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  25 February 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Two Catholic priests arrested for providing humanitarian aid to displaced people Pekhon (Agenzia Fides) - The Myanmar army has arrested two Catholic priests who were on their way to help internally displaced people in Shan State, in the eastern part of Myanmar. As Fides learned from the local Church, ...
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  25 February 2022
  ASIA/PALESTINE - Father Gabriel and the mission in Gaza Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - Life in Gaza is not easy for anyone. For 70 years, the consequences of the Arab-Israeli conflict have turned the Gaza Strip into the largest open-air prison in the world, cyclically disrupted by ou ...
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  25 February 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Prayer, diligence, sacrifice and dedication: inauguration of the second semester of the National Seminary of Catholic Church in China Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – To pray with fervor, to study diligently, to sacrifice oneself with courage, to show passionate dedication: with reference to the motto of the Seminar and with the solemn prayer of "Our Father ...
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  24 February 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Missionaries of Don Orione: "We will stay here, we cannot abandon our disabled children, mothers, children, the poor" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Don Giovanni Carollo, director of the religious province "Mother of Divine Providence" of the Sons of Divine Providence (Don Orione) on which the Orionine mission in Ukraine depends, in contact wit ...
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  24 February 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Inauguration of a training center for nurses to be sent to rural areas, promoted by Cardinal Nzapalainga Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Higher Institute of Medical Techniques, created by the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary of the Congo Province, was inaugurated in Bangui, under the aegis of His Eminen ...
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  24 February 2022
  AMERICA - From the Ecclesial Assembly a new push for CELAM to "bet on a synodal Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidency of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) presented Pope Francis with a summary report of the first Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean, held between ...
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  24 February 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Muqtada al Sadr Movement returns 120 illegally stolen real estate from Christian citizens and Mandeans Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - There are already more than 120 real estate assets - land and houses - returned to their legitimate owners by virtue of the campaign promoted by the Shiite leader Muqtada al Sadr and his Sadrist ...
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  24 February 2022
  EUROPE - Catholic Action: prayer of the Rosary for peace with the faithful of Ukraine Rome (Agenzia Fides) - While winds of war blow in Ukraine, the International Forum of Catholic Action (IFCA) with all the associations of Catholic Action in the world, has accepted the renewed appeal of Pope Francis to p ...
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  24 February 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - In the bloodied Tigray region, the heparch of Adigrat calls for solidarity with the bishops Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "The atrocities committed so far against the Tigrinya population are not only against the right to the existence of human beings, but also against God who created us", declared the Bishop of the ...
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  24 February 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Social peace is a moral question rather than a question of laws Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We must not forget that the social polarization that is being experienced today throughout the country is largely a reflection of what is happening 'above', with the political class, whose ...
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  24 February 2022
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Integrating refugees into society: the commitment of the Pro Bambini Association of Kabul Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the end of August, we have been committed to allowing the transfer of our staff and their families from Afghanistan with the Pro Bambini Association of Kabul, because, having collaborated wi ...
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  23 February 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Where the Ad gentes Mission has been a priority for decades Rio Grande do Sul (Agenzia Fides) - In the Sul 3 region of the Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB), the Mission Ad gentes has been a priority since 1994, when the Church of Rio Grande do Sul became involved in the proje ...
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  23 February 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Mediterranean frontier of peace”. Bishops and Mayors gathered in Florence, in the name of Giorgio La Pira Florence (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Wednesday, February 23, the unique meeting of Catholic Bishops and Mayors of Mediterranean countries met in Florence to attest and re-propose the role of the Mediterranean Sea as a "fron ...
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  23 February 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Hard work is the key to success for young people. "Let's get our hands dirty": a warning from the bishop of Tombura Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "We must work hard, be honest, commit ourselves as if we were not the ones who would benefit from the fruits of South Sudan. We are the ones who lay the foundations", said the Bishop of t ...
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  23 February 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops: "Direct abortion is an immoral act and a violent practice contrary to life" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Perplexity and deep sadness" were expressed by the Episcopal Conference of Colombia after the publication of the note of the Constitutional Court that "the conduct of abortion will only be punis ...