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  1 September 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Violence: Chaldean Patriarch praises initiative of Muqtada al Sadr Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the new wave of chaos and violence in Iraq, Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako praises Shiite leader Muqtada al Sadr, "who had the courage and human and national responsibility" to ...
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  1 September 2022
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - IMBISA: Bishops invite young people to the assembly Windhoek (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Southern Africa (Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa, IMBISA) invite young people to participate in their next Plenary Assembly to be held in Windhoek from 22 to ...
• 1 September 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - After being held hostage for five months: American nun released Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "Sister Suellen is safe. She is on American soil, but not in America", confirms Sister Mary Lacour of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mary of the Holy Cross on the release of her fellow s ...
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  1 September 2022
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Migration in Central America: Migration officers call for decisive measures and more pastoral support Antigua (Agenzia Fides) - "We call on the social and political leaders of our countries to act decisively and implement local and regional measures and policies that promote inclusive and harmonious development, respecti ...
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  1 September 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bail granted to three Christians accused of blasphemy Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Pakistan has granted bail to three Christians accused of blasphemy, in two separate proceedings whose hearings have been held in recent days. As Fides has learned, in the ...
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  1 September 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - An old Catholic church in Meghalaya state damaged and destroyed Tura (Agenzia Fides) - One of the oldest churches in the Garo Hills district, in the state of Meghalaya, in northeastern India, was destroyed by vandals. The attack has shocked the community in the town of Daram, where t ...
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  1 September 2022
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Campaign for World Mission Sunday: This year's example country is Ethiopia Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - This year, the direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Australia (PMS), Catholic Mission, will focus its Missionary October commitment on the Church of Ethiopia and local communities. Ca ...
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  31 August 2022
  VATICAN - Pope Francis to the Cardinals: Church's mission stems from wonder and gratitude Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Jesus' call to proclaim his Gospel should not be understood as a call to a missionary mobilization that is additional to the daily duties of life. The impulse to communicate the salvation of Christ ...
• 31 August 2022
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - A project to support young mothers and their children Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 570 young mothers and their children are receiving assistance from the HELINA project, an aid program run by the Catholic Relief Services for young mothers and their children in the ...
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  31 August 2022
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - A family home built by the missionaries for the albinos of Tanzania Mwanza (Agenzia Fides) - In the new building of the Society for African Missions in the city of Mwanza, fourteen boys and girls find a safe home, quality education, good living conditions, but above all the affection and ...
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  31 August 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Young people: in the Bible the source of evangelization and the path to Heaven Bagerhat (Agenzia Fides) - A copy of the Bible in one's hands, as a source of grace and as a sign of being ready to witness and announce the Word of God. In this way, more than 130 young Catholics from the diocese of Khu ...
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  31 August 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Month of the Bible: “Let us also share the experience of the disciples on the road to Emmaus” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Under the motto "The Disciples on the road to Emmaus", the Biblical team of the Episcopal Commission for Catechesis and Biblical Pastoral Care has organized a series of special activities for the M ...
• 31 August 2022
  AMERICA/ANTILLES - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Esteban Ramon Kross Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 28, 2022, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, confirmed Fr. Esteban Ramon Kross, of the diocesan clergy of Paramaribo, Suriname, as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
• 31 August 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Msgr. Esteban Lo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 6, 2022, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, confirmed Msgr. Esteban Lo, LRMI (Lorenzo Ruiz Mission Institute), of the archdiocesan clergy of Manila as National Director of the Pontific ...
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  31 August 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic church vandalized in Punjab Patti (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic church has been the victim of an attack in the Indian state of Punjab, in the north of the country. A statue of the Virgin Mary was damaged and a priest's vehicle was burned in Patti. ...