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  13 December 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Overcoming Ethnic Conflicts: Education as an Instrument of Peace Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "We firmly believe in education as an instrument of peace. Even in South Sudan, to manage the transition from arms to dialogue, it is necessary to invest in schools, which is essential fo ...
• 13 December 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Beira Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. António Manuel Bogaio Constantino, M.C.C.J., until now provincial superior of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus and chair of the ...
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  13 December 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops after protests: 'We must calm tempers to protect our weak democracy' Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian "Defensoria del Pueblo" has reported that during the weekend demonstrations took place in several cities of the country to demand the closure of Parliament, the resignation of the new ...
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  13 December 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Caritas Vietnam: “Charity is our mission” Hai Phong (Agenzia Fides) - In the parish of Phú Xuân, in Ho Chi Minh city, Father Dominic Ngô Quang Tuyên has always been committed to evangelization and charity. He sought gestures of concrete closeness and help to ...
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  12 December 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The first phase of the peace talks between the Government and the ELN, the Colombian Church "permanent companion" concludes Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian Catholic Church has accepted the invitation to participate as a "permanent companion" in the peace talks between the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guer ...
• 12 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Assaults on road construction sites in Imo State. The Bishop of Okigwe wonders who has an interest in blocking development in the area Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The bishop of Okigwe, Msgr. Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu regretted the attacks on the construction company that works on the improvement of the Owerri-Umuahia and Owerri-Okigwe roads, in the State of ...
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  12 December 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - The former seminary will welcome Christian refugees "evicted" from the "refugee camp of the Virgin Mary" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The structures of the former Chaldean seminary located in Dora, a suburb of Baghdad, were renovated in a short time to house displaced Christians from Mosul and the Nineveh Plain who had so far ...
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  12 December 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Reduce the social and educational impact of the pandemic, especially on girls in less developed countries Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world in March 2020, it is estimated that more than 111 million students have dropped out of school in developing countries. Lockdowns and restrictions are estim ...
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  12 December 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Conversion without consent": a plague for Pakistani society Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Conversion without Consent": this is the title of the report presented yesterday, December 11, by the Pakistani NGO "Voice for Justice" in collaboration with the international NGO "Jubilee Camp ...
• 12 December 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resignation of the Bishop of Kroonstad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Kroonstad (South Africa) presented by His Exc. Msgr. Peter John Holiday. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 1 ...
• 12 December 2022
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Chipata Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 10, 2022, the Holy Father appointed rev. Gabriel Msipu Phiri, of the clergy of Chipata, currently in charge of raising funds for diocesan activities, as Auxiliary Bishop of the ...
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  10 December 2022
  AFRICA/MALI - German humanitarian activist released after four and a half years of hostage detention Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - German aid worker Jörg Lange has been released after four and a half years of hostage detention. According to information from Der SPIEGEL, the Moroccan secret services in Mali acted as intermed ...
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  10 December 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Story of Paolino, the cook of the nuns of Kanawat Kanawat (Agenzia Fides) - "Paolino was the cook of our community in the last ten years. He was a good man, and he also had some village-level responsibilities". Sister Laura Gemignani, a Comboni missionary, tells the sto ...
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  10 December 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian-Shiite dialogue Conference scheduled for March 2023, two years after the Pope's visit Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In March 2023, two years after the apostolic visit to Iraqi land, Iraq will host a Christian-Shiite dialogue Conference. The initiative will involve high Christian and Shiite representatives and ...
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  9 December 2022
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The school in the village of Zuunmod educates the little ones with Don Bosco's "Preventive System" Zuunmod (Agenzia Fides) - This year, 30 children are attending the "St Paul" school, run by the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, in the Mongolian village of Zuunmod, capital of the province of Tov. A school that is ...