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  2 March 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops video message: "United in asking the Lord for peace in the world, the most powerful weapon is prayer" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In a video message released for today, Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent and a Day of fasting and prayer for peace in Ukraine and in the world, the Mexican Bishops launch their "Message f ...
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  1 March 2022
  EUROPE - During Lent the Church in Europe prays for peace in Ukraine and for the victims of the pandemic St. Gallen (Agenzia Fides) - The European Bishops join the appeal of Pope Francis "to make next March 2, Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting for peace". We want to join our voice, says His Exc. Mgr. Gintaras Grušas, Archb ...
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  1 March 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Interreligious declaration of Abidjan: "Religions must be the basis of peace" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Solidarity, fraternity and dialogue among all religions must be the very basis of social peace" said Christian and Muslim religious leaders gathered in Abidjan for the international symposium o ...
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  1 March 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Religious processions allowed as from April 1, in compliance with health measures San José (Agenzia Fides) - With the new provisions of the Ministry of Health, signed by the Minister of Health, Daniel Salas Peraza, religious processions can be carried out starting from April 1, 2022, which had been p ...
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  1 March 2022
  AMERICA - All religions united for peace and fraternal coexistence: an immediate end to violence Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In a joint statement regarding the Day of Fasting and Prayer for Peace on March 2, the representatives of various religious confessions present in Argentina invite all its citizens "to offer a pray ...
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  1 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Oblate missionaries of Mary Immaculate in prayer: "We feel the closeness of the Pope and of the whole Church" Kiev (Agenzia Fides) - "We are fine but we live in precariousness and uncertainty. Our help comes from the Lord and our hope is his Providence and we live these terrible moments immersed in prayer. Let us put our lives i ...
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  1 March 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic journalists, promoters of harmony and truth Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The contribution of Catholic journalists to the nation is invaluable", says to Fides the Executive Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Indonesia, Father Peter Christian Siswantoko, told Ag ...
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  1 March 2022
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "Intensify prayer, practice forgiveness and fasting": invitation from the Archbishop of Kasama on the eve of Lent Kasama (Agenzia Fides) - "The season of Lent is a special moment to reach out to the most vulnerable, to the sick, to prisoners, to orphans and to all those in need", declared Msgr. Ignatius Chama, Metropolitan Archbisho ...
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  1 March 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - Bishop Bizzeti: the Turkish government's "courageous" choice to close access to the Black Sea to warships Iskenderun (Agenzia Fides) - "In Florence, for the first time, 60 Catholic bishops and 65 Christian, Muslim and Jewish mayors met and signed a document, which contains many serious and interesting things. This convergenc ...
• 28 February 2022
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Resignation of the Bishop of Byumba and appointment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Byumba (Rwanda) presented by His Exc. Msgr. Servilien Nzakamwita. The Holy Father has appointed ...
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  28 February 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - Ukrainian President Zelensky telephones Patriarch Bartholomew: "We feel the support of your prayers" Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - "Thank you for this warm conversation, Your Holiness Bartholomew. Your words are like hands that support us in this difficult moment". This is how the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky wa ...
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  28 February 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Orionines and Salesians, committed to welcoming refugees, remain in their place, "trusting in Providence" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Sisters of Don Orione are in Korotycz, near Kharkiv, together with more than 40 mothers and children. Unfortunately, they have not been able to move and live with them this moment of great ten ...
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  28 February 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Appeal of the Bishop of Kasese: Love for enemies, forgiveness and reconciliation among Christians Kasese (Agenzia Fides) - "Judgment is only in the hands of God, forgiveness, reconciliation and entrusting the enemies to the Holy Throne is what the Creator wants Christians to do", said the Ordinary of the Diocese of K ...
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  28 February 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - In Arequipa, lay people, seminarians and parish priests engaged in door-to-door and street missions Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - Young people and adults from different parishes in the archdiocese of Arequipa went out into the streets and squares to proclaim the Gospel. Thanks to the availability and encouragement of the ...
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  28 February 2022
  AMERICA - Bishops, religious, Caritas: united with the world to condemn war and call for peace Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, declarations of Episcopal Conferences, Bishops, religious and secular organizations, demonstrations and initiatives follow one another to condemn the war in Ukraine ...