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  6 October 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - With the sacrament of Confirmation, 224 young people are "missionaries of the Gospel" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Lord has confirmed their faith and sends them as missionaries to the world. In Dhaka there are 224 adolescents and young people who have received the sacrament of Confirmation and have declare ...
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  5 October 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - "Lord, it is good that we are here". The "Feast of the Elderly" celebrated in Chinese Catholic churches Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Lord, it is good that we are here!" (Mt 17.4): with this motto, taken from the Gospel account of the Transfiguration of the Lord, the Catholic cathedral in Beijing, dedicated to the Holy Savior ...
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  5 October 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Spokesman of the Bishops' Conference: "The separatist conflict has now become a question of money" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "The separatist conflict has now become a question of money",Fr. Humphrey Tatah Mbuy, Director of Social Communications of the Episcopal Conference of Cameroon, told Cameroonian television. Whe ...
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  5 October 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A meeting space for Bishops, priests, religious and laity to trace the path of the Church in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The 10th Assembly of the "Organisms of the People of God" (ANOPD - "Assembleia dos Organismos do Povo de Deus") will be held in Brasilia from October 14 to 16, which will bring together about 2 ...
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  5 October 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - The difficult testimony of missionaries in the Sahel Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - For just over ten years the population of the Sahel has been living in an extremely delicate situation due to the presence of radical movements close to Al Qaeda that have created great insecurity ...
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  5 October 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - An academic conference on Mary Mother of God brings together Russian and Ukrainian scholars in Milan Milan (Agenzia Fides) - While in the heart of Europe death and destruction continue to be sown among peoples united by the same faith in Christ, in Milan a study conference dedicated to His Mother, the Virgin Mary, will ...
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  5 October 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Law preventing free religious conversion in Karnataka is "contrary to the Constitution and human dignity" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The recent bill that seeks to regulate religious conversions in the Indian state of Karnataka - a state in Southwestern India with more than 64 million inhabitants - goes against the Constitut ...
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  4 October 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - The rebirth of the Mar Elian Monastery. A Christian story by Gianni Valente Quaryatayn (Agenzia Fides) - In August 2015, when the black flags of the Caliphate flew over much of Syria, the militiamen of the self-proclaimed Islamic State sowed ruin and devastation in the ancient ...
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  4 October 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The President of the Bishops' Conference: "We are building a world and also a country upside down" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "We are building a world upside down and at the same time it seems that we are also building a country upside down, the innocent are condemned and the guilty manage to get free, in our country we ...
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  4 October 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Cardinal Ouédraogo: "Our response to the Kalashnikov is prayer" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "Our response to the Kalashnikov is prayer", said Cardinal Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo, Archbishop of Ouagadougou, on Sunday, October 2, on the occasion of the opening of the Missionary ...
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  4 October 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The world war in Africa in the midst of a media blackout Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Ethiopia is turning into a world war in Africa, with tens of thousands of deaths in recent months, potentially unreported, while Tigray rebels fight against a coalition of armies and militia ...
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  4 October 2022
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Missionary month, month of gratitude Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "In this month of October, dedicated by the Mission Church, our hearts are filled with gratitude. It is the month of gratitude. We are grateful to God for his love and for his gifts Gratitude ...
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  3 October 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - After the tragedy in Malang stadium, Catholics offer moral, material and spiritual support Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The day after the violence and the disaster in the stadium of Malang, in the eastern part of the island of Java, which caused 127 deaths (including a 5-year-old child), the Indonesian Catholic C ...
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  3 October 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Calm returns, the head of the military junta who was deposed leaves the country thanks to the mediation of religious leaders Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Ouagadougou is calm after the tensions on Friday September 30 and Saturday October 1", Church sources from the capital of Burkina Faso report to Fides, where a coup took p ...
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  3 October 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Mining, with respect for Creation and human rights, builds progress and development not only economic Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - Promote responsible practices that aim to care for the human person, correctly using natural resources, according to clear commitments of social responsibility and preferential option for the p ...