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  20 December 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Archbishop of Bamenda: attacks intensify, with great suffering of civilians Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in the English-speaking regions is always very tense. According to observers, the 'Amba Boys' (the independence fighters, ed) are intensifying their attacks on the military. This ...
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  20 December 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Caritas Brazil: Covid prevention kit and information activities for vulnerable Amazonian communities Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - By the end of December 4,500 families from 9 municipalities in the Amazon, for a total of 22,500 people, will receive COVID-19 hygiene and prevention kits thanks to the "Ajuri pela Vida na Amazô ...
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  20 December 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Christmas of solidarity with the victims of typhoon Odette Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Philippines is mobilizing to help millions of people affected by the recent typhoon "Rai", locally called "Odette", and is preparing a Christmas of profound solidarity. ...
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  20 December 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Bishop of Aleppo: May Christmas and the synodal journey make our mission flourish in difficult times Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The synodal journey undertaken by the universal Church on the proposal of Pope Francis, can also become for the Catholic communities of Aleppo and tormented Syria a favorable moment to discover t ...
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  18 December 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Barnabites, with their hearts in Kabul: "Pray for Afghanistan" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The interruption, after a century, of the Barnabite mission in Kabul, has not put an end to the commitment and attention of the CLERICS REGULAR of St. Paul (the Barnabites) in Afghanistan. The mess ...
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  18 December 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Silsilah Dialogue Movement: Christmas, a way of fraternal love to be announced to the wounded humanity Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "Christmas is a time to look at others as part of the same human fraternity" and not as enemies. Today, more than ever, we must see the face of God's love. The pandemic has been and continues ...
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  18 December 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Dominican missionaries sow hope and dignity with a musical project Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - In Bañado de Tacumbú, a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, the hope for a better future passes through music. The population of this neighborhood is mo ...
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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 ...