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  8 October 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBICO - “I terroristi vogliono farci credere che questa sia una guerra religiosa, ma non lo è” afferma il Vescovo di Nacala AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Bishop of Nacala: "Terrorists want us to believe that this is a religious war, but it is not" Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "Terrorists want us to believe that this is a religious issue, but it is not", ...
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  8 October 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - In Moscow people pray for peace, according to the intentions of the Pope Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "Bringing peace does not mean smoothing out all the roughness and leveling the differences. Bringing peace means accepting everyone, even those who think differently from us. Peace is above all t ...
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  8 October 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Responsible parenthood" does not mean harming the dignity or freedom of the person Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The promotion of responsible parenthood "should never pave the way for methods that undermine the dignity of the person, that limit the notion of human freedom or that make decisions for pe ...
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  8 October 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bringing God's merciful love and alleviating the suffering of the victims affected by the monsoon floods Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani government has officially declared 66 districts of the country, submerged by the monsoon floods at the end of August 2022, and which have involved more than 33 million people 'a ...
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  8 October 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - "Strengthening communion", central theme of the new pastoral year in the Church of Vietnam Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - "Strengthening communion" is the central pastoral theme indicated by the Bishops of Vietnam for the Vietnamese Church in the year 2023. This is what we read in the "General Letter to the community ...
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  8 October 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Archbishop Dal Toso: vocations in the areas to be evangelized are the "ripe fruit" of the first proclamation Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Having local priests means giving a local face to the Church and making the message of the Gospel, valid for every culture, better understood", said Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso, President of ...
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  8 October 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - October 11 is a special day of fasting and prayer for peace announced by the Franciscan Family Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask that you join with the Franciscan Family in observing a special day of fasting and prayer on October 11, 2022. While with evil we see the mystery of immorality in action, we respond to it ...
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  7 October 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The remaining 23 hostages of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack released after more than 6 months Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The remaining 23 people who were still held by the terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28 have been released (see Fides, 30/3/2022). This was stated by Nigerian authorities, ac ...
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  7 October 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The mission and educational commitment of the "Silsilah" movement for Islamic-Christian dialogue Zamboanga del Sur (Agenzia Fides) - In the South of the Philippines, especially among the poorest and most disadvantaged families, mistrust, prejudice and suspicion between Muslims and Christians can creep into families. ...
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  7 October 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Vocation is a mystery: sharing the Word of God with those who have never heard it Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Simplicity and kindness, a sense of belonging and above all, the way of welcoming people, listening to them and trusting them are some of the characteristics that inspired a young missionary to joi ...
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  7 October 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The frontiers of the mission of Artemide Zatti, the first Salesian non-priest to become a Saint Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Blessed Artemide Zatti, Professed Layman of the Salesian Society of Saint John Bosco, born in Italy (October 12, 1880, Boretto) and died in Argentina (March 15, 1951, Viedma), where his family emig ...
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  6 October 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The UN is preparing to leave eastern DRC by putting African initiatives back on the agenda Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are ready and willing to withdraw". Thus, the head of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), Bintou Keita, affirmed to the United Nations Security Council his willing ...
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  6 October 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Month of the Bible: walking together on the rock of the Word of God to announce the love of Jesus Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - According to a very ancient tradition, in Venezuela the month of October has always been dedicated to reflecting with greater attention on the centrality of the Word of God in the life of every ...
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  6 October 2022
  EUROPE/ICELAND - The contribution of the Catholic dioceses of the countries of Northern Europe to mission and young Churches Reykjavik (Agenzia Fides) - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, in a word Missio Nordica - the "unitary direction" of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) present in those countries - met for the first time a ...
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  6 October 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Peace talks in South Africa for the largest ongoing war on our planet right now Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - While the death toll of the drone attack against internally displaced people in Adi Daero, in western Tigray, registered on October 4, 2022, continues to increase, the president of the Afric ...