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  26 March 2022
  AMERICA - Keep praying for the gift of peace, trust in the power of prayer and the intercession of the Virgin Mary Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - On this day when the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord to the Virgin Mary, all the Catholic communities of the continent have joined in the call of Pope Francis to ...
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  26 March 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Thousands still flee violence in northern Mozambique Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "Killings, beheadings and dismemberment of bodies, sexual violence, kidnappings, forced recruitment by armed groups and torture". These are the war crimes committed by armed groups active in the ...
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  26 March 2022
  AFRICA/TOGO - Work continues on the new Tové dispensary and collaboration between missionaries continues Lomè (Agenzia Fides) - "I was in Tovè in 2005 for a meeting with all the Italian missionary personnel present in Togo, organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies. At that time in the area there was only a small chap ...
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  26 March 2022
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Education and business training: Comboni missionaries promote opportunities for young people Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The 'Comboni Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center' (Ciec) aims to increase and encourage new skills: it is in fact a business incubator, designed to strengthen social cohesion, offer opportu ...
• 26 March 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Erection of the Diocese of Tshilomba and appointment of first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 25, 2022, the Holy Father erected the diocese of Tshilomba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with territory taken from the diocese of Luiza, making it a suffragan of the metropol ...
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  26 March 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - Animation activities linked to the anniversaries of the Pontifical Mission Societies Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of people collaborate in missionary animation in the 42 dioceses of Poland, all involved in the many initiatives planned for the anniversaries of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS). ...
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  26 March 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - New priests for the Church, hope for the people Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church of Myanmar is wounded and displaced. Priests are the hope of the people. They are the refuge of brothers and sisters who suffer. Myanmar needs reconciliation and dialogue: for this ...
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  25 March 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - After Father Joseph Akete Bako, another Priest Abducted in Kaduna State Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Another priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. It is Father Felix Zakari Fidson, from the diocese of Zaria, in the state of Kaduna, in the north of the country. According to a statement sent to Age ...
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  25 March 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "Peace, not war, has always been our choice": hope for a humanitarian truce Mekelle (Agenzia Fides) - The Ethiopian government, led by Prime Minister Abiy Ali Ahmed, wants to take "extraordinary measures" "to save lives and reduce human suffering" and declares "an indefinite humanitarian ceasefi ...
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  25 March 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A new beginning for the Catholic Church: Father Christian Carlassare is ordained bishop in Rumbek Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - Almost a year after the dramatic attack in which he suffered serious injuries (armed men broke into his bishop's house on the night of April 25-26, 2021), Bishop Christian Carlassare returns to R ...
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  25 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Christian churches and organizations: spontaneous solidarity cannot be considered a replacement for the "much needed support and coordination, which is a State responsibility Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Various religious organizations representing all the Christian Churches present in the European continent (Anglican, Orthodox, Protestant and Catholic) and many active institutions for migrants, re ...
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  25 March 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Attacks on religious freedom and freedom of worship 'deplorable and unacceptable', bishops call for dialogue Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - During the month of March, acts violating the right to freedom of religion and worship took place in several ecclesiastical jurisdictions in Colombia. The latest occurred last Sunday, March 20, ...
• 25 March 2022
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appointment of the Rector of the "Saint Curé d’Ars" Philosophical Seminary in Bujumbura Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 30, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rector of the "Saint Curé d'Ars" interdiocesan philosophical S ...
• 25 March 2022
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Belarmine Tchipundukwa, MS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 13, 2022 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in A ...
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  25 March 2022
  AMERICA - "Missionary conversion" at the center of the online Lenten retreat, promoted by the Pontifical Mission Societies Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "In this 3-day Lenten retreat and six meditations, what touches us most on the journey of missionary conversion is the witness of faith, ardor and boundless missionary passion of the founders o ...