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  10 January 2022
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Increasing violence and conflict in the department of Solola, the Bishops call for dialogue and prayer Guatemala de la Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Guatemala express their "enormous concern" for the spread of violence that has caused numerous victims, including children, women and innocent people "who sought ...
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  10 January 2022
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The celebrations for the 175 years of mission in Senegal of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Castres have started Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "Towards the horizon of 175 years of missionary presence in Senegal, we rejoice in our rich mosaic of yesterday and today". This is the theme of the celebrations for the 175th anniversary of the p ...
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  10 January 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros: “Exclusive priesthood for men is based on the desire of Christ” Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The priesthood in the Church is reserved for men only, according to the will of Christ himself, who, during his public life, as highlighted in the Gospels, chose his apostles from among men, while ...
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  7 January 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The parish of St. Michael in Myitkyina entrusted to the Salesians Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - The Salesians in Myanmar have resumed pastoral service in the new parish of St. Michael, in Myo Thit Kyi district, in the diocese of Myitkyina, in Kachin state, in the north of the country. Ca ...
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  7 January 2022
  VATICAN - The Pope's Message for World Mission Day October 23, 2022 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, January 6, the Message of the Holy Father Francis for World Mission Sunday, which will be celebrated on Sunday, October 23, 2022, on the theme ...
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  7 January 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Caritas Bolivia will continue to help migrants at the borders with Peru, Chile and Argentina in 2022 La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Bolivia has renewed its commitment to work for migrants in 2022 by signing new Agreements with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and with the International Organiz ...
• 7 January 2022
  AFRICA/GABON - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Makokou and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 6, 2022, the Holy Father, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Makokou (Gabon), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Koerber, C.S.Sp .. The ...
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  7 January 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - "Tomorrow the light": a blind girl from a Catholic school in Gaya in the story of a missionary Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "I had to leave the city of Gaya and now I am in Dosso, about 140 km, from where I cannot move, for safety reasons", writes to Agenzia Fides Fr. Rafael Marco Casamayor, religious of the Society of ...
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  7 January 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The protest is a real political crisis that "could lead to a campaign against the West" Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - This is not a simple street protest against the expensive bills: the revolt that has been inflaming Kazakhstan since January 5 is a real political crisis that affects above all the new upper midd ...
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  7 January 2022
  VATICAN - Pope Francis' "thank you" to the many children of Missionary Childhood Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Thursday January 6, solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, Pope Francis at the Angelus thanked the children and young people of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood (PO ...
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  7 January 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Mar del Plata: concerns for the environment and integral development Mar del Plata (Agenzia Fides) - "The bishopric of Mar del Plata expresses its concern about the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons on our coasts. We understand the imperative to exploit natural resources, in an ...
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  5 January 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - “Who sings, prays twice”: Carmelites are releasing a CD for the 50th anniversary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Christian preaching also happens through music. And "whoever sings, prays twice", St. Augustine already knew. Based on this conviction, the Mission of the Discalced Carmelites in Central Africa h ...
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  5 January 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - First prison chapel in Sindh Province Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "This newly built Church will surely make it easier for Christian prisoners to pray and reflect on their lives, repent and change their lives to praise God. I hope the Christian prisoners will c ...
• 5 January 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Religious representatives in Cabo Delgado warn of a humanitarian crisis Cabo Delgado (Agenzia Fides) - "Our province is in a deep humanitarian crisis caused by terrorist violence, while indicators of holistic development are declining, which is made worse by the consequences of restrictive p ...
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  5 January 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Mondo e Missione" looks back on 150 years: the history of the magazine is closely linked to the Pontifical Mission Societies Milan (Agenzia Fides) - In 2022 the missionary magazine "Mondo e Missione", of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) looks back on 150 years of uninterrupted publications. As a note sent to Agenzia Fides i ...