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  8 March 2022
  AFRICA - The hidden protagonist of the African woman, a pillar of Christian communities: "we missionaries are witnesses" Lome (Agenzia Fides) - "The salvation of Africa and its children comes from African women who remain faithful to their mission as guardians of life and the family: we missionaries are witnesses", says Fr. Silvano Galli, ...
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  8 March 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops, Repam and Cimi: appeal to all Christians for the protection of life, native peoples and forests Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "On several occasions, the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) has expressed concern about economic initiatives linked to mining, to change the preserved territories in our country. ...
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  8 March 2022
  VATICAN - "Caritas Celebrating Women": promoting female leadership Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Increasing visibility and giving space to the voice of women allows us to see how society and the Church flourish when all the people of God are able to contribute their gifts and skills i ...
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  8 March 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Oblate missionaries of Mary Immaculate 50 years at the service of evangelization, also in the desert Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Although they are few, the Oblate missionaries of Mary Immaculate (OMI) have courageously accepted the challenge of working to create a new ecclesiastical unit in Baluchistan, a vast, harsh and ...
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  8 March 2022
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Academic Day on the Church's Evangelizing Mission and 30th Missiology Symposium Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Academic Day on "The Evangelizing Mission of the Church", promoted by the Faculty of Theology of the University of Navarre, was held today at the University of Navarre. Father José M. Calderon ...
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  7 March 2022
  AFRICA/TOGO - Monsignor De Bresillac's mission continues to flourish with young aspirants Lomè (Agenzia Fides) - "We opened the Propaedeutic Seminary of Lomè on January 3, 2022 with 7 young aspirants who intend to enter our community (see Fides, 24/1/2022). The seminarians we welcome are going through a per ...
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  7 March 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - "Catechists of the 21st century": launch of an online training Lima (Agenzia Fides) - With the aim of promoting an integral formation of catechists in Peru that will enable them to face the challenges of evangelization in the 21st century, the Episcopal Commission for Catechesis and ...
• 7 March 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President of the Bishops' Conference: "The high level of abstention means that the small number of voters determines the fate of all" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Very often a people get the kind of Government they deserve", warns His Exc. Mgr. Augustine Akubeze, Archbishop of Benin City and President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), i ...
• 7 March 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan Archbishop of Owerri Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 6, 2022, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Owerri, Nigeria, presented by Archbishop Anthony John Valentine Obinna. ...
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  7 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The PMS of Australia and Europe mobilized to welcome and support Ukrainian refugees Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The worldwide network of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) is also mobilized to come to the aid of the people of Ukraine who are leaving the country to escape the violence and destruction of w ...
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  7 March 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "A church for every mosque". President al-Sisi confirms the provisions on the construction of places of worship in the new urban centers Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The newly built cities must include the construction of a church in the urban project and in the regulatory plans, even if said place of Christian worship is attended and used by a small number of ...
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  7 March 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A new place for women, in society and in the Church Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "While it is 'politically correct' to talk about women and gender, in daily life inequalities persist and announcements do not always translate into concrete improvements in the lives of wo ...
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  7 March 2022
  VATICAN - Restoration work at St. Peter's College and new names for Cardinals and former missionaries Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Taking care of students and giving them all the necessary material, cultural and spiritual support: it is for this purpose that at St. Peter's College, an institute dependent on the Congre ...
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  5 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - To the ends of the earth: Docu-film on Saint Francis Xavier, great missionary in the Far East, 400 years after his canonization Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Saint Francis Xavier - To the ends of the Earth" is a Docufilm that tells the story of the Patron saint of the missions, his university years at the Sorbonne, the troubled encounter with Ignatius ...
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  5 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Missionaries and Witnesses: “Gospel Speakers” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Today's man listens more to witnesses than to teachers", says Pope Paul VI in Evangelii Nuntiandi, with a widely known expression, also taken up by Pope Francis: "today's world is in great need of ...