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• 28 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Warri, Anthony Ovayero Ewherido Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Fr. Anthony Ovayero Ewherido as the new Bishop-elect of the Catholic Diocese of Warri (Nigeria). Anthony Ovayero Ewherido, of the same clergy, cur ...
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  28 December 2022
  AMERICA - Let us never take our eyes off the children who live in poverty and are exploited Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us ask Jesus, just born in Bethlehem, to guard the newborn life of those who suffer the injustice of war and, as Pope Francis says, lose the ability to smile. Let us never take our eyes off th ...
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  28 December 2022
  AFRICA - 'You came to this country with nothing and you will leave with nothing': the story of an exiled family far from home Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - They had left Liberia in 2019, where the civil war forces its population into a daily struggle for survival. An old friend had advised dad Francis, an electrician by trade, to try to revive the l ...
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  23 December 2022
  VATICAN - "Profession of faith" and oath of fidelity of Father Emilio Nappa, President of the President of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We assure our closeness and our communion with Msgr. Emilio Nappa who today makes his profession of faith and the oath of fidelity before his episcopal consecration". The homily of Cardina ...
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  23 December 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Scholars rediscover the relevance of Celso Costantini, First Apostolic Delegate in China by Martha Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Exactly one hundred years after his arrival in Beijing, the figure of Cardinal Celso Costantini, the first Apostolic Delegate in China, is being rediscovered and his topicality i ...
• 23 December 2022
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Izabal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Miguel Ángel Martínez Méndez, of the clergy of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa, until now parish priest of the Cathedral of San Cristóbal in ...
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  23 December 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - We ask for peace, tranquility, unity and reconciliation, based on a broad process of listening and national dialogue Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "We Peruvians want a society marked by hope, dialogue, social peace, justice and human development. In the same way, we ask the international community to respect our sovereignty and the democratic ...
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  23 December 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - After the severe floods, more than 70,000 people will experience Christmas as displaced persons Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "We are shocked by the catastrophic event of the floods that have hit many communities in eight states of the Federation. Many Christian communities that were celebrating the Advent season ...
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  23 December 2022
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The Star Singers, a tradition of very ancient origin Agenzia Fides (Fribourg) - "I like to make others happy; it is nice when we knock on doors and people see us and start to smile; we can support projects with the work of the Star Singers and help other children. This mak ...
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  23 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Third priest kidnapped in 5 days Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In Nigeria, another Catholic priest, Father Mark Ojotu of the Catholic diocese of Otukpo, was kidnapped along Okpoga-Ojapo Road in Benue state yesterday afternoon, December 22, according to a stat ...
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  22 December 2022
  VATICAN - Pope Francis to the Curia: in the idea of a "pure Church for the pure" the repetition of the Cathar heresy emerges Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Gratitude, conversion, peace. These are the three "gifts" that Pope Francis waished to ask for himself and for others, in his speech addressed to cardinals, bishops and members of the Roman ...
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  22 December 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Nuncio's visit to Chocò: increased challenge for confidence in the future, bet on peace, inter-institutional work Istmina (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church and all the institutions have been motivated to work side by side, in a spirit of true communion and participation, leading to a transformation of reality as a model of change for th ...
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  22 December 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - For Shagufta Kiran the second Christmas away from her children Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Almost a year and a half has passed since the arrest of Pakistani Christian woman, Shagufta Kiran (see Fides, 31/8/2021) and the imminent one is, for her, the second Christmas spent in prison, ...
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  22 December 2022
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Catholic Relief Service supports programs to find alternatives to charcoal Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Relief Service (CRS) is helping the Youth Climate Champions program to overcome the informal economy based on the collection of wood charcoal that creates serious environmental damag ...
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  22 December 2022
  AFRICA - Pace e Liberazione per i 10 ostaggi ancora nelle mani dei rapitori e per tutto il Sahel AFRICA - Peace and Release for the 10 hostages still in the hands of their kidnappers and for the whole Sahel Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "At Christmas, families are used to gathering around a set table and celebrating tog ...