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  21 March 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - No to the crime of trafficking in Ukraine and in the world: war particularly exposes women and children Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray for the victims of this conflict and urge peace. We also urge governmental and multi-governmental agencies throughout the region to take extreme measures to prevent and protect tra ...
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  21 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - The elder Scalabrinian nuns leave their home to refugees from Ukraine Piacenza (Agenzia Fides) - As soon as they saw the scenes of Ukrainians fleeing their country due to the war, the Sisters did not think twice and decided to make room to welcome refugee women with their children. They pa ...
• 21 March 2022
  ASIA/KOREA - Resignation of the Bishop of Cheongju and appointment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 19, 2022 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Cheongju (Korea) presented by His Exc. Mgr. Gabriel Chang Bong-hun. The Holy Father appoi ...
• 21 March 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of the Bishop of Hai Phòng Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 19, 2022 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Vincent Nguyên Van Ban, currently Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt as Bishop of the Diocese of Hai Phòng (Viêt Nam). (SL) (Agenzia Fides ...
• 21 March 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 19, 2022, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Francis Kalist, currently Bishop of Meerut, as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India). (S ...
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  18 March 2022
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Latin Patriarchate schools in conference to address the educational emergency with new strategies Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - The schools of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem operating in Palestine celebrate their first programmatic conference in the name of realism and the search for new strategies and new paths to ...
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  18 March 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - The Pontiff will celebrate Mass near the site of the ambush on Ambassador Attanasio Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis will celebrate a Mass not far from the place where, on February 22, 2021, the Italian Ambassador in Kinshasa, Luca Attanasio, was killed. This was announced by sources from the gov ...
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  18 March 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Adolescent Project: protecting the health of pregnant adolescents Aber (Agenzia Fides) - In Uganda, girls are forced to drop out of school due to early pregnancies, "a phenomenon that is still widespread in the country which has serious repercussions on the lives of young girls and is ...
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  18 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Orionini: "Determined not to leave our people, our mission, we are working day and night on the charity front" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The scenes of thousands of people fleeing, which you see on television, we see live, every day, every night, when someone suddenly arrives with desperation on their faces, the tiredness of three/f ...
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  18 March 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Solidarity and support of the Bishops of Nueva Pamplona to the communities of Arauca affected by violence Arauca (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Nueva Pamplona visited the diocese of Arauca to express their support and closeness to the Bishop of this jurisdiction, Monsignor Jaime Cristóbal Ab ...
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  18 March 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Filipino Bishops will join the Pope in consecrating Russia and Ukraine to Our Lady Manila (Agenzia Fides) - On March 25, the Filipino Bishops will join Pope Francis in the solemn act of consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, which will take place during a penitential celebr ...
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  18 March 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The government is counting on the Church to promote inter-religious harmony Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The government of the Republic of Indonesia expects the Catholic Church to promote religious moderation and count on the precious contribution of Catholics to sow harmony, respect, tolerance, fr ...
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  17 March 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Orthodox Church commemorates Patriarch Shenuda III on the 10th anniversary of his death Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "He taught us not to complain, seeing that he never complained, despite the many difficult circumstances he went through". With these words, the Egyptian priest Antonios Thabet, of the Coptic Orth ...
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  17 March 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - Concrete solidarity of Catholic women with the victims of the Apiatse explosion Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "It takes time to overcome the sorrowful repercussions of situations like the disaster you have suffered", said His Exc. Msgr. John Baptist Attakruh, Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, addressing the vic ...
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  17 March 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Tigray still deprived of humanitarian aid: lack of food and health facilities Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Tigray is catastrophic, the region has been isolated from the rest of the world for 500 days now", accuses Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health ...