life were honored and protected.”

“We know that God is close to those that suffer. We pray that your people sense the love and care of their brothers and sisters around the world, including from Oceania,” the message reads.

Pope Francis highlighted the two words ‘memory and commitment’ to persevere in their journey reflecting on the three verbs; to pray, work, and journey.

Pope Francis reminds the South Sudanese faithful that Jesus understands their pain, hopes, and loves them personally and never to be afraid because God is with them.

“No more bloodshed, no more conflicts, no more violence and mutual recriminations about who is responsible for it, no more leaving your people athirst for peace. No more destruction: it is time to build! Leave the time of war behind and let a time of peace dawn!” the Pope insisted.

Pope Francis urges the clergy and the religious in Congo to anoint God's people "with the balm of consolation and hope" to show God's compassion.

Pope Francis recommended five ingredients for the future: prayer, community, honesty, forgiveness, and service, with the figurative symbol of five fingers.

“While so many today dismiss the poor, you embrace them; while the world exploits them, you encourage them," Pope Francis tells the representatives of several charities in Kinshasa.

Taking the theme “widening the tent” from the working document of the continental phase of the Synod, the message of the Dicastery for Consecrated persons, exhorts the consecrated people to widen the tent and walk together in “closeness, compassion and tenderness”

“Enough! Stop getting rich at the cost of the poor, stop getting rich from resources and money stained with blood!” the Pope insisted.

Pope Francis invited the wounded and oppressed Congolese people to give Christ a chance to heal their hearts by handing their past over to him, along with all their fears and troubles. 

Pope reminded them that the Congolese people are more precious than the diamonds found abundantly in their soil and reminded them that peace and development comes from ‘spiritual wealth’ ad not from natural resources.