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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Packing a cathedral for Orthodox Christmas, hundreds of worshippers heard the service in that church in the Ukrainian language for the first time in decades, a demonstration of independence from the Russian Orthodox Church.

Numerosi storici paragonano l'invasione alle guerre mussoliniane.

El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, asistió solo el viernes a medianoche a una misa religiosa en una iglesia del Kremlin para celebrar la Navidad ortodoxa, marcada por la ofensiva de Moscú en Ucrania.

Francis wanted to receive the bishop emeritus of Hong Kong  in private audience  before his forced departure due to the expiration of the permission granted by the judges. "I hope one day you will be able to visit the shrine of Sheshan," the cardinal told the pontiff. Meanwhile, also in Xi'an, the see that was once held by the great Chinese bishop Anthony Li Duan, his successor presides over a solemn Mass of suffrage for Benedict XVI.

Narayanpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh (central India) was vandalized by a tribal mob. The incident, which happened yesterday afternoon, January 2, in the village of Edka, located in the district of Narayanpur, caused several minor injuries, including a police officer. The violence erupted after a period of tension between tribal groups living in the area, mainly linked to the issue of alleged "religious conversions" among the population. On the night of January 1 to 2, there was a clash between two groups. Some adivasis (indigenous groups) accused other tribes of converting to Christianity "by force or inducement".