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  14 March 2022
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: "In the name of God, I ask you: stop this massacre!" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Brothers and sisters, we have just prayed to the Virgin Mary. This weekend, the city that bears her name, Mariupol, has become a city martyred by the ruinous war that is devastating Ukrain ...
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  14 March 2022
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Aid trucks leave for Ukraine from Pamplona and Madrid Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - In collaboration with the NGO "Olvidados", the association "Acoger y Compartir" is working to bring several trucks to the Romanian-Ukrainian border with the material received from various municip ...
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  14 March 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - Cardinal Aós: "We must not expect everything from those who govern us", everyone must play an active role to help the wounded society Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Every day we are faced with the choice of being good Samaritans or indifferent travelers. Every day we are offered a new opportunity, a new stage. We should not expect everything from those wh ...
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  14 March 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iranian rockets against US base in Erbil. The Chaldean Patriarchate: the stalemate in the formation of the government puts the country at risk Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Patriarchate deplores the launch of missiles that on Sunday, March 13, sowed terror among the population of Erbil and, in the light of this serious episode, calls on the political for ...
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  14 March 2022
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishops urge dioceses to ensure the safety and protection of minors and vulnerable people in the country Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "All Catholic dioceses in the country must ensure that children understand the path of the synodal process in order to guarantee their meaningful participation", said Fidelis Hamweemba, responsib ...
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  14 March 2022
  AMERICA / NICARAGUA - The Apostolic Nuncio leaves the country, "incomprehensible measure" Vatican City - According to a statement dated Saturday March 13th by "the Press Office of the Holy See, the Nicaraguan government has decided to withdraw the approval of Archbishop Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag, Apostolic ...
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  14 March 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Lent without restrictions: Catholics return to the churches Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - During Lent, Vietnamese Catholics have the opportunity to participate in numerous liturgical celebrations, community encounters and social activities in their local communities: just before Lent, ...
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  12 March 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - More than a million refugees arrive from Ukraine: gestures of welcome and consolation are increasing Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The events of the war in Ukraine have caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee and seek refuge in neighboring countries: more than a million refugees have arrived in Poland, mostly women an ...
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  12 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - The commitment of the Franciscans: "We support refugees from Ukraine, so that no one is left alone" Bordighera (Agenzia Fides) - "I am very worried about my land, but now we just have to join forces to give our maximum support to the Ukrainian people". This is what Friar Minor Fr. Faustino Kushnir OFM, of Ukrainian ori ...
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  12 March 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Opening of the first Christian chapel in a national hospital Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - The Chapel of the Sacred Heart, the first Christian chapel built inside a hospital in Malaysia, was inaugurated at the Sarawak Heart Center in Kota Samarahan. The structure was blessed by Cathol ...
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  12 March 2022
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishops in government: it is necessary to declare a "state of emergency" Dundo (Agenzia Fides) - "We bishops have long been pointing out that the south of the country is living in conditions of extreme fragility: it has not rained for a long time, there is a serious famine, the cattle cannot ...
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  12 March 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptian government increases the state subsidy to the families of the Coptic martyrs of Libya Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The families of Coptic Christians massacred in February 2015 by jihadists linked to the self-proclaimed Islamic State continue to receive monthly the pension allowance that the Egyptian State rese ...
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  12 March 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The "Cross of Peace" of Aachen goes on pilgrimage to the Colombian dioceses Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - During the Plenary Assembly of the Colombian Episcopate held on February 17, the celebrations of 60 years of twinning between the German diocese of Aachen (Aachen) and the Colombian Church were ...
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  11 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The material and spiritual support of Salesian communities around the world for Ukrainian refugees continues unabated Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Treasurer General of the Salesian Congregation (SDB), Mr Jean Paul Muller, SDB, and the head of the Salesian Coordination for Emergency Response, Fr George Menamparampil, have arrived in Warsaw ...
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  11 March 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - Chile prays for the new President and the new government Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Today, March 11, at noon (local time), the official investiture for the presidency of young Gabriel Boric will take place in Valparaiso. The student leader of the October 2019 protests, who won ...