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  4 January 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Uncertainty and widespread violence spread while still waiting for the Pope's visit Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in the world's youngest country, which was established in 2011 after independence from Sudan, remains highly uncertain. To the challenges opened by the “Revitalized Agreement for th ...
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  4 January 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - 2021 "the most violent year" for Christians in India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2021 ended as the most violent year in history for Christians in India, recording 486 episodes of violence and hatred that shook the country. The Christian minority of the Indian popu ...
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  4 January 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Christmas celebrated in the nation respecting health measures; in Mongolia the authorities grant Catholics the extraordinary opening of the church Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The civil authorities of Inner Mongolia, where anti Covid measures are still very strict and all places of worship are closed, have granted the extraordinary opening of the church for the Christ ...
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  4 January 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A time of "spiritual awakening" in memory of the Coptic Martyrs of Libya, who died whispering the name of Jesus Samalut (Agenzia Fides) - Fifteen days of "spiritual awakening" to live in grateful memory of those who died seven years ago whispering the name of Jesus while being killed by a group of jihadists. This is the proposal a ...
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  4 January 2022
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The Swiss delegation of the Star Singers distributes over 150 "unexpected" blessings in Rome Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - Sevan, Bree Victoria, Salome and Norah are the names of the four Star Singers of French-speaking Switzerland aged eleven to thirteen who traveled to Rome for the first time this year with the de ...
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  3 January 2022
  VATICAN - On January 6, 1622, Pope Gregory XV founded the Congregation “de Propaganda Fide” for the reunification of Christians and the spread of the faith Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Four hundred years ago, on the solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, on January 6, 1622, Pope Gregory XV founded the Sacred Congregation "de Propaganda Fide" as the supreme organ for the p ...
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  3 January 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Muslim community prays for a Catholic nun who died at Christmas Hermel (Agenzia Fides) - In her long life "she sowed good wherever she went". For this reason, even the Shiite Muslims in the Lebanese city of Hermel, in the Beqa'a valley, wanted to say a prayer for Sister Barbara of Je ...
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  3 January 2022
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Appeal of the Bishop of El Obeid: "The country is safe only if every single citizen is" El Obeid (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, January 2, 2022, the news of the resignation of the Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was known, who declared that he could not return power to the civilian population after the ...
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  3 January 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Martyrs from Zenta will soon be beatified San Ramón de la Nueva Orán (Agenzia Fides) - On October 13, 2021, Pope Francis confirmed the martyrdom of the Servants of God Pietro Ortiz de Zárate, diocesan priest, and Giovanni Antonio Solinas, priest of the Societ ...
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  3 January 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "It is time to rebuild society in justice and peace" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time to rebuild Brazil, it is time to rebuild society in justice and peace", said the President of the Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB), Monsignor Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo, Archbis ...
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  30 December 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The recognition of the Missionaries of Charity as a "charitable body" has not been renewed New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian federal government has not renewed the permission of "recognized charity" to the congregation of the "Missionaries of Charity" founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, effectively prev ...
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  30 December 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros: anti-Covid vaccines developed by scientists are a "blessing" from God for the entire human family Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The mass vaccination campaign represents the only adequate response to counter the Covid-19 pandemic. While the speed with which the international scientific community has been able to develop eff ...
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  30 December 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - An interreligious meeting for the blind Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We blind people face rejection in our daily life; many people do not come forward to greet us or shake hands. We feel rejected when we see that the rights of blind people are not respected. We ...
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  30 December 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Enhancing and expanding the contribution of women to the mission of the Church Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The visibility of the contribution offered by women to the mission of the Church, in Brazil and in the world, was one of the main objectives of the Commission for Missionary Action and Inter-ec ...
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  30 December 2021
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Star Singers Campaign 2022: health is a right for everyone, including the children of Africa Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - "Becoming healthy, staying healthy: a right for children all over the world", is the motto of the 64th Campaign of the "Star Singers" ("Die Sternisnger") with which the children of missionary chi ...