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  14 January 2022
  VATICAN - Myanmar and Italy united in prayer and missionary reflection on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Paolo Manna Vatican News (Agenzia Fides) - "The news of missionary activities: Blessed Paolo Manna and the contemporary world" is the theme of the two meetings for prayer and missionary reflection organized on Saturday 15 and Sunday ...
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  14 January 2022
  VATICAN - Blessed Paolo Manna and the Pontifical Missionary Union Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU), one of the four Pontifical Mission Societies, was founded by Blessed Father Paolo Manna and recognized by Pope Benedict XV on October 31, 1916 with th ...
• 14 January 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Catholic priest arrested in the south-east of the Country Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic priest Fr. Bekong Tobias, was arrested last January 2 near the parish of Saint Charles Lwanga at Checkpoint-Molyko, Buea, in the Anglophone region of south-east Cameroon by gunmen beli ...
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  14 January 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - International Conference of Religions in the north-east of the country Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - In the Syrian city of Amudah, near the border with Turkey and 30 kilometers from Qamishli, the First International Conference of Religions and Beliefs in Mesopotamia was held on January 10-11, ...
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  14 January 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops: "Despite the negative signs in the country, we see signs of light and hope" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of their 117th Ordinary Plenary Assembly, the Venezuelan bishops released a Message for the New Year 2022, presented yesterday by the newly elected President of the Bishops' Co ...
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  13 January 2022
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionary Childhood Day: The Church has been a pioneer in the field of child protection for many years Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – This coming Sunday, January 16, Spanish children have an appointment with Missionary Childhood Day - "Children's Sunday". The focus is on supporting the missionaries in their work with children ...
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  13 January 2022
  AMERICA/HAITI - Twelve years after the earthquake: Redemptorists inaugurate the parish church of St. Gerard after being rebuilt Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday, January 9 will forever be remembered in the hearts of parishioners and in the annals of the Redemptorist Congregation as the date of the inauguration of the new parish church of S ...
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  13 January 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - From war lockdown to health lockdown Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Kazakhstan, after the popular uprising that began on January 5, has "normalized", but "a veil of deep sadness" remains on the streets of Almaty. This is what Father Guido Trezzan ...
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  13 January 2022
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Students help African migrants: "We get to know and love them" Fès (Agenzia Fides) - "I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a foreigner, and you welcomed me". This quote from the Gospel of Matthew inspired a group of ...
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  13 January 2022
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishop of Matagalpa: Human dignity and freedom are prerequisites for a new beginning Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "The principle of human dignity is fundamental to the reconstruction of a country. Respect for the person and his or her dignity must be the axes around which all efforts must revolve so that ...
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  13 January 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Pope Tawadros: for Copts there is no longer any "ban" on visiting Jerusalem Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The Coptic Christians of Egypt who go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem do not contravene any provision of the ecclesiastical authority. The prescriptions laid down in the past by the leaders of the Co ...
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  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Accidental fire destroys refugee camp near the Cathedral of Alindao Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - About 1,500 houses destroyed by flames and extensive material damage to other structures, about twenty people were hospitalized. This is the toll of the violent fire which devastated the refugee ...
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  12 January 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The new Archbishop of Seoul: pray for peace and walk a path of unity and reconciliation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "To achieve peace, we need to reflect on ourselves and pray for peace. Prayer nurtures our faith in the presence of God, the Holy Spirit who is our teacher and guide of prayers. Remembering the tr ...
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  12 January 2022
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Indigenous pastoral worker, human rights and environmental activist murdered Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly condemn the murder of the representative of the Lenca people, Pablo Isabel Hernández, on Sunday, January 9th, in western Honduras. Human rights activist and environmentalist, p ...
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  12 January 2022
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “There's not much here other than knowing that God's love gives meaning to everything” Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "The meaning of life is to love others at all ages and in every place. We Christians proclaim and testify first of all that someone else gives our life meaning because he loves us: he loves every ...