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  19 May 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - "Justice and Peace" Commission: the occupation of Palestine is the primary cause of violence in the Holy Land Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The main cause and primary context of the perpetuation of violence in the Holy Land is "the occupation of Palestine", an occupation that "has been going on for fifty-five years". The Justice a ...
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  19 May 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Year of Catechists" in the diocese of Faisalabad to strengthen missionary vocation Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Catechists are skilled collaborators of priests, they help them in carrying out the mission of Christ and the mission of the Church. We have declared the year 2022 as the 'Year of Catechists ...
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  19 May 2022
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - After the latest attack, the Bishops call for three days of prayer, fasting and common gestures for peace and respect for life Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - A week after the assassination of prosecutor Marcelo Daniel Pecci Albertini (see Fides, 12/5/2022), another attack took place in the town of Pedro Juan Caballero, where Mayor José Carlos Ace ...
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  19 May 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Dramatic situation: suffering continues among the poorest, not even the middle class is spared Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) - "First we had the revolutionary uprisings against the government, then the hope with the election of Prime Minister Aby, but then came Covid. As if that was not enough, there is also the esc ...
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  19 May 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Catholic priest and in charge of the migrant's house found dead in Tecate Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - The bodies of 58 year old Catholic priest Jose Guadalupe Rivas and another unidentified person have been found on a ranch in Tecate. The priest ran the Casa del Migrante de Nuestra Señora de Gu ...
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  19 May 2022
  ASIA/MACAO - The Year of the Amoris lætitia Family in the diocese of Macao: many initiatives in the wake of the synodal path Macao (Agenzia Fides) - Within the framework of the year of action for marriage and family proclaimed by Pope Francis, “Year of the Family – Amoris Letitia”, the Catholic Church in Macau has launched numerous initi ...
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  19 May 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Pontifical Mission Societies accompany the formation of the faith and community life in the local church Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Formation in seminars, the training of catechists working in rural areas, the construction of children's wards in hospitals, educational materials for children in rural parishes and the ongoing ...
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  18 May 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Elections, Father Zgheib: no one has really won, no one has really lost. It is time to seek a Great Compromise Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - From the scrutiny of the Lebanese parliamentary elections held on Sunday, May 15, a political framework emerges that is in danger of ending in paralysis, marked both by the fragmentation of polit ...
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  18 May 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "But how can you preach love in a country where violence has become a rule?" asks the Bishop of Nsukka Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "But how can you preach love in a country where violence has become a rule?", asks His Exc. Mgr. Godfrey Igwebuike Onah, Bishop of Nsukka, in the State of Enugu (south-eastern Nigeria), saying he ...
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  18 May 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Sister Churches": collection of Pentecost for the mission in Mozambique Porto Alegre (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Rio Grande do Sul (Regional Sul 3) took over the project of Mission Ad Gentes in the Archdiocese of Nampula, Mozambique, 28 years ago. Since 1994, nearly 70 missionaries have ...
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  18 May 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "The work of formation of priests is a global and continuous effort on the part of the whole community" Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - After five years of being closed, Saint Joseph Minor Seminary, a secondary school that welcomes 92 seminarians in the Catholic diocese of Tombura-Yambio, reopened its doors on May 11. "Le ...
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  18 May 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops' appeal: "The wave of corruption and criminality that is devastating our society is unacceptable" San José (Agenzia Fides) - "As Pastors of the people of God, we launch a vehement appeal to stem the tide of violence and delinquency that affects our nation": this is what the Bishops of Costa Rica ask in the declarati ...
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  18 May 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The lay faithful participate in the synodal journey and in the evangelizing mission of the Church Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Lay Catholics in the city of Dhaka enthusiastically participate in the different groups organized by the Church for the synodal journey. Recently, more than 40 Christian lawyers participated in a ...
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  18 May 2022
  VATICAN - A historic assembly to look to the future starting from the roots Vatican (Agenzia Fides) - "A historic assembly", this is how Archbishop Dal Toso, President of the PMS, defined the General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies, underway in Lyon, in his introduction which in fac ...
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  18 May 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Everyone has the right to a better life: the commitment of the "Nanjing Ark Charity Foundation" for the disabled Nanjing (Agenzia Fides) - "For a pair of chopsticks" is the theme of the charity campaign launched in 2021 by the "Nanjing Ark Charity Foundation", the charitable foundation of the Catholic community of Nanjing, capital ...