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  18 December 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The "Star Sowers": the announcement of Christmas made by the little ones and the "gratitude" of the missionaries Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The "Star Sowers" initiative is back in these days, during which children announce Christmas with adhesive "stars" and thank, on behalf of the missionaries, for the contributions collected in Oct ...
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  18 December 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The mission of the Dehonians: "At the service of the Vietnamese people, announcing the Good News" Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - "It all started during the General Chapter of 2007, with the decision to open a new missionary presence in Asia. In times of crisis, marked by the decline in vocations, the aging of the ...
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  17 December 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Serious food crisis: 23 million people in need Trento (Agenzia Fides) - "About 23 million people are in dire need of food in Afghanistan, a fact that could lead to the death of a million children by the end of this winter in what the UN World Food Program has describ ...
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  17 December 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Presidential elections: "a new opportunity for the country" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Next Sunday we will have a new President of the Republic and we already pray for him and his government. We ask him to govern for all Chileans, seeking ways of dialogue, agreement, justice and ...
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  17 December 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "I was a Christian before I became a religious leader": bringing traditional leaders back to their church Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The main desire of the Catholic religious leaders of Malawi is to carry out the first mission of the Church which is the salvation of all souls". This is what Fr. Stephen Chikhasu, parish prie ...
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  17 December 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Indignation and sadness for the destruction of two statues of the Virgin Mary Montelibano (Agenzia Fides) - The season of Advent presents the Virgin Mary as the woman who waits, with ineffable love, for the fulfillment of the promise of salvation, for this reason "it causes great indignation and s ...
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  17 December 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Christmas of silence, prayer, solidarity Pyay (Agenzia Fides) - It will be a Christmas without celebrations, made only of silence, prayer and solidarity with the poor, the sick, the destitute. Catholics in Myanmar will thus live the feast of the Incarnation of ...
• 17 December 2021
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Auckland Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Auckland, New Zealand, presented by Bishop Patrick James Dunn. The Holy Father has appointed Bishop St ...
• 17 December 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Mariannhill Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Mariannhill, South Africa, with special faculties, the Reverend Fr. Neil Augustine Frank, O.M.I., until now provincial su ...
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  16 December 2021
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - A new Catholic church in Ruwais Ruwais (Agenzia Fides) - Important days begin for the Catholic community of the United Arab Emirates. Today, 16 December at 6.00 pm, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Ruwais will be inaugurated, 250 kilometers from ...
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  16 December 2021
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The Bishops: the second Christmas overshadowed by the pandemic leads us to appreciate the splendor of Christ who comes to enlighten the world Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - A "call to hope" to live the celebration of the birth of the Son of God and to let oneself be enlightened by the Light of the world offered to each person, has been launched by the Bishop ...
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  16 December 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA: "Trabayo y persona": the challenge to create jobs thanks to training Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "It would be nice if all trades became a fashion, a 'trend', to be able to decide whether do this or that job". Fides speaks with Alejandro Marius, founder of "Trabajo y persona", a non-profit c ...
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  16 December 2021
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The Bicentennial of the Church ends: the Prime Minister praises the contribution of the faithful to society Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has praised the Catholic Church for the contribution it has made to society and the country in two centuries of history. Participating, with other mini ...
• 16 December 2021
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr Celestin Muhindo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 7, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr Celestin Muhindo, from the diocese of Goma as National Directo ...
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  16 December 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Increase in the cost of living: for the "Justice and Peace" Commission, it is urgent "to listen to the cry of the people" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to listen to "the cry of the people" on the increase in the cost of living and growing poverty: this is the appeal made by the "Justice and Peace" Commission, within the Catholic B ...