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  15 October 2022
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - World Mission Month campaign goes to places of pain and healing Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The World Mission Month campaign of the Pontifical Mission Societies in East Timor goes to prisons, hospitals, homes for the elderly. The focus of the initiatives that take place throughout the mon ...
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  15 October 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The anniversary of the Second Vatican Council commemorated with an interreligious round table Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council is commemorated in Indonesia with two special meetings today, October 15: one at the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology of the "Sanata Dharma U ...
• 14 October 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Court of Appeal drops charges against Biafran separatist leader Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - With a unanimous decision of all three judges who followed the case, the Nigerian Court of Appeal has withdrawn the charges of terrorism against the separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu. The Court of Ap ...
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  14 October 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Insecurity affects the living conditions of the local population and internally displaced persons Bourzanga (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Bourzanga, in northern Burkina Faso, is difficult to access due to the presence of armed groups along the road. This uncertainty is also affecting an aid program initiated by the C ...
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  14 October 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - After the opening of the borders: Bishops of Venezuela and Colombia discuss migration and warn of a humanitarian crisis Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conferences of Venezuela and Colombia have been in constant contact for many years to exchange ideas, proposals and work plans for the benefit of the ecclesial communities of both ...
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  14 October 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops encourage the faithful to physically return to mass in churches Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the parish of St. Anthony, run by the Franciscans, in Forbes Park, one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in the Makati district, the economic and financial heart of Manila, before the pandem ...
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  14 October 2022
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: missionaries have often discovered that the Holy Spirit had arrived before them Rome (Agenzia Fides) - If Christian communities look only at themselves, instead of bringing the word of Jesus to everyone, "they end up dying". While the Gospel, meeting different peoples and cultures, "is given back to ...
• 13 October 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resignation and succession of bishop of Mariannhill Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Mariannhill, South Africa, presented by Bishop Pius Mlungisi Dlungwane. He is succeeded by Bishop Neil ...
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  13 October 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - In October, pilgrimages to Marian places flourish throughout Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Marian shrine "Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni" in the Indonesian city of Medan, in the north of the island of Sumatra, looks from the outside like a Buddhist temple with Indian and Chinese el ...
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  13 October 2022
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Bishops: Just economy as a basis for peaceful coexistence Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - In a message published at the end of their Plenary Assembly, the Bishops of Honduras appreciate the peaceful climate following the transition to the new government, while expressing their co ...
• 13 October 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Justice and Peace: "The bill on water resources goes against federalism" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The principles of federalism must be respected" says Fr. Uchechukwu Obodoechina, Director of Caritas Nigeria and national director of the Justice and Peace Development Commission of the Nigerian ...
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  13 October 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Bishop of Gurue: "Believers should feel that the Church belongs to them" Gurue (Agenzia Fides) - Many residents and representatives of the Mozambican Church are wondering about the reasons behind the violent attacks and arson attack on the Church in Chipene, given the escalation of violence t ...
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  13 October 2022
  VATICAN - The Second Vatican Council, the mission and the Church of the First Millennium by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - «We thank you, Lord, for the gift of the Council. You who love us, free us from the presumption of self-sufficiency and from the spirit of worldly criticism. Prevent us from exc ...
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  12 October 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - A new Franciscan mission in northeast India Diphu (Agenzia Fides) - Fraternity, hospitality, listening and helping the poorest: these are the characteristics which, according to the charism of Saint Francis of Assisi, will animate the new mission begun by the Fran ...
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  12 October 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Faith and religion must not be exploited for electoral purposes Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "We regret that in the current election campaign, faith and religion are increasingly being used as a means of winning votes in the second round," the President of the Brazilian Bishops' Confer ...