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  14 February 2022
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops: "We are wounded by inequalities, mismanagement and corruption; let us work for the common good" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "We want, in the name of Jesus, to renew the call to work for the common good, to announce God present and at work among us, to denounce the lack of commitment and indifference. Building ...
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  14 February 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Covid-19 has not stopped the celebrations of the Camillian Missionaries in Flores for the sick on the island Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - In recent years, on the occasion of World Day of the Sick, the Camillian missionaries, present in Maumere, Island of Flores, have always organized a special Eucharistic celebration for sick peop ...
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  14 February 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Unity and love: the message of the Bishop ordained on Valentine's Day, inspired by the martyrs Hung Hoa (Agenzia Fides) - "The motto of the newly elected Bishop is 'Unity and Love': unity in Christianity is being one with Christ through the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Love is the essence of our God, God is love. U ...
• 14 February 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Resignation of Bishop of Yei and appointment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 11, 2022 Tthe Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Yei (South Sudan), presented by His Exc. Msgr. Erkolano Lodu Tombe. The Holy Father ...
• 14 February 2022
  AMERICA/CASTRIES - Resignation of the Archbishop of Castries (Santa Lucia) and appointment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 11, 2022 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Castries (Santa Lucia) presented by His Exc. Msgr. Robert Rivas, O.P. ...
• 14 February 2022
  AFRICA/BENIN - Appointment of Bishop of Djougou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 12, 2022, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Fr. Bernard de Clairvaux Toha Wontacien, O.S.F.S., until now provincial superior of the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales in Be ...
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  12 February 2022
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - The new Archbishop Jean-Paul Vesco takes office in Algiers: "our Blessed are light on our path" Algiers (Agenzia Fides) - An Algerian Church "allied without repentance", which shares all the joys and sorrows of the Algerian people without claiming privileges, and wants to imitate the "discretion" of Jesus at the we ...
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  12 February 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society to the government: Give public recognition to Akash Bashir, the Servant of God Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask the government of Pakistan to award our Christian martyr Akash Bashir one of the highest civil awards for his courage. It has been almost 7 years since Akash Bashir sacrificed his life a ...
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  12 February 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - A new Lasallian school: "The service of education is part of the evangelical mission" Homa Bay (Agenzia Fides) - "Building a school in the awareness of the preciousness of the service of education is part of the evangelical mission to give dignity to people, to evangelize communities". This is what Brothe ...
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  12 February 2022
  VATICAN - Korea and its young missionaries among the themes of the latest POSI bulletin scheduled for the 2022 celebrations Vatican (Agenzia Fides) - In 1965 the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood (POSI) was officially founded in Korea and has been operating at full capacity since 1987, giving life to an ever more dynamic and growing re ...
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  12 February 2022
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Pauline Jaricot at the center of the last day of the meeting of the European Directors of the PMS Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Paulina Jaricot is a source of inspiration for us today", said Father Tadeusz Jan Nowak, OMI, Secretary General of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, during the meeting of ...
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  12 February 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Brave and creative young people, a sign of hope for Venezuela Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Department of Adolescence and Youth of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference, through the National Youth Program and Youth Pastoral Days, invites all young people to joyfully celebrate the 16th ...
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  10 February 2022
  VATICAN - Service to the sick, an integral part of the Church's evangelizing mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church which, following the example of Christ, has always felt over the centuries the duty of service towards the sick and suffering as an integral part of her mission, is aware that i ...
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  10 February 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - The ancient Monastery of Sumela used as a disco for an electronic music video. The government opens an investigation Trabzon (Agenzia Fides) - The ancient Monastery of Sumela, located in the province of Trabzon and closed for years to visitors because it has undergone demanding restoration works, was used as a setting to create an elec ...
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  10 February 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Human trafficking, an ancient crime that makes use of modern social media Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - "Trafficking is not just being taken from one country to another country and then become a slave. Trafficking is when someone owns someone else’s life and exploiting it", said Jacqueline Four ...