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  10 March 2022
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Migrants and asylum seekers are reshaping the face of the Catholic community in the Holy Land Tel Aviv (Agenzia Fides) - In the difficult situations they face, the communities of migrants and asylum seekers increasingly characterize the face of the ecclesial communities of the Holy Land, even in their spiritual t ...
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  10 March 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Everyone hopes that Pope Francis' visit will promote peace" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We have been waiting for some time for the good news of the confirmation of the visit of Pope Francis to South Sudan", says to Fides Sr. Elena Balatti, Comboni missionary in the province of South ...
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  10 March 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - After a long journey, the Pastoral Plan 2022-2026 of the Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado is presented Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of parishes, communities and organizations that make up the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado gathered in person for the VIII General Assembly, held in the city of ...
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  10 March 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - Reception for Ukrainian refugees: Camillian missionaries continue their mobilization Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, we have worked mainly in the stations of Warsaw. Together with the social workers, we wait there for the trains that bring refugees from the Polish bor ...
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  10 March 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "For Ukraine, for life": campaign of Caritas Paranà, Ukrainian Catholic Metropolis and the Ukrainian Eparchy Curitiba (Agenzia Fides) - "For Ukraine, for life" is the theme of the campaign launched to send humanitarian aid to the Ukrainian people, on the initiative of the South Region 2 of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNB ...
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  10 March 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - "Anti-conversion law" proposed in the state of Haryana New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the Indian state of Haryana, a bill has been presented to regulate religious conversion. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state, located in northern India, has announced t ...
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  9 March 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Archdiocese of Kaduna officially confirms the abduction of Father Joseph Akete Bako Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Kaduna has officially confirmed, in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, the kidnapping of Father Joseph Akete Bako, parish priest of the Catholic Church of St. John, in Kudenda ...
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  9 March 2022
  ASIA/JORDAN - a "Synodal Questionnaire" for Catholics in the Hashemite Kingdom Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Synod Coordinating Committee set up by the Patriarchal Vicariate for Jordan of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has also released a questionnaire in digital electronic version with the aim ...
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  9 March 2022
  VATICAN - "A path accessible to all, that of ordinary holiness": Pope Francis to the participants in the conference on Women Doctors of the Church and Patronesses of Europe Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "A path accessible to all, that of ordinary holiness", said Pope Francis in the message addressed to the participants of the International Interuniversity Conference on Women Doctors of the Church ...
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  9 March 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Bishops: March 10 - Special Day of Prayer for Peace in all churches San José (Agenzia Fides) - "As pastors of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica, we express our concern at the armed conflict that has broken out in Europe in recent days and is affecting the whole world. We ask you to rais ...
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  9 March 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Spirituality, concrete abstinence, conversion, pandemic: the Bishops' Lenten recommendations to accompany the synodal journey of the communities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "I sincerely hope that the reading of the Word of God, the recitation of the Rosary and the Way of the Cross will be more and more widespread in families and communities", recommended in his Pa ...
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  9 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The #WeCareForUkraine campaign of Scalabrinians from Europe and Africa has begun Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "No one chooses to find themselves under the bombs of war, regardless of where they live, the color of their skin, whether they are a man, a woman or a child. As Scalabrinian Missionaries of Europe ...
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  9 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Redemptorists: "people come to our churches and monasteries, they are afraid and ask for help" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "As Redemptorists and consecrated persons, we try to support people. We encourage people with talks, confessions and prayers, in these difficult days. Our people come to churches and our monasterie ...
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  9 March 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Lent dedicated to the protection of life and creation Penang (Agenzia Fides) - Care for life and creation is at the center of the Lenten program in the diocese of Penang and will be for three years. Focusing on the theme “Together we renew and rebuild”, the Diocese of ...
• 9 March 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of bishop of Pemba, Msgr. António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 8, 2022, the Holy Father appointed Bishop António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo, until now titular of Arsennaria and auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Maputo, as bishop of the diocese ...