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  21 December 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Our Lady of the Hour”: Church bells will be heard again in Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Next March, three bells bearing the names of the Archangels Gabriel, Michael and Raphael will leave Normandy and find their destination in Mosul in the bell tower of the Church of Our Lady of the ...
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  21 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another priest kidnapped in Nigeria. Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Another priest kidnapped in Nigeria. Fr Sylvester Okechukwu, of the diocese of Kafanchan, in the state of Kaduna, in the central north of the country, was kidnapped yesterday, December 20. The new ...
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  21 December 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Clashes between militias in Upper Nile and Jonglei: Bishop expresses concern Juba (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 166 dead, 237 injured, 20,000 to 50,000 internally displaced persons, 3,000 refugees: these figures represent the tragedy experienced by the population of the States of Upper Nile and Jo ...
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  21 December 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Interreligious meetings and closeness to the poor: the spirit of Christmas Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian communities of Pakistan live a Christmas characterized by traditional rites, inter-religious meetings and closeness and solidarity with the poor and oppressed. Since the 19th ce ...
• 21 December 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation of the Archbishop of Kananga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Kananga (Democratic Republic of Congo) presented by His Exc. Msgr. Marcel Madila Basanguka. (SL) (A ...
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  21 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The first Community of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in Ikorodu born with the support of children, young people, parishioners and benefactors Ikorodu (Agenzia Fides) - A pastry school, sewing courses, computer science for young people, accompaniment of youth group movements, catechesis, are some of the areas in which the missionary Daughters of Mary Help of Ch ...
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  21 December 2022
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The first Bishop of Montevideo, Jacinto Vera, missionary and tireless apostle to be beatified Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - Commenting on the recognition by Pope Francis of a miracle interceded by Venerable Bishop Jacinto Vera, the first Bishop of Montevideo, and thus on his forthcoming beatification, the Bishops ...
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  20 December 2022
  ASIA/JORDAN - A Christmas without celebrations or convivial events, after the bereaved events that affected the police Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Christians of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan will live the upcoming Christmas holidays in a sober way, refraining from showing their joy for Christmas and the beginning of the new year in con ...
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  20 December 2022
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The resilience of Christians who trust in God, and by God are kept in hope Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians are a strange people because they live in a damned world and yet they say it has been redeemed", said the Archbishop of Freetown Eduardo Tamba Charles, quoting the German philosophe ...
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  20 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Diocese of Umuahia: Catholic priest kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Another Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria, Father Christopher Ogide, associate Pastor at Maria Assumpta Parish of Umuopara, diocese of Umuahia, in the state of Abia, in southern Nigeri ...
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  20 December 2022
  AMERICA/HAITI - The "cry" of the Bishops in the face of the extreme gravity of the situation: "Silence the weapons!" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "In the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God incarnate, who came to bring us true peace, we launch a cry from our hearts as Pastors to our Haitian brothers and sisters, here and elsewhere ...
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  20 December 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The documents of Pope Francis in the Tagalog language to bring "the joy of the Gospel" to all Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "A message expressed in one's own language is deeper. It is more alive, has a stronger grip and is more attractive to the reader or listener. So we hope that Pope Francis' words can reach many Fi ...
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  19 December 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Self-defense militias legalized against the jihadists raging in the north Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The Mozambique parliament has approved a bill that legalizes the involvement of local militias in the fight against jihadists in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. Defense Minister Cristóvã ...
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  19 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Need to put an end to the escalation of domestic violence against women and children Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Corruption, conflicts, oppression are some of the evils afflicting the Nigerian population. Added to these is domestic violence, a phenomenon that is increasing so much that it has prompted the in ...
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  19 December 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Another year of violence: Bishops of Chocò call for a Christmas truce Istmina-Tadò (Agenzia Fides) - "We welcome the willingness of the National Government and the ELN to launch humanitarian aid in our territory, which will help and encourage us in our commitment to peace. We appeal to th ...