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  20 November 2021
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Mayline Tran's miracle attributed to Venerable Pauline Jaricot Paris (Agenzia Fides) - Next May 22, the venerable servant of God, Pauline Jaricot (1799-1862) will be beatified: the Foundress of the Association of the Propagation of the Faith and of the Living Rosary Movement will be ...
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  20 November 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bishop of Aleppo: Western sanctions are a "death sentence" for the Syrian people Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "Perpetuating the sanctions against Syria means condemning many people to death". Bishop Georges Abou Khazen, Apostolic Vicar of Aleppo for Catholics of the Latin rite, chooses clear and unequivo ...
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  19 November 2021
  ASIA/CHINA - New priests in various dioceses in China increase the hope of the Church Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - In autumn, the season when the fruits of the earth are harvested, the Chinese Catholic community has also collected abundant spiritual fruits of vocations, especially of priests, who enrich the ...
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  19 November 2021
  EUROPE/POLAND - Distance adoptions of seminarians in mission lands: a project now in its ninth edition Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - Taking care of vocations, making them grow and supporting them in the mission countries where they are born: this is the goal of the AdoMiS Project, "Distance adoptions of seminarians in mission ...
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  19 November 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Inauguration of the Year of the Laity: "on the way to proclaim Christ" Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday November 21, Solemnity of Jesus Christ King of the Universe, Day of the Laity in Paraguay, the bishops invite to the celebration of Holy Mass at 7 in the morning in the Basilica-Sanct ...
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  19 November 2021
  VATICAN - Sister Gloria after her kidnapping as a religious: "I had to keep silent so that God could protect me" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - It was on February 7, 2017 when a group of armed men entered the house of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Virgin Mary in Karangasso in southern Mali and took Sister Gloria Cecilia ...
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  19 November 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The cross of Kovardo and symbols of the Christian faith in Northern Pakistan: new studies are being prepared Multan (Agenzia Fides) - "In addition to the cross found in the village of Kovardo, in the mountains of Skardu-Baltistan, in northern Pakistan, many other inscriptions, objects and archaeological sites have been found or ...
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  19 November 2021
  AMERICA NICARAGUA - Monsignor Carlos Herrera is the new president of the Bishops' Conference Managua (Agenzia Fides) -Monsignor Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, Bishop of the Nicaraguan diocese of Jinotega, was elected new president of the Bishops' Conference of Nicaragua for the period 2021-2024, during the a ...
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  19 November 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Salesians: we share what we are and what we have with the people who suffer Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Above all, displaced persons want the war to end and peace to reign so that they can return to normal lives. Those who have fled their homes desperately need something to eat, drink, sleep ...
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  19 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako to the Chaldean youth: in the Church, enlivened by Christ, your role is not "decorative" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "I would like to express to each of you my closeness and understanding for the difficulties and emergencies you are facing, but also to tell you that there is no reason to despair. The Lord call ...
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  18 November 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Initiatives for the benefit of the poor and the homeless: "It is above all the loving care that nourishes every person" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian missionary of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Father Vincenzo Bordo, describes his extraordinary story and experience of proximity among the poor in Korea. In Seongnam, a suburb of Seo ...
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  18 November 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Attack in Kampala: "Ugandans are united in prayer", says a missionary Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Kampala still remains of a state of alert. Parliament remains closed and it is not known when the working sessions will resume. The police have invited citizens to stay at home ...
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  18 November 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops for the elections: "We must not remain in quarrel and conflict" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Regional and local elections will be held in Venezuela on Sunday, November 21. The Governors of the country and the mayors of the 335 parishes as well as the regional and local councils are elec ...
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  18 November 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Tanzania Episcopal Conference launch the 20th AMECEA Plenary: "Environmental Impact on Sustainable Human Development" Mwanza (Agenzia Fides) - "We have a responsibility to evangelize ourselves first so that we can change our attitude towards the environment and remind the people about the importance of caring for the environment as we e ...
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  18 November 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Kurdistan, steps forward in the fight against illegal expropriations suffered by Christian owners Dohuk (Agenzia Fides) - In the Autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan, the collection of documents and complaints on the illegal expropriation of real estate - houses and land - suffered by Christian owners in recent decad ...