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  16 February 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - Aleppo, Bishop Joseph Tobji: the earthquake opens a new time of trial, also for faith Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "After the shock and terror, we are now beginning to come to terms with the extent of the material and spiritual ruins that the earthquake has left in our lives. A hard time begins, where we will ...
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  16 February 2023
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A musician 'trapped' in the body of a nurse: Father Camorani between missionary work and healthcare Monassao (Agenzia Fides) - "Here, in my small, modest, but dignified village hospital, the care of the body and the care of the soul come together", writes to Fides Father Davide Camorani, who arrived in Central Africa o ...
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  15 February 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: Mission is born from an encounter with Jesus, going into the world "like lambs among wolves" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus is not a "service" self-produced by Christians. Proclamation "comes from an encounter with Jesus". In every true apostolic work "we proclaim him, not ...
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  15 February 2023
  AFRICA/TOGO - Small hospital in the suburbs of an indigenous religious institute at the service of the population Lomè (Agenzia Fides) - The 'Msgr. Joseph Strebler', is a small field hospital belonging to the Sisters of Our Lady of the Church (NDE), an indigenous religious institute founded on August 15, 1952 in Noépé, Togo, by t ...
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  15 February 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Catholic parish and hospital in Birambizo looted: vaccination campaign against measles ruined Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Among the buildings looted on February 13 by the M23 rebels in Birambizo, in the Bukombo group, Rutshuru territory, in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), there is also the local ...
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  15 February 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Christians help earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in one of the poorest countries in the world want to help victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. In the past, the people of Bangladesh have themselves repeatedly been hit by the ...
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  15 February 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Little things bring joy to the suffering faces of the sick: Camillians on the occasion of theXXXI World Day of the Sick Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - The XXXI World Day of the Sick, celebrated by the Catholic Church on February 11, 2023 (see Fides, 10/2/2022), was a precious opportunity to also bring together the Camillians (MI) of Indonesia ...
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  14 February 2023
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Apostolic Vicariate of Caroni: “An exciting mission” Bolívar (Agenzia Fides) - "In these first hundred years since the canonical establishment of the Apostolic Vicariate of Caroní, the Capuchins have carried out a difficult and exciting mission. They have devoted almost ...
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  14 February 2023
  OCEANIA/FIJI ISLANDS - The mission of the Bishops of Oceania: "to be communities of ever-closer followers of Jesus Christ" Suva (Agenzia Fides) - They entrusted themselves, for the mission of the Church in Oceania, to Saint Peter Chanel, Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop, Saint Pedro Calungsod, and to Blessed Peter To Rot, Diego Luis de San ...
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  14 February 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - Basic Christian communities, a simple tool for proclaiming the Gospel Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "I would like to tell you about our basic Christian communities which, it seems, normally operate in all the missions of the diocese except in Dosso", writes Father Rafael Casamayor from Niger. "W ...
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  14 February 2023
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Foot amputation for wounded missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Unfortunately, the doctors have decided to amputate Father Norberto's foot", says to Fides Father Aurelio Gazzera, a confrere of Father Norberto Pozzi, the 71-year-old Carmelite missionary injur ...
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  14 February 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New demonstrations in Goma while the EAC regional force finalizes a calendar for the withdrawal of the M23 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - New demonstrations took place yesterday, February 13, in Goma to denounce the inaction of the force of the member countries of the East African Community (EAC) to stop the advance of the M23 re ...
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  14 February 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Missionary volunteering as a vocational path": Living Baptism as a gift from God Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The seven formation and animation meetings of the General Sector of the Missions of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) have just ended, aimed at the provincial coordinators and missiona ...
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  13 February 2023
  VATICAN - The Pontifical Mission Societies, with the Pope, alongside the populations affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest estimates, there are more than 41 thousand victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. A death toll that is unfortunately destined to increase, ...
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  13 February 2023
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The condition of Father Norberto Pozzi injured in a mine explosion Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Norberto Pozzi is better they have taken him off the ventilator and now he is breathing on his own. They have just called me from the hospital in Entebbe", says from Bozoum to Fides Fathe ...