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  17 December 2022
  AMERICA - Ministry of the "missionary" Catechist: criteria and formation itineraries of Episcopal Conferences Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "May the institution of the ministry of the catechist be, for the Church, a further reason for unity and communion, in the diversity of gifts and ministries that are at the service of the eccle ...
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  17 December 2022
  AFRICA - Washington's renewed attention to Africa is part of the great game between the powers Rome (Agenzia Fides) - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will visit Senegal, Zambia and South Africa from January 17 to 28, according to a statement released yesterday, December 16, immediately after the conclusion of t ...
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  17 December 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Adigrat overwhelmed by more than 100,000 new displaced persons Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "Our city is overwhelmed by a multitude of newLY displaced people who have arrived from the border areas. More than 100,000 people live in the city and in the nearby villages, counting only on t ...
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  16 December 2022
  AFRICA/MALI - Sahel region: propaganda war between jihadist extremists Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - In a propaganda war, the jihadist extremist groups GSIM (also known by their Arabic acronym JNIM) and EIGS (also known as IS Sahel) operating in Mali claim through their respective social media t ...
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  16 December 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Unprecedented summit between the Patriarchs of the Churches of Syriac tradition Atchaneh (Agenzia Fides) - An unprecedented and in some respects historic meeting between the leaders of the Churches of the Syriac tradition, to discuss and reflect together on the emergencies and problems faced by Chri ...
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  16 December 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Escalation of civil conflict, restrictions on humanitarian aid and accommodation in Buddhist monasteries Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - From 1 February 1, 2021 to December 14, 2022, in 2,130 days of civil conflict in Myanmar, the clashes, which also included 232 air raids carried out by the Burmese army, produced a total of 1.132 ...
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  16 December 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Day of prayer for peace, while the number of deaths in street protests increases Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Given the serious situation of pain and violence suffered by the Peruvian people due to the current political crisis, the Episcopal Conference invites "all the faithful and people of good will to e ...
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  16 December 2022
  AFRICA/MALAWI - After suspicion of human trafficking: Five seriously injured in explosion in Dzaleka refugee camp Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - On the evening of December 14, five refugees were injured when a hand grenade exploded in the main market of the Dzaleka reception center in central Malawi, about 30 km from the capital Lilongw ...
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  15 December 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Christmas, a time to listen, dialogue, walk together, pray with "Simbang Gabi" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - At Christmas "God walks with us" with his people and the Feast of the Incarnation is a "promemoria for synodality" and reminds "God's presence with us and his journey with us". This was emphasize ...
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  15 December 2022
  AMERICA/HAITI - Foyer Saint Camille in Porte au Prince remains open and operational Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Father Robert Daudier, Director of the Hospital, reports on the recent initiatives of the Foyer Saint Camille Hospital in Port au Prince. It recently celebrated the International Day of C ...
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  15 December 2022
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Campaign to fight drugs: substance abuse as early as the age of 12 Kassala (Agenzia Fides) - An unprecedented increase in crime related to drug addiction in the Kassala region has been denounced by the Head of the Department of the National Campaign against Drugs (NCCD). The phenomenon ...
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  15 December 2022
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “Christmas is often no longer called by its name” Santiago de los Caballeros (Agenzia Fides) - In his Christmas message, the President of the Bishops' Conference of the Dominican Republic, Archbishop Freddy Breton of Santiago de los Caballeros, laments that “Christmas ...
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  14 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Six months after the massacre of the Saint-François-Xavier church in Owo, questions are being asked about who committed it Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - More than six months after the June 5 massacre at St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Ondo State (see Fides, 6/6/2022), Nigerians are waiting for the holding a trial against those arrested for their ...
• 14 December 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Erection of the Diocese of Wukari and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has established the new diocese of Wukari (Nigeria), with territory separated from the diocese of Jalingo, making it a suffragan of the Metropolitan See of Jos. The ...
• 14 December 2022
  AFRICA/MALI - Appointment of the Bishop of Sikasso Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Sikasso (Mali) Msgr. Robert Cissé, of the clergy of the same diocese, currently ad interim Rector of St. Augustine’s Major Seminary ...