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  6 May 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Archbishop Pezzi: leave a door open to dialogue; the other is never an enemy Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "I think that these hopes for dialogue are well founded. I think that mistrust is more unfounded. This is what Msgr. Paolo Pezzi, Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of the Mother of God in Moscow, ...
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  6 May 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Uncertainties and hopes in a country in conflict Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Orthodox fundamentalist groups could create problems for Ethiopia by fueling a new military escalation", one of the seven members of the Inter-Religious Council of Ethiopia (EIRC) told Fide ...
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  6 May 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The feminine genius and missionary soul of Pauline Jaricot at the center of the symposium of the Venezuelan PMS Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The historical impact, life and pastoral dimension of Pauline Jaricot were discussed at the Symposium "Pauline Jaricot, feminine genius and missionary solidarity" held in the Auditorium of the C ...
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  6 May 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Conscious choices for the good of the Amazon and the community: Repam-Brazil campaign ahead of the elections Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Ecclesial Pan-Amazonian Network (REPAM-Brazil), an organization of the National Bishops' Conference (CNBB), has launched the #EuVotoPelaAmazonia Campaign, with the aim of helping Christians ...
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  5 May 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - General election: Maronite bishops demand conditions for peaceful process Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the Lebanese institutions and political parties are called to ensure that the parliamentary elections on May 15th take place peacefully, so that voters can exercise their constitu ...
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  5 May 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH COREA - Archdiocese of Seoul sends priests to the mission Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul regularly sends priests who will offer their pastoral ministry ad gentes in foreign lands at the service of the universal Church, under the sign of preaching the ...
• 5 May 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Bishop of Pemba: "Do not forget the tragedy of Cabo Delgado" Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "Insecurity prevails, the internally displaced are still many. I personally ask you, those who know me, to pray. Pray for me, and pray for peace". This is the appeal launched by His Exc. Mgr. Mgr ...
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  5 May 2022
  AMERICA - Extraordinary assembly of CELAM in July: evaluation of the pastoral journey of the Church in Latin America and the Caribbean Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The evaluation, penetration and pastoral journey of the Church in Latin America and the Caribbean, in light of the Ecclesial Assembly of November 2021, will be the main theme of the Extraordinar ...
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  5 May 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Vocations: "It is necessary that we become sheep who recognize the voice of the Shepherd in the midst of life in order to discover the way" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In a message sent to vocational pastoral workers in view of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Sunday, May 8, the fourth Sunday of Easter, the Mexican Bishops exhort to live this day, wh ...
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  4 May 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Training of Digital Evangelizers continues in the Archdiocese of Coro Coro (Agenzia Fides) - On April 29 and 30, the Secretariat for the Ministry of Communication of the Archdiocese of Coro organized a series of training workshops to raise awareness of the importance of digital evangelizat ...
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  4 May 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Haifa, a praying multitude of thousands of people participate in the procession in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Haifa (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Christians took part in the traditional procession in Haifa in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on the afternoon of Sunday, May 1, popularly known as Taalat al-Adra, the "Ascent of t ...
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  4 May 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops of West Africa: "We do not propose solutions to the problems of the region; but our mission is to educate consciences" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Youth unemployment, religious and ethnic crises, climate change, land grabbing; diseases even more deadly than the Covid-19 pandemic, money spent on arms instead of using it to remedy the crippli ...
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  4 May 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Esperanza Sin Fronteras": shocking stories of migrants in search of a decent life Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - According to estimates by the National Migration Service (SNM) of Chile, in 2020 (latest data available) there were 448,138 Venezuelans in Chile, out of a total of 1,462,103 foreigners. As for ...
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  4 May 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cadis missionaries and Tzu Chi Foundation: interreligious love, together for Ukraine Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Buddha's mercy and God's love exist to save people who suffer and our fundamental values are the same", said Br. Jose Ignacio Santaolalla Saez, MI, President of Camillian Disaster Service Internat ...
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  4 May 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The synodal assembly of Melaka-Johor: young people, future missionaries Melaka (Agenzia Fides) - Integrating youth and women in the work of evangelization of the Church is the fundamental orientation adopted by the diocesan synodal assembly of the Church of Melaka-Johor. As Fides learned, t ...