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  17 September 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Russian and Kazakh Catholics on the Pope's visit: "It was a great gift to see that the Pope loves us" Karaganda (Fides) - "I am happy that my parishioners had the opportunity to meet Pope Francis and Catholics from various other local Churches: Uzbeks, Russians and Catholics from other countries were present", said Fr. V ...
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  17 September 2022
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Three new Cambodian deacons for pastoral service Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "To give yourself all to God. Give all yourself to others. This is the vocation of the deacon", said Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh, expressing "great joy for t ...
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  17 September 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - Father Bovio warns of the onset of winter in Ukraine: “Requests for help are increasing” Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - In anticipation of the coming winter, Father Luca Bovio IMC, Superior of the Consolata Missionaries living in Poland, is providing the people of Ukraine with food, wooden panels to lock the broke ...
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  17 September 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - World Mission Sunday Video: "Mission to the ends of the earth" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - A very ordinary but at the same time very extraordinary story is told by the video published by the National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Venezuela on World Mission Sunday, a ...
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  16 September 2022
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: in the face of de-Christianization, Saint Augustine is more useful than "modernization" plans Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Jesus "made the Church with pastors, not with political leaders. He built the Church with ignorant people, the twelve were one more ignorant than the other, and the Church went on". And the shepher ...
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  16 September 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Fr. Trezzani: "Being few is neither a fault nor a handicap: mission is the work of the Other" Almaty (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Guido Trezzani, 67, an Italian missionary in Kazakhstan for more than 26 years, said he was "very happy, still under a beneficial spiritual shock", at the end of Pope Francis' visit to the ...
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  16 September 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Insecurity and economic mismanagement threaten the nation" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The frequent attacks on travelers in the streets and on the faithful in churches and other places of worship have not yet received an adequate response from the authorities". This is the umpteent ...
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  16 September 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - "Towards a Church of communion, participation and mission": priests reflect on the teaching of the pope Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - An opportunity for Vietnamese priests to meet, share and exchange impressions, talk about their mission, responsibilities in pastoral service and the difficulties of priestly life. But also "to li ...
• 16 September 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Blessed Iwene Tansi" major theological Seminary in Onitsha Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 27, 2022, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle appointed Rev. Fabian Obi, of the diocesan clergy of Awka as Rector of the "Blessed Iwene Tansi" major theological Seminary in Onitsha. The ...
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  16 September 2022
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Independence Day: "the gift of freedom is in danger when God's name is mixed up with group interests" Escuintla (Agenzia Fides) - "The gift of freedom is in danger when, in the already accelerated political competition, the name of God mixes with group interests, to obtain power to serve oneself and not to serve the citi ...
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  15 September 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Pope Francis to Catholics: there is a hidden grace in being a "little flock" Nur-Sultan (Agenzia Fides) - In the Church "no one is a stranger", because the mystery of God has been revealed for "all peoples", and "not merely to the chosen people, or to a religious elite". Faith, and the salvation ...
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  15 September 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Cardinal Nzapalainga appeals to 'preserve peace at all costs' as constitutional review process underway Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "If I have a particular message, it is to preserve peace at all costs. When we have not experienced war, we do not appreciate the importance of preserving peace. But when we experienced the war, ...
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  15 September 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Towards the elections of October 2: the bishops meet the candidates Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - General elections will be held in Brazil on Sunday, October 2 to elect the President and Vice-President of the Republic, to renew the Chamber and the Senate and to elect the 27 state governors. ...
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  15 September 2022
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - New catastrophic floods: preserve the environment and avoid irresponsible waste Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - The heavy floods that hit the country do not seem to have any respite. After the rains recorded several times in August 2022 (see Fides 2/9/2022), there are new losses caused by the disastrous ...
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  15 September 2022
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The "Sister Churches" for the Gospel of dialogue, peace and solidarity in Asia Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church in Singapore and the 'sister Churches' of Malaysia and Brunei are witnesses and heralds of the Gospel of dialogue and peace, of a message of love and closeness to every pe ...