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  5 March 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - A century of missionary work in the Apostolic Vicariate of Caroni Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "100 years of sowing the Gospel" is the title of the message of the Permanent Commission of the Venezuelan Episcopate, on the occasion of the centenary of the creation of the Apostolic Vicariate ...
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  5 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The appeal of the Salesians: "We must pray, people need to feel the presence of God" Kiev (Agenzia Fides) - "These are difficult days, the war has deeply shaken our population. Many no longer have a home and there are endless queues to get basic necessities. Many people need to feel the support, the stre ...
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  5 March 2022
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Tibhirine's spiritual heritage Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Involve the university community and widen the circle of people who can learn about the spiritual heritage of the monks of Tibhirine, martyrs in Algeria in 1996, their writings; and promote the des ...
• 5 March 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Thanks to Pope Francis, because with his visit he brings us a strong message of hope and encouragement" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The announcement of the visit of Pope Francis to South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo has caused great joy in both countries. Fides has collected some testimonies from the east ...
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  5 March 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - The President-elect, Gabriel Boric, meets with representatives of religious confessions Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Chile, Cardinal Celestino Aós, Archbishop of Santiago, participated, together with representatives of various religious confessions present in Chi ...
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  4 March 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops describe war in Ukraine as "surrender" to logic of violence Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The war in Ukraine is a "surrender to the logic of conflict and violence" and marks "the failure of all political and diplomatic attempts to avoid conflict", said "with regret" the Maronite bish ...
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  4 March 2022
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Priest shot dead San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Enrique Vasquez was murdered, a body was found in the north of San Pedro. Once again the blood of the martyrs bathes our land": these are the moving words of Monsignor Ángel Gara ...
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  4 March 2022
  ASIA - Cardinal Bo and the Bishops of Asia: No to nuclear war, the world needs healing Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Avert in every possible way the risk of a nuclear war, promote dialogue and bring global healing to the world: this is the hope expressed in an appeal launched today, March 4, by Cardinal Charles ...
• 4 March 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - On the occasion of the start of Lent, the Bishops have multiplied their appeals for peace and reconciliation Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Building peace through mutual forgiveness and education. This is the appeal launched in their Lenten messages by various Bishops in Nigeria. "Our leaders here in the north should make education th ...
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  4 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - "We are desperate but we are not afraid, we are very determined, all of us" says Fr. Mikola from Lviv Lviv (Agenzia Fides) - "The war started only a few days ago, everything works normally here, shops are open, public transport works. The situation is calm but we are preparing. There are also air warnings but at the mome ...
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  4 March 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Lenten campaign "for an education that promotes universal brotherhood and integral humanism" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The 2022 Fraternity Campaign (FC), launched by the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) on Ash Wednesday, has as its theme: "Fraternity and Education" and the biblical motto, inspire ...
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  4 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Welcome, compassion, prayer: "We live with the spirit of Job" Konotop (Agenzia Fides) - "In the midst of suffering, hardship, war, we, Franciscan friars of the Province of St. Michael the Archangel, continue to serve the poorest and most suffering people in the city of Konotop with ...
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  4 March 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - The Camillians offer the structure of a seminary and a parish to displaced Ukrainians Burakow (Agenzia Fides) - Camillian Disaster Service International (CADIS), in collaboration with other Camillian and non-Camillian organizations is also mobilizing to support the Ukrainian emergency. Specifically, the C ...
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  3 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Families and disabled people fleeing Ukraine are welcomed in the Orionine communities of Poland and Italy Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In our homes in Poland we have prepared several hundred places for refugees. Families with children with their orphanage guardians are brought to these centers. The confreres, in collaboration wit ...
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  3 March 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - Orthodox Church of Antioch: the war in Ukraine tears apart peoples "born from the same baptismal font" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - For the end of the "painful events" in Ukraine, the Bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church want to look at the "spiritual ties between the Russian and Ukrainian peoples, born from the same baptis ...