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  16 October 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Government continues militarization and repression of migrants, resulting in human rights violations Ciudad Juarez (Agenzia Fides) - "We make a respectful but energetic appeal to the government of Mexico to abandon the repression against migrants and respect its constitutional mandate to make the human rights of all ef ...
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  16 October 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Beirut massacre, Shiites accuse the militiamen of the Lebanese Forces. Father Zgheib: some seek to rekindle religious clashes Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Lebanon crisis is tinged with blood and rekindles in the collective unconscious of many Lebanese the nightmares never erased from the years of the civil war. After the death of seven Shiite d ...
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  15 October 2021
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Bishops urgent appeal to vote: "We need to look to the future with hope" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - We ask the people "to overcome the feelings of indifference, apathy and skepticism that have caused been by our poor government system and its institutions, which result in abstention", read ...
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  15 October 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Rohingya Christians: Assassination of leader Mohib Ullah must be seriously investigated Cox's Bazar (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply saddened to see that our leader of the Rohingya community Mohib Ullah, founder of the Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPH) was killed by the self-proclai ...
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  15 October 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - Fr. Kamemba: "We are following the malaria vaccination campaign with great interest" Kisumu (Agenzia Fides) - "In view of the many health facilities that are under the auspices of the Catholic Church, especially in malaria-prone areas, the new vaccine against this endemic disease will also be of great in ...
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  15 October 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Reconciliation with Boko Haram: for the Church a step in the right direction Maiduguri (Agenzia Fides) - It is called "sulhu" and in Arabic means "reconciliation". This is the secret program by which the Nigerian central government intends to convince the leaders of Boko Haram, the famous jihadis ...
• 15 October 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Appointment of the Archbishop of Lilongwe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed His Exc. Mgr. George Desmond Tambala, O.C.D., currently Bishop of Zomba, as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lilongwe (Malawi). (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 15/10/20 ...
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  15 October 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: the liturgy is not a show Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The liturgy is not "the representation of a show", but is "the strongest expression of the living faith of the Church", the work of Christ himself who through it "calls us to become part of his ...
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  15 October 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Let us renew our missionary and evangelizing ardor": the martyrs of Zenta will be beatified San Salvador de Jujuy (Agenzia Fides) - "With the same love with which Don Pedro launched himself into evangelization, making us discover the richness of God's love for every man, so we renew our missionary and evangeliz ...
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  14 October 2021
  AFRICA/BENIN - The missionary, courageous witness of hope Porto-Novo (Agenzia Fides) - «Fearless missionary, I announce hope in Jesus!» is the theme chosen by the National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Benin for the entire month of October. "The missionary, ...
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  14 October 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The bill on forced conversions of non-Muslim girls rejected Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - With indignation and a public request for clarification, Christians in Pakistan criticize the rejection of the bill that expressly prohibits the forced conversion of religious minorities. In yest ...
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  14 October 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - We Are Youths: young people from Namagabi committed to serving those most in need as a tool of evangelization Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Young people are collecting and distributing basic necessities to those in need, making donations to patients and health personnel at the main hospital in Kayunga or engaged in cleaning some are ...
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  14 October 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Liturgical and pastoral activities resume in the Missionary Month Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - With the pandemic situation under control in many parts of Vietnam, and according to the new provisions of the central government, since 1 October, coinciding with the start of the Miss ...
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  14 October 2021
  ASIA/SYRIA - Successor of Greek Orthodox Archbishop Boulos Yazigi appointed in Aleppo, eight years after his mysterious disappearance Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The Synod of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch, led by Patriarch Yohanna X Yazigi, has appointed Bishop Efrem Maalouli as new metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox archieparchy of Aleppo an ...
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  14 October 2021
  VATICAN - In Central Asia with “missionary creativity”: the webinar of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Central Asia is experiencing a special situation which, perhaps precisely because of its uniqueness, can encourage new forms of mission. The Pope, in Evangelii Gaudium, spoke ...