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  9 March 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Bishops: March 10 - Special Day of Prayer for Peace in all churches San José (Agenzia Fides) - "As pastors of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica, we express our concern at the armed conflict that has broken out in Europe in recent days and is affecting the whole world. We ask you to rais ...
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  9 March 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Spirituality, concrete abstinence, conversion, pandemic: the Bishops' Lenten recommendations to accompany the synodal journey of the communities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "I sincerely hope that the reading of the Word of God, the recitation of the Rosary and the Way of the Cross will be more and more widespread in families and communities", recommended in his Pa ...
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  9 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The #WeCareForUkraine campaign of Scalabrinians from Europe and Africa has begun Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "No one chooses to find themselves under the bombs of war, regardless of where they live, the color of their skin, whether they are a man, a woman or a child. As Scalabrinian Missionaries of Europe ...
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  9 March 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Redemptorists: "people come to our churches and monasteries, they are afraid and ask for help" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "As Redemptorists and consecrated persons, we try to support people. We encourage people with talks, confessions and prayers, in these difficult days. Our people come to churches and our monasterie ...
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  9 March 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Lent dedicated to the protection of life and creation Penang (Agenzia Fides) - Care for life and creation is at the center of the Lenten program in the diocese of Penang and will be for three years. Focusing on the theme “Together we renew and rebuild”, the Diocese of ...
• 9 March 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of bishop of Pemba, Msgr. António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 8, 2022, the Holy Father appointed Bishop António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo, until now titular of Arsennaria and auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Maputo, as bishop of the diocese ...
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  8 March 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - The synodal journey, a "favorable opportunity" for young Christians in the Middle East Rabieh (Agenzia Fides) - The Churches of the Middle East are called to rediscover and reactivate at all levels their synodal vocation, if they want to preserve the transmission of the faith and their apostolic traditions ...
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  8 March 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Migrant and refugee women: they are resources for communities Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Eighty women dreamed of a better future and were given the opportunity to make it happen. Many are the migrants, refugees and victims of trafficking in conditions of semi-autonomy who have been gue ...
• 8 March 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Bishops: "Enough with the corruption and disputes in the ruling coalition that block the country Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Enough with corruption and political disputes that block the Nation". This is the meaning of the Pastoral Letter of the Bishops' Conference of Malawi which was read on March 6, the first Sunda ...
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  8 March 2022
  AFRICA - The hidden protagonist of the African woman, a pillar of Christian communities: "we missionaries are witnesses" Lome (Agenzia Fides) - "The salvation of Africa and its children comes from African women who remain faithful to their mission as guardians of life and the family: we missionaries are witnesses", says Fr. Silvano Galli, ...
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  8 March 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops, Repam and Cimi: appeal to all Christians for the protection of life, native peoples and forests Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "On several occasions, the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) has expressed concern about economic initiatives linked to mining, to change the preserved territories in our country. ...
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  8 March 2022
  VATICAN - "Caritas Celebrating Women": promoting female leadership Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Increasing visibility and giving space to the voice of women allows us to see how society and the Church flourish when all the people of God are able to contribute their gifts and skills i ...
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  8 March 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Oblate missionaries of Mary Immaculate 50 years at the service of evangelization, also in the desert Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Although they are few, the Oblate missionaries of Mary Immaculate (OMI) have courageously accepted the challenge of working to create a new ecclesiastical unit in Baluchistan, a vast, harsh and ...
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  8 March 2022
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Academic Day on the Church's Evangelizing Mission and 30th Missiology Symposium Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Academic Day on "The Evangelizing Mission of the Church", promoted by the Faculty of Theology of the University of Navarre, was held today at the University of Navarre. Father José M. Calderon ...
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  7 March 2022
  AFRICA/TOGO - Monsignor De Bresillac's mission continues to flourish with young aspirants Lomè (Agenzia Fides) - "We opened the Propaedeutic Seminary of Lomè on January 3, 2022 with 7 young aspirants who intend to enter our community (see Fides, 24/1/2022). The seminarians we welcome are going through a per ...