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  22 April 2022
  ASIA/TIMOR LESTE - The Archbishop of Dili to the president: the Constitution must be respected, for a prosperous and peaceful nation Dili (Agenzia Fides) - "I hope that whoever is elected president returns to the state Constitution since it serves as a check on the country's capacity to operate properly", said Msgr. Dom Virgilio do Carmo da Silva SDB, ...
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  22 April 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - A march for peace, relaunching the Pope's appeal: "Stop! War is madness" Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - "After almost two months of bombs, killings, suffering and devastation, alarmed by the serious social consequences of this new war, it is time to give space and voice to peace and to do so it is ...
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  22 April 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - A path of unity and brotherhood: first meeting of the newly formed Bishops' Conference Nursultan (Agenzia Fides) - The newly formed Bishops' Conference of Central Asia will meet for the first time from April 26 to 30 in Nursultan, Kazakhstan. The new body was officially created in September, following a de ...
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  21 April 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The cry for help from the Yanomami communities and indigenous reservations Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Faithful to its mystical and prophetic commitment to the cry of the poor and the earth, the Special Pastoral Episcopal Commission for the Fight against Human Trafficking (CEPEETH) expresses it ...
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  21 April 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - In the first months of 2022, 127 episodes of violence against Christians in India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - At least 127 episodes of violence against Christians in India were recorded in the first 103 days of 2022: this is stated in a report released by the United Christian Forum (UCF), an ecumenica ...
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  21 April 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Cardinal Berhaneyesus: “Through the Cross of Christ we can conquer hatred with love” Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Faith in the Resurrection of Christ gives every Christian and all humanity the strength to conquer all evil and sin", said Cardinal Berhaneyesus in the official message delivered to all pub ...
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  21 April 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - National missionary congress to conclude the Jubilee: sharing the gift of faith Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - On Easter Sunday, April 17, Archbishop Jose S. Palma of Cebu inaugurated in the Basilica “Sto. Nino de Cebu”, on the small island south of Manila, the Second Philippine Missionary Congress (NMC ...
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  21 April 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Bishops: "The resurrection of Christ opens the horizon for hope: hope for a better life and country" San José (Agenzia Fides) - "After two years of Covid-19 pandemic, Catholics have again celebrated the mysteries of the faith in churches and in the streets. This fills us with joy and deep gratitude to the Lord because ...
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  20 April 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Violence in Arauca even at Easter: four people killed, including two children Arauca (Agenzia Fides) - "Every death afflicts us. But even more the death and injury of children, our children, who are completely innocent of this crazy wave of violence to which the region has been subjected, especial ...
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  20 April 2022
  ASIA/RUSSIA - Easter in Siberia: a community experiences the Eucharist and prays for peace Novosibirsk (Agenzia Fides) - An Easter lived in the intensity of prayer and with the "certain hope" of the Resurrection: this is how the community of the faithful of the diocese of the Transfiguration in Novosibirsk, in ...
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  20 April 2022
  AFRICA - The Comboni Missionaries: 150 years of love for the mission Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "The Congregation of the Pious Mothers of Nigrizia, now known as the Comboni Missionary Sisters, took its first steps on January 1, 1872. The day before, Maria Caspi had crossed the threshold of ...
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  20 April 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Conflicts over land, water, work: they often do not find space in the media Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The annual report prepared by the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) registered 1,768 conflicts in 2021, 13.92% less than in 2020. These are situations related to land, water and labor rights, whic ...
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  20 April 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The Pope in Kazakhstan to give "senim" and say that peace is possible Milan (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pope's trip to Kazakhstan is very important news and has many links with the current crisis". This is what Father Edoardo Canetta, former Apostolic Vicar of Central Asia, told Fides, a missio ...
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  20 April 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "Intentional mass starvation": humanitarian truce in Tigray is at stake Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans are dying of hunger. The humanitarian truce that began on March 24 is already at stake. The government has allowed only one aid convoy to enter Tigray, the ...
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  20 April 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Franciscan religious killed in church after the Easter vigil La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "Given the news of the robbery in the convent of San Francisco in the city of Santa Cruz and the violent murder of Friar Wilberth Daza Rodas OFM, our Church is in mourning and dismayed by the eve ...