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• 11 March 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Bishops: "If we do not eliminate the war, it will eliminate the Ethiopians" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the very day the war broke out, the Catholic Church in Ethiopia has not kept silent. The Church has not stopped making public statements denouncing the war, loss of lives, displaceme ...
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  11 March 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Humility and trust in God: the date of the episcopal ordination of Bishop Carlassare is announced Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - "I am sure that my wounds will serve for a greater good and that this long-awaited period was intended to prepare people's hearts to love the teachings of the Gospel, to form a more mature and to ...
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  11 March 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Laity of La Paz: the State guarantees respect for the Constitution and the laws La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocesan Council of the Laity of La Paz has expressed its concern at the acts of vandalism by violent groups which, on the occasion of International Women's Day, generated a climate of co ...
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  11 March 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Marayati: Need to put some order in the flow of foreign aid Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The conference which, in mid-March, will bring together in Damascus the leaders of the local Churches and the representatives of Catholic charitable organizations has a very concrete priority obj ...
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  11 March 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Catholic community in Korea joins in the prayer for peace in Ukraine and donates aid to the Church Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Welcoming and echoing Pope Francis' call for prayer and fasting for peace in Ukraine, Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-Taick, OCD, Archbishop of Seoul and Apostolic Administrator of Pyongyang, has sent ...
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  10 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Orionini: the solidarity relay for Ukraine confirms that "charity will never stop" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - While the Orionine priests, Fr. Egidio Montanari and Fr. Moreno Cattelan in Lviv continue their mission of assisting and welcoming refugees fleeing from cities at war (see Fides, 25/2/2022; 3/3/202 ...
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  10 March 2022
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Migrants and asylum seekers are reshaping the face of the Catholic community in the Holy Land Tel Aviv (Agenzia Fides) - In the difficult situations they face, the communities of migrants and asylum seekers increasingly characterize the face of the ecclesial communities of the Holy Land, even in their spiritual t ...
• 10 March 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Everyone hopes that Pope Francis' visit will promote peace" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We have been waiting for some time for the good news of the confirmation of the visit of Pope Francis to South Sudan", says to Fides Sr. Elena Balatti, Comboni missionary in the province of South ...
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  10 March 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - After a long journey, the Pastoral Plan 2022-2026 of the Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado is presented Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of parishes, communities and organizations that make up the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado gathered in person for the VIII General Assembly, held in the city of ...
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  10 March 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - Reception for Ukrainian refugees: Camillian missionaries continue their mobilization Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, we have worked mainly in the stations of Warsaw. Together with the social workers, we wait there for the trains that bring refugees from the Polish bor ...
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  10 March 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "For Ukraine, for life": campaign of Caritas Paranà, Ukrainian Catholic Metropolis and the Ukrainian Eparchy Curitiba (Agenzia Fides) - "For Ukraine, for life" is the theme of the campaign launched to send humanitarian aid to the Ukrainian people, on the initiative of the South Region 2 of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNB ...
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  10 March 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - "Anti-conversion law" proposed in the state of Haryana New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the Indian state of Haryana, a bill has been presented to regulate religious conversion. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state, located in northern India, has announced t ...
• 9 March 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Archdiocese of Kaduna officially confirms the abduction of Father Joseph Akete Bako Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Kaduna has officially confirmed, in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, the kidnapping of Father Joseph Akete Bako, parish priest of the Catholic Church of St. John, in Kudenda ...
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  9 March 2022
  ASIA/JORDAN - a "Synodal Questionnaire" for Catholics in the Hashemite Kingdom Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Synod Coordinating Committee set up by the Patriarchal Vicariate for Jordan of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has also released a questionnaire in digital electronic version with the aim ...
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  9 March 2022
  VATICAN - "A path accessible to all, that of ordinary holiness": Pope Francis to the participants in the conference on Women Doctors of the Church and Patronesses of Europe Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "A path accessible to all, that of ordinary holiness", said Pope Francis in the message addressed to the participants of the International Interuniversity Conference on Women Doctors of the Church ...