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  17 March 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - Redemptorist seminarians interrupt their studies to work with Caritas on the Ukrainian border Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Seminarians from the Redemptorist Major Seminary of Tuchow, in the district of Tarnów, Poland, have volunteered to work on the Polish-Ukrainian border, in Zosin for more than a week. They temporar ...
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  17 March 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Towards the National Missionary Congress 2024: the First Regional Congress is held in Pereira Pereira (Agenzia Fides) - With the slogan "With Missionary Mary, beyond the borders", the First Regional Missionary Congress will be held in the city of Pereira from March18 to 20, which seeks to keep alive the concern f ...
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  17 March 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The diocesan process for the beatification of the young Akash Bashir begins Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no greater love than giving one's life for one's friends. These are the words of Jesus, who was the first to give his life for his friends and we learn this from him. Akash Bashir, a yo ...
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  17 March 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - A Constitution with a norm on free abortion cannot be felt and accepted as its own by many Chileans Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "A political Constitution with a norm on free abortion cannot be felt and accepted as its own by many Chileans, including many people who profess a religious faith, since respect for human life ...
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  16 March 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - President Aoun will visit Pope Francis on March 21 Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun will be received in audience by Pope Francis on Monday, March 21. The date of the upcoming meeting between the Pope and the Lebanese Head of State was announced by ...
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  16 March 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Cross vandalized in Mumbai Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - With an act of vandalism, the monument of Christ Crucified located in front of Pavan Hans, in the west of Mumbai, capital of the Indian state of Maharastra, was intentionally damaged by unknown p ...
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  16 March 2022
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Casamance: Sant'Egidio calls for the end of military operations and a willingness to negotiate Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply concerned about the armed conflict that is currently taking place in northern Casamance", declares the Community of Sant'Egidio, which for years has acted as a mediator for peace be ...
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  16 March 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Referendum on the revocation of the presidential mandate: for the Bishops "it is a decision of great responsibility" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 10, the National Electoral Institute (INE) called on Mexican citizens to express their opinion in a referendum, as established by the Constitution, on the revocation or confirmation ...
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  16 March 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The ecumenical dimension of Pope Francis' visit to the Country Torit (Agenzia Fides) - "Upon hearing the news of the upcoming visit of Pope Francis to the country, we have appointed a committee of four persons from the Sudan Catholic Bishops' Conference (SCBC) to begin the work of p ...
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  16 March 2022
  AMERICA - The Church in Latin America and the Caribbean joins the Pope in the consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, March 25, during the Celebration of Penance, which he will preside at 5 pm in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The ...
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  16 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The Salesians: "Listen to the voices of the children who die in the bombardments! The world must know these horrors" Kiev (Agenzia Fides) - The Salesians of the "Mary Help of Christians" Vice Province of Greek-Catholic Ukraine have raised their voices to defend the lives of the youngest in the face of the horrors of war. In an appeal p ...
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  16 March 2022
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The laity, committed to being the engine of evangelization and participation in the synodal process Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Association of Catholic Laity of the Diocese of Hong Kong (Hong Kong Central Council of Catholic Laity HKCCCL) has renewed its commitment to being the engine of evangelization in the dioce ...
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  15 March 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako: Canonization processes for Iraqi martyrs progressing Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The process of canonization of the Chaldean Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho is proceeding "smoothly, and, God willing", the martyr Bishop will soon be declared blessed, "together with Father Raghi ...
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  15 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - "All humanity needs protection, in war there are no winners" Kiev (Agenzia Fides) - "The country is devastated, millions of refugees are fleeing the fighting areas as the war draws ever closer to the capital Kiev. The troops of the Russian Federation are advancing slowly but surel ...
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  15 March 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The educational tragedy is still avoidable in Chubut if everyone assumes their responsibilities Comodoro Rivadavia (Agenzia Fides) - "The educational tragedy requires unprecedented actions. We believe that if one of the invisible consequences of the pandemic throughout the country has been the deterioration in the ...