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  26 January 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archbishop and Minister: working together for reconciliation and reunification of the Koreas Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church and the Korean government intend to work together for peace, reconciliation and the reunification of the Korean peninsula: this was confirmed by the Archbishop of Seoul, Msgr. ...
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  25 January 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Legalization of Cannabis: the bishops urge the authorities to evaluate the benefits and harms for the population San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Costa Rica have expressed their position on the legislative approval of the bill called "Law on Cannabis for medicinal and therapeutic use and Hemp for food and industrial use". ...
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  25 January 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The military junta introduces itself: the UN condemns the coup Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The soldiers who overthrew the government of Burkina Faso were seen on national television yesterday, January 24, as they had previously announced (see Fides, 24/1/2022). The spokesperson ...
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  25 January 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate: the use of Arabic in the liturgy is not a "betrayal" of Tradition Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The use of the Arabic language in the liturgies of the Chaldean Church is not a betrayal of Tradition, and responds to the missionary vocation of announcing the salvation of Christ to the men an ...
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  25 January 2022
  AFRICA/BENIN - Documenting the History of the Catholic Church in Africa: “Catechists as Mediators” Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "We will never stop praising the work of catechists in Africa", writes Father Basil Soyoye, from Nigeria, of the Society for African Missions (SMA), regarding the 'Memory of Catholic Africa' pro ...
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  25 January 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Statue of St. Sebastian destroyed in a Catholic church in Tamil Nadu Coimbatore (Agenzia Fides) - Two unidentified men destroyed a statue of St. Sebastian located in the premises of the Holy Trinity Catholic Cathedral in Ramanathapuram, in the district of Coimbatore in the southern Indian ...
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  25 January 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Message from Christian leaders for the elections: called to follow the light of Christ Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Our prophetic voice and firm stand for Christ-like conduct will enable us to join with other Filipinos in discerning who should lead the country. We must all take courage to work together, honor ...
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  25 January 2022
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Bishops ask for sincere and open dialogue, in order "not to endanger the rule of law" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "Violence of any kind, physical or verbal, must be banned from Honduran culture, as it leads only to hatred and pain. We are all children of the same God the Father and, therefore, we are Ho ...
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  25 January 2022
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Telling and sharing the commitment to the missionary world in 2022, led by Pauline Jaricot Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of significant anniversaries and events planned for the year that has just begun, relating to the history of the Pontifical Mission Societies, "Catholic Mission", the National Directio ...
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  24 January 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch Béchara Boutros Raï: the people suffer, raising taxes would be intolerable Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The imposition of new taxes on citizens is understandable and tolerable in phases of economic recovery and growth, but would become a further factor of injustice and suffering for the people of L ...
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  24 January 2022
  AFRICA/TOGO - Missionaries always ready to start over in increasingly disparate areas and contexts Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - "Having left Kolowaré on December 30 last year, I am now in Lomé in the Propaedeutics Seminary, the preparatory year for entering the Society of the African Missions before beginning the three-y ...
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  24 January 2022
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Militaries in revolt announce the arrest of the President; Fides sources" expected speech on TV by the coup leaders" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The military has announced that they will speak on national television shortly and perhaps we will know better what is happening", local sources say to Fides from Ouagadougou, the capital o ...
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  24 January 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Bishops: Elections - "Let us seek the good of our nation, beyond partisan struggles" San José (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the elections on February 6, the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica, as pastors of the Catholic Church, invite "to reflect on the decisive moment that our coun ...
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  24 January 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Catholic communities help people affected by floods Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic communities of Malaysia have begun to provide humanitarian aid and basic necessities to people affected by the floods that occurred in Malaysia last December. Massive damage wa ...
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  24 January 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Religious communities honor the Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, promoter of "spiritual dialogue" Huè (Agenzia Fides) - All the religious communities in Vietnam in these days pay a tribute of honor and grateful memory to Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist leader, tireless promoter of peace and reconciliation, who d ...